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...
Now heres a good thing for the dark nights and rainy days for those of you who have not checked the updates section yet then do so now.
The systematic list and the details on the Artic Skua is mouthwatering to the record twitchers among us, well done on starting it Mr McKerchar looking forward to more of...
pr grey wagtails at the oak hotel off orchard st this morn
and 1 singing on roof at bleachworks this morn
also 2 swallows through and not for stopping it favoured
I posted this a.m. from Elton mentioning that a Swans nest had lost all its eggs with no sign of predation i.e. no broken eggshells visible. Our conclusion( P.Johnson and myself) was that this could have been the work of an egg collector. Simon(Warfy) then posted saying that he felt that the whereabou...
According to the local press ( The Messenger).
1 x Scarlet Macaw frequenting gardens and Millenium Nature reserve.
Picture not too clear although personally the bird pictured is either a Lorikeet or Rosella.
Not looked in detail apparently pictures are on Urmston.net, can't find them thoug...
This is more aimed at Ian,
can't seem to P.M off my phone...
Is there a way or do I have to us my PC.
My fault for having aposh phone I suppose....
Steve..
I realise there are a lot of county birders out there who participate in the BTO Birdtrack which is of course extremely useful but could I ask that those who do participate attempt to enter a quantity for the species they record where ever possible please. If there isn't a quantity this effectively mak...
Whilst I was doing my atlas TTV this morning and walking through Viridor Wood (N) which is just S of Three Sisters, I had a female/imm Marsh Harrier circling around for about 10 mins before drifting off W. I suspect it had probably come from the Wigan Flashes.
Sorry for the mass mailing, but it appears that my private messaging is not working at the moment!
However, if Bill Myerscough reads this could you e-mail me your e-mail address to kane.brides''@''wwt.org.uk
Thanks
Kane
Just been asked by a colleague to ID a bird he saw yesterday on the river spodden which turns out to be a Ruddy Shelduck. Dubious origins no doubt but a nice bird anyway.
Grid Ref: SD 8830 1788 R.Spodden, Whitworth
In case anyone else hasn't seen in the National papers- there's possible plans to flood parts of Norfolk for coastal defences. It's main feature on the regional news slot with village meetings tonight. Sounds like many years off yet though it obviously has big impact on people living there now. Foun...
6 Buzzards sat in 1 tree, next to Carrington Junction, near to where the base was for the contractors doing the motorway work. Also 2 Sparrowhawks chasing pigeons towards Sale Water Park..
M56 Manchester Airport direction from M60 3 Buzzards around Wythenshawe Park area.....
Steve
Sightings in the garden reported by my folks recently of 1 probable Mealy Redpoll, 1 Tree Sparrow and 2 Bramblings. If looking locally try the alder copse at the east end of Shay Lane for the redpolls.
Tree Sparrow was the biggest suprise to hear about for me as i've never had on...
My son has started an slight intrest in birding and has expressed an intrest in having a pair of bins. Can anybody surgest a make and model with a price around £100. I dont want to spend to much at first as he may loose intrest.
Just received my comp. copy of this today. (3rd edition) I wrote the bit on Greater Manchester this time, so if there are any mistakes blame me! (It's 18 months since I did it, though) Space was limited but hope I got all the major sites in. Helm, £16.99 ISBN 978-0-7136-6421-8
