In early February whilst watching about 30 or so Goldfinch feeding in my garden, I noticed one bird had an orange ring on one of it's legs, but not the expected metal BTO ring on the other. I investigated it's potential origins but found no colour ringing programs that fitted my sighting and left it at th...
Ken Haydock and Jill Mills had a very interesting Stonechat at Burnt Edge, Horwich on Sunday. They've sent a couple of photos which can't be uploaded just at present as Ian's computer is down. Essentially the bird (male) shows very large white wing patches and what appears to be a pure white rump - thou...
A good day in the county today with obvious movement of especially wildfowl, as follows: Audenshaw: as mentioned in Paul's earlier post, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and of course not to mention the Rock Pipit. That the Mergansers flew off may become important (see Hollingworth Lake below). Holling...
Hi all 35 Twite on feeding stations, 4 Twite on Light Hazzles Edge. 1 pair Stonechat, 2 male Reed Bunting behind White House Pub. 3 Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Ravenin area. 1 Peregrine on pylon by Cows Mouth Quarry - flew off NW in direction of Warland Village at 11.30am. Many many Mipits displ...
red seas 4 oystercatchers one with a silver ring on 11 lapwing .8 teal numbers slowly going down 1 g c grebe challenge way 6 lapwings.1 reed bunting.2snipe 1 skylark scot lane new ponds 2 willow tit pr walmsleys 2 mute swans2 g c grebe 8 reed buntings on the marsh standish wood lane 3 yellowhammers ji...
While doing some work in the park over the last week a reliable local birder let me know that a free flying female Mandarin Duck has been on the pond on Fog Lane Park over the last couple of weeks. Although I did not see it over 3 visits last week it may still be around on Fog Lanes pond or other local water bo...
While stuck in traffic today near the Trafford centre on the road leading down to Barton swing bridge. I saw a Sparrowhawk hunting in the fields opposite B+Q about 20m from the road, it was flying about 1m above the ground and succeeded in flushing a Little Owl which was hidden in the grass which it th...
A male Goshawk was first seen, pursued by 5 Carrion Crows, above woodland on the perimiter of Turn Moss Playing Fields, Stretford ( bordering Ivy Green Rd ) shortly before 14.40 ( today 26/03/07). The bird flew towards me, passing within about 30ft at about 20ft height, in the direction of Ivy Green. T...
took mrs g and dog for a walk today first call horrocks. all the usuals and a couple of redpoll but didnt see the red headed smew,one buzzard flying overhead.onto scotchmans the blackneck grebe showing well on the canal side posing for pictures. i met fellow blogger Algpan and after conversation abo...
According to Birdguides: 2 Kittewakes at Pennington today (11:00), anyone see these? Flythroughs or hanging about on the water? Also 2 LRPlover on Teal Scrape.
I have noticed the squirell population increasing considerably over the past couple of years in Borsdane Wood .I'm no expert on these squirell but was wandering if anyone else new, what effect they have on the birdlife? Only a couple of years ago it was hard to spot a squirell, now they are every...
Sorry this is late. (Used to not putting things out from Heaton Park res area.) Lesser pecker calling from the trees inside Heaton Park at the entrance to the res on Weds (21st) evening. It stopped calling when i got close and couldnt find it. (typical)!
lesser spotted woodpecker calling this morn from crooke wood but no sighting as i was looking from canal towpath also 8 lesser redpolls in area 2 buzzards, nuthatch, 2 oystercatcher on red seas and 1 green woodpecker and 1 willow tit nearby
A Black-tailed Godwit at Lightshaw Hall Flash this morning, usual pairs of Shelducks and Redshanks. Two Buzzards over the Viridor Byron Wood, distantly.
several goldcrest coal tit great tit blue tit kingfisher mallard jay crow magpie nuthatch 2 grey wagtails 2 chiffchaff willow tit wood pigeon collard dove wren robin songthrush blackbird great spotted woodpecker
Wigan Council last night voted to ask Defra to look again at their evidence relating to Ruddy Duck culls and to consult with various named persons (including myself and Leigh OS). It will all be in the Wigan Evg Post tomorrow. 23.3.07 - well it wasn't in the Post (despite my doing an interview) but h...
tried a new spot today,sj802973 or north wharf in the a to z , 3 ringed plover 6 mute swan 8 cormorant 12 magpie(must be hundreds of the buggers i counted thirty mobbing two crows that were just passing through the other day) 6 goldfinch 2 greenfinch 2 blackbird 2 mistle thrush 1 skylark (singing)just ov...
