Did a 2 hour survey of this 2 x 2 km square this a.m. It's hardly
classic bird territory (mostly suburban Rochdale but some areas also
in Oldham). It covers the southern end of Stake Hill industrial
estate, Higher Boarshaw, Middleton cemetery and some of the posher,
more rural areas of Chadderton...
28th April.
I was fortunate enough to find certainly 1 (seen very clearly although only briefly) and possibly a second Dotterel here this afternoon in pretty poor weather conditions.
There was a bird was found here by Paul Heaton on 30/4/06 and habitat here seems just right for this species on pa...
29th April.
Had the first freshly-fledged young House Sparrow of the year in the garden this morning - being fed by the adult male of the pair. Looks like this pair are a little ahead of their peers - who have only recently been seen stripping the fleece like lining off some hanging baskets, presumabl...
In the early to mid 80's atleast (as I remember), Rindle Road used to be busy with birders, gathered to witness the excellent numbers of Hen Harriers and Short-eared Owls that used to winter in the area and of course Nightjar, Tree Pipit and Turtle Dove which were all mossland specialist species durin...
For those who don't know it, this is an excellent area of rough grassland, scrubland with marshes and pools. One side borders on the PPG factory and another side onto Bickershaw Lane. Grid ref: SD627025, access from the end of Belmont Ave.
Today there in rain: 4 Grasshopper Warblers reeling, 4 Sedge...
After reading reports in the Bolton News that the Terns where back. I went to see but no sign. 6 Swallows 1 Willow Warbler 3 pair Great Crested Grebe LBB Gull BH gulls flushed 2 Snipe Tufted Duck Spoke to a guy who, while interested in the birds, was also a fisherman. He didn't half have a good whinge about C...
24/03/08 14.00 15.00
6 reed bunting 4 blackbirds
10 chaffinch 6 yellowhammer
12 great tit 1 willow tit
2 dunnock 2 blue tit
20 tree sparrow 4 magpie
2 crow 1 wood pigeon
1 lapwing 1 greenfinch
1 robin 1 wren
2 collard dove
very nice bit of birding from the comfort of the car seat,hats off to who...
hi, i am begining in bird watching and have stared compileing a life list i am only 16 and would like some tips on were to find more birds round the hindley/wigan area and what equipment to use etc. thankyou. ryan
Is anybody else out there keeping a county year-list for 2008? Seeing as how we are now a quarter of the way through the year, i thought it would be interesting to see how everyone is doing so far. My GM 2008 list is currently on 108. As this is the first time i've kept a county list im not sure if this is good, p...
Directly over westleigh highschool, above the astroturf was unmistakebly a hovering kestrel, i only saw the one but it was a definate kestrel, also my birding partner says he has sighted a GBB gull as well as some LBB gulls.
Although there have been a few early records already this year, from now until about the 3rd week of May is usually peak time of year for Dotterels passing through Britain, and with nearby places like Pendle Hill getting good numbers every year surely they're under-recorded in Greater Manchester?
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12.9.07 - Middle and Goyt Hall Farms - mid pm
Yellow Wagtail - 1st winter bird around the Horsefields and newly ploughed field by Goyt Hall Farm (a good bird for here).
Little Owl - 3 birds noted around Goyt Hall Farm area.
Hallo all, It has been a while since I have written anything. I have just come back from a trip to Sweden. It was fantastic to say the least with Cranes, Owls and Woodpeckers. But back to Norway. Even though the cold nights are still forming a new thin layer of ice on the lakes, it soon melts and warm sunny da...
check the main site for details,but us wigganers are on to it already,maps,flipcharts target birds sycronised spotting pratice every thursday,sounds like the warfords but with pies. the wigganers -- Edited by Geoff Hargreaves at 20:58, 2008-01-11
trip with local r s p b group to conder green area
freezing cold east wind blowin kept most things down
birds seen
condor green
sp redshank,
4 scaup
pr red b mergansers
stonechat
4 whimbrel
bl t godwits in breeding plumage
knot ,,
pilling marsh
golden plover
p f goose
a very distant ross go...
Just spent an hour or so on the Logie the Osprey website. Brilliant stuff. Not just the Osprey. Marsh Harrier, Honey Buzzard and much more.
The section on mammals interested me because it ties in with a tv program, on the other night, Natural World, i think it was. A guy (the son of Mr MFI) has a dream of...
2 Willow Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
2 Greenfinch
1 Chaffinch
4 Lbb Gulls
Loads Woodpigeons
22 Magpies
4 Carrion Crows
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
2 Weasles
2 cast iron baths, 1 washing machine, 1 couch, several chairs, plenty bits of cycles and a fine collection of car wheels. Strangely no sho...
A mate at work has been telling me for months that he has had lots of Siskin, Brambling and Redpolls visiting his feeders in his garden.
He said that the Redpolls were paler than in his bird book and that some of them were becoming very pink.
I have been meaning to pop in to look at the birds in question a...
arrived this morning, although the thought of god only knows what could be stored on the chip, where i can access it or not and why on earth it needs an antenna is a little disturbing, i was pleasantly surprised to find that the stamp pages have pretty bird engravings on.
c. 60 swallows, c. 30 sand martins & 6 house martins feeding above Roman Lakes, Marple 6pm on 17th. Dancing GC Grebes completed great picture.
On 15th at 6pm, there were 4 swallows, a common sand & a ringed plover at the pool across the River Tame from Dunkirk Farm - off Dukinfield Rd between H...
First stop ImF
1 BARNACLE AMONGST THE CANADAS
1 LITTLE STINT WITH SEVERAL DUNLIN
2 SPOTTED REDSHANKS
4 SNIPE
1 WATER RAIL
1 KESTREL
BLACKTAILED GODWITS
ALL THE USUAL DUCKS
PARKGATE HELD 2-3 HUNDRED TWITCHERS HOPING FOR A HIGH TIDE BUT THEY LOOKED VERY DISAPPOINTED
I PASSED THROUGH AND WE...
7th February.
On the Boating Lake - 2 Mute Swan, 3 Cormorants, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck + double figures of both Coot and Moorhen.
On a small overgrown pond in an adjacent area of woodland - a pair of Teal.
In surrounding woodlands - flocks of 8 and c30 Siskin, 4 Goldcrest (2 of which were...
