I went to a talk last night by Ben Hall. He is a professional nature photographer who lives in Hazel Grove, and he showed some absolutely stunning pictures - most taken locally - Etherow, Peak District, Southport, and Martin Mere.
Have a look at http://www.benhallphotography.com/gallery.htm
Just been checking the BBC long range charts on tinternet and by Weds. there will be high pressure over Scandinavia producing an easterly airflow from there across Britain,this will continue into Thurs and possibly beyond.This should produce some good falls on the east coast and hopefully some of...
Hi All,
68 Twite at White Holme feeding station today. 6 Meadow Pippits and 1 Kestrel in the area - pretty quiet really. Weather bright, cold and windy.
Just got the lastest New naturlist 103 , and counting ther days down to the scilly season.
anyone going and when, and who fancy a pint in the Turks head????
Whilst pottering around garden earlier this afternoon, saw the following
6 Yellow Wagtails mooching around on our roof and across the ways. 1st time I have seen these here especially in that number.
8 Greenfinch in bushes opposite
6 Goldfinch " " "
1 Jay " " "
6...
21/10/07 am from the screen on the back pool,and from the monument
all the usual coot moorhens and mallard
2 little grebe 15 teal
6 shoveler 1 water rail
1 sparrowhawk 1 buzzard
nice to see the winter birds back again, the water rail which was first heard calling, then seen swimming and then mooch...
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Andy Makin had 2 Crossbills on Scout Rd, Bolton 31/5/07 which flew into a pine plantation half in GM and half in Lancs where Scout Moor joins Belmont Rd A675. He went back today and found 7 Crossbills and 2 singing Goldcrests. He was apprehended (nicely) by a gamekeeper who...
plenty tits about great,blue,coal
2 meadow pipits
crows
2 jays
4 magpies
2 nuthatch
2 goldcrest
redwings and fieldfare in fields
2 moorehen and 1 lonely mallard on ornimental pond
5 goldfinch flyby
not many birds passing over for such a beautiful morning.
This Manchester Birding forum is now 1 year old today!!! The forum has been a resounding success and long may it continue, unfortunately due to spending much of the day searching (fruitlessly) for the Yellow-browed Warbler at Hollingworth and having to go to work tonight I haven't had chance to upda...
Excellent visit this morning - at least 3 Ring Ouzels (2 males and 1 female seen), possibly a 4th present. They were feeding on hawthorn berries, with a few Blackbirds also present, in the upper valley at around 11.00 am.
This is only my second record for this species at Piethorne and my first record o...
Bit of movement this morning over Heaton Park best being:-
4 Whooper Swan (3ad + Juv) and c40 Pinkfeet all East.
Some decent sized flocks of Woodpigeon (totalling 121 sw), Fieldfare (107), Redwing (114) and Starling (98) all west.
69 Chaffinch sw along with a Brambling, 5 Reed Bunt, 7 Siskin, 2...
Jo Fraser has passed on sightings of Rose Ringed/Ringed-necked Parakeets seen in Whalley Range last week:
"I saw them on 3 days last week - up to 6 flying
across the block bounded by Alness, Manley, Brantingham Roads & Alex Road
South - very near Alex Park, Postcode M16 8HW."
Sou...
date broome found a yellow browed warbler in the north west corner of scotsmans flash at 5:50pm today. The bird was calling and making its way towards the old railway line there where there may be some suitable habitat if it sticks around either way its another great bird for the county and dave's alrea...
While doing my garden earlier this afternoon in Swinton a large female Sparrowhawk took out a Collared Dove which was waiting for me to give it some food on my bird table.The Hawk sat in the middle of my lawn as it removed some of the doves feathers while never taking its eyes off me while I was standing wit...
Finally caught up with a Radde's today - never thought I 'd clear this missing tick on the Wirral - what a great find! Interesting call, a quiet, soft "tuck" - very distinctive. -- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 21:23, 2007-10-16
Despite Chorlton WP having it's own thread, I thought this bird deserved one of it's own, for the time being at least.
Pete Hines found a likely Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis) here this morning in the area of the pond near to the childrens play area, the bird has apparently all the suitable features f...
Birdnet Pagers are reporting 2 Ring-necked Parakeets in Leverhulme Park, Bolton by the bridge over the river at 1pm. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 15:42, 2007-10-16
I was outside my works at dinner today watching the Pied Wagtails that are around at the moment. One was flying over, when a Carrion Crow appeared, flying in the same general direction but the Crow changed direction to actively chase the Wagtail. For a minute i thought it was going to pluck it out of the s...
Yellow Browed Warbler at Hollingworth near Mottram in Longdendale this am, follow Hobson Moor Road towards Hollingworth Hall Farm and bird was at junction with Cow Lane. Found by Rob Adderley I believe. -- Edited by Alan Warford at 11:56, 2007-10-15
Visit 7.45 to 9.45 a.m.
Good numbers of birds passing over:-
Redwing - 307+ - between 7.45 am and 9.00 am - parties of 3,9,9,14,4,8,18,2,3,47,80+ and 110+ all moved from east to west over the valley whilst calling - noticeably most of the larger flocks came later on in this time period. Also this mu...
Watched a line of around 500 gulls fly oer my house this afternoon around 5pm headed towards the roost at audneshaw. From what i could pick out it was mainly common & herring but didnt have m bins so couldnt make them all out.
cheers
Andrew
Two Ring Ouzels (a f./imm & a m.) flew past me at close range this evening as I walked up the bridleway by Old Tom's Wood to the west of the resr. They headed south and may have gone down in the plantation in the SW corner of the resr. A few Redwing about but still no sign of any Fieldfare as yet.
A Kingfish...
As Ian has already written in the county notice board, the taxonomic sub-committee of the BOURC (catchy name!) has recommended that both Caspian and American Herring Gull should now be treated as full species split from bog standard old Herring Gull. The BOURC will no doubt now follow these recomme...
4 adult terns and at least 4 juveniles present. 3 of the juveniles have fledged and I managed to get good views/photographs of them on the far bank. Also 2 well grown juvenile grebes still with their parents in attendance. Looks like one was trying to make a break for freedom as it kept flying up and down t...
