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...
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER - our morning brightened up considerably when I found this bird at the junction of Cow Lane and Hobson Moor Rd this morning. The bird showed well on 3 occasions just after 10am returning to feed in a single bush at the top of Cow Lane, I last saw it very briefly at 10.50am further alo...
good day at spurn today, sea watch produced 20 pomarine and 1 great squa, 4 little auks, 1 sooty shearwater and 10 red throated divers. also saw little bunting on beacon lane and yellow browed warbler at crown and anchor.
Went to Stocks res. this a.m. to try to see the great grey shrike thats been around all week with Peter&Norma Johnson. Needless to say we didnt spot it, although it had been seen this morning. Ive never been before and its an impressive place, lots of siskin and redpoll about and large numbers of tea...
Another cracking morning, sunny with a light North-westerly. A family party of 3 juv.'s and one adult Whooper Swan was on Blackstone Edge Resr until at least midday. The birds are in a gully on the north side of the resr, and were not visible from the top of the dam when I was there at 09:20 hrs. Alan Nuttal...
5-10-07 7-10am
Lapwing 9 sw
Redwing 28 south
Mistle thrush 6 north
Blackbird 3 west + 10 in garden below
Song thrush 2 west
Woodpigeon 36 South
greenfinch 24 east
Jay 4 south
Mpipit 15 south
GSW 2, Spahawk and kestrel.
Hundreds of woodpigeon, fieldfare 1 goldcest 5+ coal tits lots, and loads and loads of cones,,lovely cones just waiting for crossbills to feed on them .....but guess what they are all at watergrove.
I noticed today that Sorrowcow Pond, on the S side of Pennington Flash near the yacht club, is full of Floating Pennywort, a highly invasive alien plant, probably unwittingly introduced by anglers. Haven't seen this particular nasty in this area before though I believe it's around Etherow.
Visit this morning.
An adult winter-plumaged Kittiwake was a surprising but very pleasant
find on Ogden Reservoir this morning. It showed well, when not being
pestered by Black-headed Gulls! This is my first record of this
species here and the first record at Piethorne since 10th April
1999...
Andy Makin had a Firecrest (probably female) in his garden at Long Lane, Hindley Green today. Maybe ex-Pickley Green? Andy's not online, but was going to ring Phil Rhodes to compare notes. It went towards Ruabon Crescent, so I have asked another birdwatcher living there to keep an eye open for it!.
By amazing coincidence after saying to Bill Myerscough this morning that it had been 11 years since seeing my last Whoopers at Watergrove, a party of 5 birds was on the resr this afternoon at 16:30 hrs. They took flight south at 16:55 hrs and may have gone to roost either on Clegg Hall Pools or Hollingwor...
