In the glorious sunshine on Chat Moss (and elsewhere in the county I suppose), birding on the moss was as pleasant as usual with the following:
Yellow Wagtails- 2, one over field 19 and one on field 17, although neither was visible one the hit the deck as both fields are now long enough to hide thousa...
the missus has just picked the holiday location,malta late september and i,ve started to research the birding options i,ll have to consider for my 14 nights of 'fun' and it,s looking good for a raptor fest,let you know how i get on or if if you,ve been please tell.
other sun traps i,ve birded a littl...
well i know its not in the county but i thought i would post todays sightings on here 500 + shellduck 20 + whoopers 20 + moorhen(most building nest) 10 + goldfinch 10 tree sparrow 10 greenfinch 50 black-headed gull ...
Rumworth this evening,
1 pair of Little ringed plover still there, 2 pairs of Oystercatchers. No sign of any young but i did get mobbed by both Plovers and Oystercatchers when i ventured out of the tree line, to avoid the glare of the sun on the water, which has never happened before so there seems a g...
had a good look at the tern colony tonight lots still sitting and some may have chicks i couldn,t see but i counted 18 out in the open on six sites ,so there,s plenty more to come,ringed plover,liitle ringed plover,lapwing present
cheers geoff
About 3 days ago saw a Grey Wagtail in song flight over rough ground off Langworthy Road, and today saw one (the same?) on top of Langworthy Road Post Office !!!!
Just got back from spending 12 days in Argyll & Tayside on a WWT expedition to survey breeding Common Scoters. Saw some good birds - Golden Eagle, White - tailed, Osprey, Capper, Crossbills, Red & Black Throated Divers, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Hen Harrier, Black & Red Grouse an...
WENT TO PENNY 3-6 PM PLANK LANE ROUND RAMMIES,COULDN'T STAND THE CROWDS ON HORROCK SIDE-LOOKED LIKE BLACKPOOL-92 MUTE SWANS INCLUDING 1 WITH 4 YOUNG BY THE YAUGHT CLUBS,54 NONE BREEDING GREAT CRESTED GREBE-SEEM A LOT OF NONE BREEDERS THIS YEAR,1 MALE GARGANEY,2 RINGED PLOVER,2 REDSHANK-PLUS ALL...
A work colleague (not a birder, but not an ignoramus!) reckons that Herons have nested this year in Platt Fields Park, Manchester. Does anyone have further details of this? If you do, please let me know as I organise the BTO Heronries Census for the Manchester region. Thanks.
sorry, don't panic!!
A pair of treecreepers have been collecting food on the brickwork and timber cladding on our house this week - do they qualify as GM's first wallcreepers?
i have it on good authority that there are 20 common tern nests on horrocks flash but i can only find 15,the others must be hidden between the b.h.gulls that are consistantly arguing over chicks and territory,the starling roost at bryn marsh is quite a sight ,not yet a carling momment but they have star...
lots of garden birds to see and enjoy,
below the tennis courts a family of g.s.woodpecker very vocal and chick/s poking out of nest hole while joggers and dog walkers pass by oblivious to their presence,it,s a joy to see.they/it must be ready to fledge today or soon
cheers geoff
If you haven't already seen them (and if not why not ) I've put the current statistics for the website and forum on the notice board page of the main website and very healthy they are too thanks to all your contributions. Keep your eyes open for the imminent breaking of the million total hits for the websi...
Can I have a little help please.
Has anyone seen/got "The DVD Video Guide to British Birds, and if so do they recommend? I mention DVD Video rather than DVD/CD-Rom so to use on the TV
Or any other
Or any DVD Video?
Many thanks
Geoff
hi,all i,m currently trying to change my email system(not there yet)and noticed i hadn,t filled in my biography when i changed my account details during the smew incident in jan, so apologeys to anyone who,s bothered to have look
and many thanks to all those who have helped me find some very nice cou...
Finally some decent walking and bird weather.Well done to all you more adventurous people who keep this site going.First for me in the woods was a male and female Blackcap. Also saw treecreeper which is becoming more and more elusive along with all the usual stuff.Good day for chiffs and chaffs,will...
lovely morning twitch,
2 wrens 1 blackbird
2 greenfinch 6 goldfinch
20 sandmartins 1 mystery wader(flew off only seen in distance)
6 mallard 12 mute swan
2 tame swallows 30 swift over
and yesterday just as i packed my bins and new camera away a peregrine screeched past with the chick,s br...
The 4 Peregrine chicks in the city centre were ringed today. They are 3 males and a female. Each has, as well as a metal ring, a red Darvic (plastic) ring with white letters, readable with binoculars. These are: B1 (the female) and B2, B3 and B4. It will be another 2-3 weeks before they fledge.
24/03/07 quick visit on the way to work 1 wren 2 blackirds 9 magpie 4 woodpigeon 2 skylark 6 cormorant 12 c/geese 1 robin 2 r/plover 6 mallard cheers geoff
About 25th May, someone sent me a heavy letter addressed to Judith Smith with the correct address, but not enough postage. I got a note from my local PO saying there is £1.16 to pay and to collect it there - a fairly common occurrence especially with this silly new sizing system! When I went to the PO, they...
early a.m. From Horrocks Hide ; 2 drk Garganey 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Ringed Plover Dunlin 3 Redshank 2 drk Wigeon Oystercatcher 33 Mute Swan Common Tern 17 Gadwall from Teal Hide heard Cuckoo from the direction left of yacht club @ 06.15 EDIT - LATE NEWS - B.Hulme has just txt me (his battery went befor...
20 pairs of Common Terns nesting, 1 bird had chicks but under her wings due to cold wind. About 75 Black-headed Gulls nesting, about a third have chicks.
I've been watching this for the last hour or so. Incredible footage. Parents bringing mainly what look like mice. Watching the chicks devour them is facinating, they seem to take turns as well, every chick gets a feed.
WOW!!
Still at least 2 Redstarts singing at Raghole Clough in the afternoon (twitched on my old local patch from Norfolk!) and better still, a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling behind Piethorne Plantation in the evening, only the second record for the valley and my first. Also 8+ singing Willow Warblers, 2...
all the usual with shelduck,redshank reed bunting and whitethroat included as 'usual';; 2 partridge flushed into viridor wood, skylarks and lapwing also easy to find,afternoon stroll with grandkids to horrocks so no optics, the residents quite happy and lots of swifts, few swallows, house mart...
2 Common Terns were at Gleabe Lodge, Astley Bridge about 3pm today. They spent time fishing, and caught several small fish. They flew around several times, calling with the fishless bird closely following or flying parallel to the one with the food, calling all the time. I wondered if it was some kind...
