Hi 'm new to the forum my name is simon i have been interested in wild life most of my life and just in the last couple of years taken up birding..
my local spots are dunham massey and the fields at the back of manchester airport...
just enquiring if anybody has noticed if the pied wagtails have returned to the same roost that they had last year in the galleries in wigan town centre not been yet myself at night but passed during day and a lots of bird poo on the floor jimmy
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Walk along the Rochdale Canal this morning - Slattocks roundabout to
Higher Boarshaw. Usually plenty of birds here - as there was today!
c25 House Sparrow,
11 Rook,
60+ Mallard,
6 Long-tailed Tit,
2 Mistle Thrush,
7 Moorhen,
2 Teal,
An absolute minimum of 25 Snipe - didn't quite realise h...
Quick visit today to check out the Smew which was a lifer for me.
The redhead hung out at the north end of the main mere but flew off when a kestrel flew nearby across the water. I didn't see the Smew land but it went south over the water and presumed it landed out of view.
Lots of other stuff on the wa...
did my 1st ttv today soon got the hang of it
but dont really get enough time to cover it
36 species in total all usual stuff though pleased to say that
i got a lot of house sparrows in one part ,,, jimmy
marbury park and neumanns flash= plenty of great spotteds, two greens and cripling views of a fem lesser spotted feeding, then sat preening in the sun for a good few minutes (no camera!). also- redwings, bullfinches, kingfishers, courting black swans, nuthatches, raven curlew, dabchicks, treec...
Have received a report of a female Scaup at Blackleach Resr Dec 30th, seen by 2 reliable observers, per voluntary warden. This is probably the bird displaced from Ringley sewage works by the ice in mid month.
First visit to Piethorne & first birdwatching outing anywhere since
early December.
On Ogden - 27 Goosander (12 males).
- 6 Great Crested Grebe.
- 10 Cormorants.
In 2007 I regularly chatted with the baliff of the angling club that
fishes Ogden Res. Spoke to him this morning and he said th...
to all interesed, my self and jimmy meadows will be combing the vast waters of the wigan flashes(still hoping to recruit a couple of other wigganers)on new years day and will combine our results over a pie and pint somewhere int middle of the flashes,to establish a list of birds present. we think a targ...
From the Dee-Estuary website
CATTLE EGRET - Neston, just off A540 - PLEASE follow these instructions, park in Clayhill Industrial Estate which is on road to Neston (B5135) just off A540 (where the double set of traffic lights is), walk back to A540 and walk north past Aldi traffic lights, about 150...
Has anyone else noticed a mini invasion of Blackbirds?
Whilst winter thrushes seem to be thin on the ground, Timperley seems to have been playing host to a large number of presumably migrant Blackbirds.
My garden (which is not much bigger than a big back yard), has had a maximum count of 7, my siste...
5 Mealy Redpolls were on Victoria Fields, Bickershaw today, with 2 Lesser Redpolls and c40 Goldfinch and a few siskins. Map reference is at SD 624025
All info thanks to Dave Broome
Dave Broome found 3 Mealy Redpolls today at Fairhurst Lane Reclaimation site today (an almost annual spot for them), this is off Delfhaven Court, Standish, Wigan way!
Peter Alker (Pennington Flash head ranger) phoned me this morning to let me know an observer had seen what was probably a Cattle Egret on the flooded golf course at Pennington Flash, around 10:15ish. The bird was with gulls and wasn't much larger than a Black-headed in it's 'hunched-up' position, th...
Congratulations to Paul Hammond today on seeing his 170th species in the County this year, keep going mate the end is in sight.
No doubt possibly one or two County Yearlisters from years goneby are now anxiously checking their rearview mirrors as Paul's hand hovers over his right indicator switch....
1.1.2008
Driving to Bolton, on the A580 slip road / M61 I wished I'd had a camera with me as there was a buzzard and 3 magpies all sitting on a fencepost. It would have made a great picture. They were all within 3 feet of each other.
Ian Woosey found an female/immature Long-tailed Duck on High Rid Reservoir, Bolton at approximately 3pm this afternoon. The bird was still present at the time of this post atleast. To access the resr, turn off the A6402 Old Kiln Lane onto Old Hall Lane, the reservoir is along the side of the road and is...
spotted by my sister today about 12.30. apparently she disturbed it on the path towards the farm, near the cow field, then it flew over viridor and 'caught something'. close views apparently.
A happy New Year to all birders in Greater Manchester and may it be as bird-filled as 2007 has been.
I shall be very happy to receive your 2007 records - there is a form on the Records page of this website which you can download, with tabs for species and sites, so you can cut and paste, to save typing. Pleas...
spotted hunting along the dual carriageway between the roundabout at chequerbent on the a6 and junction 5 of the m61. it was working the rough grassy area between the central reservation barriers which is quite wide in parts , as i drove along side it veered away to the right over the hedge into field ne...
at least 6 bullfinch and what looks like a bulls nest from this year. bare trees now revealing a few goldfinch and mistle thrush nests too. also 2 g.s.woods, a small flock of siskins, a sparrowhawk, redwings, plenty of jays and singing blue + great tits. kingfisher sill on rochdale canal with pied + gre...
