I was just finishing my TTV at the Wigan Flashes today and returning to my car at Bamfurlong when I heard a Kestrel call - it was on top of a gantry carrying the live electric overhead lines on the W Coast main line railway. As it flew down (possibly carrying something) there was a loud bang and a brilliant f...
I run a Tree Sparrow feeding station on a farm nearby,and during the week whilst chatting to the farmer he mentioned an unusual bird that spent a few weeks in the garden at the farm late last winter.He described the bird as a thrush,as big as or slightly bigger than a Blackbird but smaller than a Mistle Th...
Apparently a call was taken by a colleague at 16.10 from an MOP ( member of the public ) in Didsbury who had found a 'black and white bird, like a small penguine, with webbed feet, AND A DAMAGED WING' in their garden this afternoon and had already released it on the pond in Fog Lane Park, Fog Lane, Didsbury....
driving down m62 around junction 19 eastbound at about 1.30pm
a raven flew over the motorwar quite high - definitely not a crow - wings and tail - very noticeabe.
alos a flock of lapwings in the fields to the right - saw about 6 rise - could have been much more in total
Just watched Autumn Watch for the second time.
3 complaints;;
1. No reference to Kates beaver, Im sure someone posted about this in the past!!!!!!!(who is the guilty poster?)
2.Why during the whole programme was there almost no filming from Martin Mere itself?
3.Why was there no reference to th...
Salford Star magazine have started this petition:
"We, the undersigned, condemn the behaviour of Peel Holdings/BBC at the MediaCity:UK location of North Wharf on Salford Quays - disturbing birds such as Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lapwings & Skylarks during the breedin...
My 2 hour surveys today and yesterday revealed 7 Water Rails (+ 1 showing well at Low Hall and 1 calling at Amberswood Lake on the "island" at the S end), 6 Wigeon, Buzzard, Little Owl at New Bear Hey Farm (always difficult to see here but present for years), 34 Pochard, 33 Tufties, 11 Shoveler...
bottom of walford? road, path goes through to golborne, includes woodland area with pond and farmland, couple of streams. connects with path from ashton heath past haydock race course and into golborne. quite a big area.
spent a couple of hours walking round there today. few interesting flyover...
i saw a red kite at 1.40pm off the m66 southbound on the left handside. it was flying fairly low over the hard shoulder and then disappeared into the countryside to the left - to be mobbed by crows.
Just thought I'd mention that the following sites (tetrads ie 2km x 2km squares) have not yet been registered for Atlas coverage - if any of them are your favourite patch and you can do 2 x 2hr walks in the period November to February, and 2 hrs twice in the breeding season in 2008, which will also count for...
Great title to a posting and it is what I was given as a job today, it turn out to be a woodcock, them low and behold an hour later back at sale water park picking up a sparrowhawk, both have injuries and will be kept in care until released.
I must be top lister for birds picked up what do you reckon
I have just had a late report of a Firecrest from Peter Day in his Sale garden, always a favourite spot for them - he's had a few over the years as he backs onto Brook Wood which is a conifer wood. It was in the 3rd week of October (date to be notified) when I was away - he did ring me about something else but had to...
Report of Leach's Storm Petrel at Sale Water park just before dusk on RBA. Isn't this quite a good Manc bird? Might nip there first thing in the morning.
Cheers. Henerz.
For some reason unknown to me I am no longer receiving e-mail alerts from replies to threads to my inbox. Instead there are now being re-directed to my spam floder and getting lost with the stacks of trash and I'm missing them. Hope it's a temporary glip.
Never mix mix gremlins with luddites
Whilst Ken Haydock and Jill Mills were doing their atlas tetrad yesterday (11th) they had a male Hen Harrier at Green Nook, Coal Pit Lane, Smithills Moor and 13 Crossbills flying from Walker Fold Woods NE towards Sheep Cote Farm.
According to Birdguides there`s a Little Auk present this morning at Blackmoorfoot Reservoir in W.Yorks - JUST (about 4 miles) beyond our border..................Balls !
Why couldn`t it have chosen Castleshaw ? ?
just heard on the news bird flu again on a turkey farm on norfolk/suffolk border
so watch out for all the garbage churned out by the media
about migrating birds being the cause of it and not the poultry farmers
cutting corners and costs to produce these birds just wish the media
would look at the fact...
With some nice birds around on the east coast at the moment and things looking perhaps set to increase (not as much as up on Shetland though I don't suppose), anybody thinking of a day out up Spurn or Flamborough way in the week coming up? Basically I'm flippin' desperate to get out there but have transpo...
I'm sure you are all aware - any sightings now should be reported for the BTO bird atlas and the Manchester Bird Atlas !
I suggest you include the Tetrad alongside any sightings.
Nothing of note in SJ89N at the moment apart from Feral Pigeons
No, no, it's not your monitor packing up I have indeed been fiddling again and changed the colour scheme of the forum, you know what they say about change... (well I certainly don't ).
Manchester Birding eh, what other forum changes it's colour scheme to keep it's users 'on their toes' and so we don't...
First time,
Got to make more of an effort !!
Nuttall Park in Ramsbottom, 1300hrs today, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Dipper on Irwell below
metal bridge into park
MIKE
Pager Services report a HAWFINCH at Pickley Green, Westleigh, near Leigh, this morning at 08.36. (As yet, this is unconfirmed.) The FIRECREST at Wigan Flashes has been confirmed as being present this morning at the end of Welham Rd. -- Edited by Ian Woosey at 10:51, 2007-11-11
Watergrove 08:20 to 10:15 hrs. A male Ring Ouzel gave cracking views perched in the open on a Hawthorn bush on the edge of Million Tree Wood, before flying off south towards Wardle. The first ever November record here. A Kingfisher was also a first for November. It looks as if these birds are determined...
Tim Wilcox found a Woodcock in Smithy Lane, a back street off King St W in the city centre tonight following information - it has been there for 3 days near a heating duct. Paul Heaton from the RSPCA will arrange for it to be picked up and if necessary taken into care.
Woodcocks in this area of the city cent...
I have just noticed (as a result of another enquiry) that I accidently copied the figures for Blue Tit in the table for Great Tit! The correct figures should be as follows:
2006 - 4.93 y 48 pairs
2005 - 4.76 y 52 pairs
2004 - 5.09 y 53 pairs
2003 - 4.6 y 55 pairs
2002 - 5.81y 75 pairs
2000 - 6.5 y 74 pairs
19...
How can any Manchester birder get stuck for something to do or somewhere to go,this excellent section of the forum has had a major new piece added the long awaited Elton res guide, by the one and only warfy, well done mate.
now to upset all those compass toting grid reference boys(and girls) it access i...
