Gave Ellie-birder an airing today and did our annual circular walk around Warton Crag.
Great views of the long-staying Chough on the path at the top of the Quarry - down to 15 ft before it saw us. Also 2 Ravens, one of the Peregrines, a Kestrel family, and a Green Woodpecker.
Male Marsh Harrier on the r...
One yesterday evening at the bottom end of the village just off the A6 along Queens Road. A non-birding friend of mine had it in his garden. No photos (yet - he'll try if it comes back), but his description was bang on.
First visit to Risley Moss arrived 9.20am good variety of woodland birds
chiffchaff
willow warbler
bullfinch
tree creeper
willow tit
backcap and all the usual stuff
climbed mount everest and got cracking views over the peat bogs but abit naff at the top of the tower nowhere to clam...
quiet a surreal sight at Ashworth Moor Res this eve as 52, yes 52, Common Scoter flew through. Managed to see the flock coming towards the res as i was counting swifts, they then flew (west-easterly) over the Res, quiet high, and onwards. of 3 counts i managed as they flew through 52 was the minimum but on...
Was over to New Brighton Promenade this afternoon during high tide during very high winds. Cracking views of Storm Petrels dancing on the waves, lots of Common/Arctic Terns passing far out into the Irish Sea, with Arctic Skua chasing the odd one. Also passing in the winds were Fulmar, several Shag an...
twice this week ive seen a buzzard in the giants hall-taylor pit area.dont know if its resident.saw it tuesday evening and lunchtime today.also on the fields by swinley coal washes the hay has gone and the fields were full of birds.100+starling,20+mistle thrushes.also small groups of greenfinch...
I received late news yesterday from the finder of a Red Kite on the 20th July. The lady in question was travelling from Edenfield to Owd Betts along the A680 when it flew right across infront of her and flew low across the fields on the right.
Hi All,
Got back late last night from a few days on board the Pride of Bilbao with friends, sailing from Portsmouth to Bilbao and back. Managed to get out on deck quite a lot and had some great sightings of Birds, Whales and Dolphins.
Pomarine Skua, Manx Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater, Little Shear...
Thousands of Dunlin and Knot. Black Tailed Godwit. Curlew. Common Sand. Avocet.
Plus the usual stuff.
And a nice Hobby out on the salt marsh first time i've seen one here.
Crackin weather too For a change!
Dean.
Bill Myerscough found a Sanderling, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and 7 Dunlin at the Kingsway Business park development in Rochdale, off Issac Newton Way - from Gordon Riggs Garden Centre follow Issac Newton Way to the 2nd Roundabout and you can view the pools on the left hand side from there - Bills interne...
Hallo All,
It was good to be back home and roaming around Chat Moss watching Common Buzzard, visiting Woolstone Eye to see the Black-necked Grebes and seeing a Kingfisher at Pennington Flash. But I had to return to Norway to cover a guiding job I had said yes to. This time it was Jæren just south of Stava...
I found an interesting area behind the Central Retail Park on Gt Ancoats St yesterday. Igot onto the towpath of the Rochdale Canal where Gt Ancoats St crosses it and walked about 100m NE past one bridge. Just before the next bridge, some hoardings have been torn down adjoining the towpath and you can en...
What has happened to all the White and Yellow Wagtails that i used to see around the area, I have not sighted these birds for a while now.
Can the public still visit Seaforth or do you need to be a member now. When i used to visit you could drive all the way to the mersey but then you had to park and walk from the...
I having been seeing more(or some) Sparrows recently, after not seeing any for a good while. Some in my garden, some on the street and lanes. Anyone else noticed this?
Geoff
Not sure if this counts as "Out of County Birding", but I was sat this p.m. at my desk in Farnworth watching the RSPB live web cam from Loch Garton of an Osprey nest when a Cuckoo started Cuckooing in the background. If people have not visited this site then give it a try.
Cheers Ian
never scared of an adventurous hike, but with the recent monsoon conditions ive been trying to think of sites that offer decent birding from the comfort of a parked car. irlam moss and pennington flash spring to mind in the county, and cat and fiddle and burton marsh further afield. has anyone any more...
Hallo all,
I have been checking out Irlam Moss for the first time. New area for me so I am not sure where I have been as there seems to be a maze of roads and paths. The most interesting species was on the 9.7 with a singing Grasshopper Warbler.
A great story this that someone sent me... not in the Greater Manchester area admittedly - but I thought I'd share.
Nesting gull halts £260m tunnel
The demolition has been delayed
Work on a £260m road tunnel has been halted by a nesting seagull.
The herring gull has set up home in the chimney...
Took a morning trip to Pennington Flash today. Nice change from my usual patch in Norway. Best bird for me was a stunning Kingfisher. A very rare species in Western Norway.
New trip planned for tomorrow as the wife has never seen a Kingfisher.
Eddie Chapman
Need an appropriate card for someone on that special occasion?
Arts Angels produce some cracking cards (birdy and arty) in their printmakers range - see their website:
www.art-angels.co.uk/products.aspx?CategoryID=32
There are quite a few well-known Robert Gillmor pictures and a cou...
Intended to do a TTV today, but it started to rain as I drove out there, so ended up doing 20 mins of Roving Records before it got too wet.
What was a scruffy pool last year has now developed into a proper pond with reeds etc.
This has attracted
8 Teal
2 Oystercatcher
Moorhen
Coot
several pairs of L...
My first visit here for a week and was nice to see a Greenshank sat on the spit below the house at 19:50. Still present when I left - have not got mobile at the moment so cant get info out too quickly.
9 Goosander
2 Oystercatchers
Dave
Treecreeper
Little Grebe
3 Great crested Grebe
8 Redwing
c60 Rook
6 Goldfinch
4 Wren
2 Mistle Thrush
61 Mallard ( including some nice funny coloured ones )
12 Tufted Duck
52 Canada Goose
Emb...