Just back from a family holiday staying on the edge of the Strandzha Mountains in south-east Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast. Stayed in a village about 10km inland from the sea - most of these birds were seen/heard in and around the house we stayed in, but a few are from the beach or other trips out. 72 dif...
Cox Green Quarry :- Muntjac. A strange deer sound compared to the usual Roe Deer. A book description of "a coughing bark which sounds like an animal in distress" was spot on. I still could not find it, but as my only sightings are of their backsides disappearing into undergrowth I was not sur...
This telescope is in excellent, unmarked condition and has been well looked after. It has a 25-50 zoom eye piece and comes with its stay-on case which has been on since day one. Just returned from Leica after service and refurbishment as an added bonus prior to sale and has not been used since. Will acce...
British Wildlife magazine, unbound volumes 1-33, excellent condition £50 -- Edited by dave broome on Sunday 21st of May 2023 04:30:40 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 1st of August 2023 09:34:50 PM
Just seen this on Twitter - @OrniStats is a new account that says Welcome to OrniStats, the new project dedicated to analysis of British and Irish vagrant birds! With a website in the pipeline that will (hopefully) be live by the end of the year, in the meantime this account will provide stats and facts...
Walking the dog at 7-30 this morning, I fortuotously took the bins with me and was immidiately rewarded with a female greater spotted woodpecker knocking away at a dead branch. Thre was also a nuthatch calling close by but unobserved. Further up the lane were numerus chaffinch, robins and wrens. The...
I had a trip to Buxton and cycled all the way to bakewell and back. I feel shattered but seen some very interesting things both on the old railway route and around Buxton. Highlights includes; buzzard, kestrel, 2 sparrowhawks, redstart, a dozen spotted flycatchers totalling 3 families together fee...
A pair of Bee-eaters have bred at an undisclosed site in Greater Manchester but unfortunately today, it appears the birds have abandoned and departed the area, possibly due to predation or some form of internal collapse of the nest burrow. The birds first appeared in mid-June and quickly began bre...
Full set of 50 in frame. Godfrey Philips. Circa 1930s. Look nice in a study, obviously something that will never be done again. £ 40 ono. Buyer to collect from Barton near to Garstang. Call on 07539 839015. -- Edited by Ivan Ellison on Friday 14th of July 2023 04:19:37 PM
Hi , Im asking you to please sign this petition, it aims to encourage the government to make it mandatory to fit Swiftbricks into all new build buildings , where practical. I dont need to remind you that species like the Swift that rely on walls and roof spaces for nest sites have seen their numbers crash...
A complete set of The Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic (or BWP to you and me!!) £150 Good condition, just very insignificant ageing to dust jackets. Happy for them to be viewed first if wanted. -- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 31st...
I am 76 years old and started taking an interest in birds at the age of 7. I lived just outside Broadbottom for the first 31 years of my life. Then in a more urban environment in Hyde and for the past 30+ years on the edge of Hyde close to a green belt which will shortly be built on. In the past 60 years I have seen...
10.15 - 13.15 Grey Squirrel The following still in flower (often only single plants) Ragwort Red Clover Herb Robert Red Bartsia Meadow Buttercup Ragged robin Meadow Cranesbill Gorse Black Medic Pink Purslane Tormentil Fungi Jelly Ear Lumpy Bracket Peeling Oysterling Tar Spot Stump Puffball Cyl...
Originally posted today by Fred Ford: This dry weather is adversely affecting crows .Two days ago i found a juvenile jackdaw , in the garden , very weak , very thin. I have managed to feed and water him and he seems to be recovering , pottering around picking up insects .This morning i discovered a carrio...
Not here with birding in mind and do not have optics with us. This afternoon we were sitting in the Piazza Di San Lorenzo gorging on tiramasu flavoured ice creams when a fine male Italian Sparrow landed very close by, and it struck me that I had never before seen one. On the ebird system it is split as Passe...
Just returned from a research trip to Iceland. Had some cracking birds and some cracking weather!! Saw 47 species in total, a few lists below. 29th July - Lake Myvatn area. Merlin, Meadow Pipit, Redwing, Arctic Tern, c250 Barrows Goldeneye, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Red Throated Diver, Arctic Skua...
Yesterday, whilst walking down the Rochdale Canal towpath, I spotted two fish, swimming close to the surface. The location was parallel to Whitworth Street. Can any angler identify them?
13 Yellowhammer 10 Linnet 2 Kestrel 100+ Guillemot (scoured the coastline but no sign of Black Guillemot) 3 Razorbill 20 Gannet Good numbers of Fulmar and Kittiwake 15 Skylark 10 Swallow Good numbers of Meadow Pipit Porpoise Weasel
Just had a week's holiday in the Lake District -
Highlight was Osprey on 3 eggs at Bassenthwaite - excellent views of the new nest site from the Upper watchpoint. A third Osprey tried to muscle in on the nest whilst we were there but was seen off spectacularly by the male.
The old nest still exists and...
appologies if this should go in an existing thread but i've searched 9 pages and can't find one. had a day out up in the resservoir valley today on arrival went straight to the viewing point 1 buzzard rising over the midle of derwent resser, being harrased by a smaller bird of prey which looked like a larg...
THE GREATER MANCHESTER COUNTY BIRD REPORT IS BACKWell, kind of…Let’s cut to the chase, the Greater Manchester County Bird report is now 10 years out of date, however its catch up concept is alive and kicking but ultimately, will depend pretty much entirely upon your help to come to fruition. ...
With the current Greater Manchester County Rarities Committee members having served for a considerable amount of time now, we are seeking expressions of interest from potential new members to serve on its five-member committee. Anyone interested should read the full details on the Manche...
Male Ring Ouzel showed well from 13.15 till at least 13.45 just below and slightly to the left of the lay-by. Also c6 Red Grouse near quarry and at least 6 Wheatear displaying. Nice to meet you Jason and good luck in Shetland. Cheers, John -- Edited by John Rayner on Friday 3rd of April 2009 06:37:43 PM
Just watched a programme on TV about Gry falcons and Arctic Wolves (BBC2 7pm) and I know its a bit late for you who didn't see it-but what about posting a birds on TV schedule. I would have missed the programme if iI didn't switch on BBC2 by accident, so if anybody sees a programme advertised with bird cont...
Free to a good home, Highland Bird Reports for 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013. Great colour covers, look decent on a shelf. Each one from around 150-250 pages, rammed with info for this fascinating part of the UK. Can post or arrange to hand over at a mutually convenient location
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 20th of March 2012 08:52:25 AM