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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

An Osprey overflew Denton today for one lucky observer, over Hyde Hall Farm at 2pm moving off NE. Info thanks to Alan Hunter (via Judith Smith)

3 Whimbrel flew over Egerton, Bolton at 4:30 today. Info thanks to Neil Hancock

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..

http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery12

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...

One there today might tempt some Mancunians a bit further north?!

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.

..has appeared on BirdGuides, late Feb. Any idea where it was - one of the never, never lands perhaps?

if anybodys interested walter robinson is selling his scope kowa tsn £150.00 if interested pm me and il pass on his mobile no cheers

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

2 Stock Doves 2 Grey Wagtail Chiffchaffs but no hirundines or willow warblers seen

I've been a read-only user of this forum for some while and thought I'd wait until I had something decent to post before taking the plunge. Yesterday, 5th April, at Poynton Pool I had an Osprey flying north and directly overhead (see avatar which was taken at the time by a co-birder). An excellent rew...

What's happening to Rooks in Rochdale? I passed 2 rookeries today - Kiln Lane at Milnrow (1 nest) - admittedly I whizzed past in the car so could have missed some - there were 6 here in 2006, and Nutters at Wolstenholme Hall Norden - only 9 here, though possibly 3 more singletons in other parts of the groun...

Yesterday over 1200 LBBG's flew north over Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield, in the early afternoon. There are movements on a daily basis over here, directly north-south. Moore Landfill is directly south of Skitters. Yesterday over 99% of the gulls were adult. Though I probably missed s...

Quick nip round the park on my lunchbreak today, 12.30 -1.00 Cormorant -6 Great Crested Grebe 1 Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan - 3 Egyptian Goose - very tame individual, followed me all around the lake Canada Goose c150 Mallard Tufted Duck c30 Moorhen Coot c25 B H Gull c100 Common Gull c30 Meadow...

2 pr of jackdaws nest building in chimney pots on wigan lane this morning dont think the home owners know out about it though

A breeding plumaged Black-necked Grebe was on Audenshaw No.1 this morning. Nothing much else, but the first House Martin was present on Tuesday 1st April.

Chiffchaff singing in trees behind Dartington Road this morning Les

trafford road bridge,coot,moorhen,bh gull,mistle thrush,mallard,8 cormorant,30+wigeon,heron, large flock of geese very high going east no idea what they were, the wigeon flew off when a rower disturbed them,ok for a ten minute twitch before work

pr grey wagtails on brook at bottom end nr to mill st lots of disturbance with kids though so they will find it hard to breed there