Judith Smith (County Bird Recorder) rang me yesterday afternoon to say that one of our peregrine chicks (darvic ring No B3) had been found in Manchester having sustained concussion. It was taken to the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary and Reserve in Rochdale where it was given treatment and a good feed by Ni...
i fancy having a go at seawatching this sunday, maybe formby point or north wirral. i know the winds are far from perfect but with migration underway its got to be worth a dabble, or am i wasting precious time that could be spent elsewhere? any tips would be greatly appreciated
I know this is well out of county birding but thought i would share some of the sightings with you all as stuck in doors at the moment after catching a cold and getting sunstroke at the same time!
Cocoi Heron, Black-necked swans, Great, White-tufted and Pied-billed grebe´s, Silver Teal, Speckled Te...
Scaup on Pearson's Flash this a.m., probably a first-winter. Just been informed it has flown on to Scotman's.
Also 100+ redwing west to north-west over Wigan Flashes this morning in several flocks
When browsing the web site "northwalesbirding.co.uk" came across the best photograph of a Firecrest i've ever seen, just thought it was amazing and i'd like to share it with you, follow the link below and you'll see what I mean. BTW its the 4th photograph down, (some of the others good too)...
Heading north on Saturday on our first trip to Scotland. Taking in several places including a night in the Outer Hebrides. Will (hopefully) add a few Scottish specialities to our list (got a target list of 20 or so new ticks!) Then it'll be back to Elton Res and the mud. See you all soon.
Another excellent photographic article (on the main web-site). John, those flight shots are tremendous - magazine quality !
In Mr Tymon & Mr Dancy I think this county has its very own Young & Galvin !
A juvenile Common Tern was found by Graham Beverley foraging over Ogden Reservoir on 20th Sept and has been seen by several local birders over the last week.
The numbers of this species increased to 2 birds here this morning and a noteworthy 4 this afternoon. (N.B. These records are apparently the f...
In trees opposite our front room, adjacent to 16th green
1 x flock 25ish Greenfinches 1300
1 x flock 30ish Chaffinches 1200
1 x flock 10ish Goldfinches 1310
Plus 0700 this morning our garden feeders
9 x Long Tailed Tits
1 x Nuthatch
8 x Greenfinches
5 x Goldfinches seem to be in our garden all...
18/9/07 The Pennington juv RED-NECKED PHALAROPE has been re-found at Hope Carr NR @ 15.00ish, present on the first tank on the right, off the main path. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 17:45, 2007-09-18
A visit this morning to Piethorne noted that the bloom of blue-green algae appears to be going from strength to strength in the warm, dry weather. Was a little concerned to see some juvenile Tufted Ducks foraging and a Kingfisher diving in heavily discoloured waters. I wondered would this affect the...
For those of you not aware , you can go to the RSPB web-site and sign a petetion to oppose the proposal by the Catalan government to allow the trapping of song birds by glue. In my view the practice is cruel and indiscriminate and should be vigorously condemned. I hope you sign the petition on line. Adrian...
24/9/07
Did it - 3 Phalaropes in a week !
Went down to Upton Warren this morning for the juvenile bird. Cracking views down to 30 yds from the hide. At one point I had it in the scope with a Curlew Sand, Dunlin and two Snipe !
Pity is wasn`t in God`s County though !
7.30 -13.45
Pinkfeet on the move with loads of skiens going south today counted 825 and picked up a white phase Snow Goose which had been tracked down the coast from Filey. Also over 2000 Mpipits South.
Sea Watching was fantastic Juv Long-tailed Skua sat on sea between blue bell and sea watching hi...
There are at least 4, probably 5 Ring-necked Parakeets trequenting Birchfields Park near Rusholme.
I suspect ity to be a famly party and that breeding took place nearby.
On Sunday afternoon they were giving great views - I've sent some pics for inclusion in the gallery
After PaulH mentioned this book in the girlie tick thread i decided to dig it out and read it again.
It sems not much has changed in the birding world since it was written. Apart from quality scopes and digital photography. Still a good and funny read.
This extract on sea watching had me in stitches....
Nothing outstanding the last week or two but things picking up in last few days, highlights include;
SISKIN - 1 north west this morning - patch tick
HOUSE SPARROW - 1 male on the 21st - patch tick
Yellow Wagtail - 1 south on the 21st
Meadow Pipit - 200 on south dam wall on the 21st with 50+ today and simi...
Thinking of going out of the county tomorrow (risky of missing a Wilsons Phalarope i know) for the juvenile Long Tailed Skua that has been sat in a field all week near Nottingham, then heading back maybe via Blacktoft.
May have a spare place if anyone fancies it send me a pm.
Simon
firstly sorry you girls out there but you know what i mean,i was very pleased to get my blackredstart tick in the city center,only to see warfy,s tick labelled as'girlie' so what,s what, loads of listers now have nightjar to their credit.(cert girlie) i personally stalked an egyptian goose the other...
Some conservation work is scheduled for the islands at Rumworth Lodge on Sunday 7th October. This will include renovations to the cockle beds. There won't be many birds about.
If you'd like to help contact Tony Johnson on 01204 468850.
40+ Pink-footed Geese flying south-east over the east side of the city centre at 5pm this evening.
Also peregrine flying east over St Peters Square, 3:30pm.
This could well be a little long winded, so stick with it....
There are sites within our county where information is currently witheld due to certain reasons, some valid and some less so but my question is, would you rather know of a, let's say a rarity, at a site you couldn't have access to or not
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18.30 -19.30pm 300+ Swallow present with 150+ House Martin 20+ Sand Martin, White Wag, Yellow Wag over south Greylag Goose with Canada's and aslo an Ad Yellow-legged Gull but flew off in direction of Audenshaw at 19.20pm -- Edited by Simon Johnson at 21:58, 2007-09-17
we went on the liver cruise today at liverpool
bit eventful as we got out in to the mouth of the estuary
and the sea got choppy some one fell and hurt themselves
and a few got a bit seasick so we had to go back and drop
them off at seacombe after this we went back out and saw 1 maybe 2 arctic skuas
up to 5 litll...
