stroll after tea
30+golfinch in the cow field munching on thistles
2 swallows feeding young in the nest
20 house martins also feeding young
1 yellow hammer
1 jay
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
4 common tern
lapwings on lightshaw
b/head gulls on lightshaw
1 curlew (headed for wigan flashes) a site fir...
A Hobby flew almost directly overhead this evening and then obligingly landed in a tree for a couple of minutes. My first record of this species here since 1995.
A male Whinchat was found on Clegg Hall Marsh this afternoon by Alan Nuttall. No sign of it this evening.
2 drake Common Scoter on Hollingworth Lake this morning. 4 drakes on White Holme Res'r this evening.
Thought that was a pretty good tally until I heard that there were 38 this evening at Green Withens Res'r which is just over the dark side of the county boundary.
Cheers, Simon
Cracking day for a walk in the woods to cool my very red sunburn was the middle of the afternoon not realy a good time to go birding especially with dog in tow.Very few birds about but manged great and blue tits.The odd Blackbird sending warning signals to all the other birds. Reached the stepswith very l...
First of all... Apologies to Ian for not familiarising myself with the Posting Protocol Everyone else... Hello! (*waves) Pete ... one tentless tramp spotted near St Werburgh's Road E-mail is having a hissy fit. Am off work w/c 13th (as in not in London) and, if weather good, might lurk in a Waterpark b...
This was my first real chance of getting out after returning from uni in amongst constant rain showers over the past week! Highlight was 2 singing Lesser Whitethroats (+ 1 seen briefly, an adult). No evidence of breeding but their prescence is looking good for a bit of reproduction. A...
I have been birding in the Timperley / Altrincham area regularly this Spring and Spring 2006. Every time I have been I've seen Pochard.
In 2006 there were at least 10 (7m, 3f) present during the Spring on King George V Pool. I went abroad for the summer in late May and don't know how long into the summe...
Whilst it is not, nor shall it be, my intention to inform users of this forum to new items on the website (that's what the 'what's new to this site' page is for ), just this once, due to the amount of work involved in the making of it, I would like to let you know of the new article I've just published, especial...
Barrow Bridge, Wednesday 1st August (how the hell did that get round so fast), dinner-time
Redstart- a female calling and seen very briefly (due to the bloody thick cover there) opposite the very last house up the road before you reach the track up the woods themselves. I stuck around this area for a...
Following the three singing male Redstarts earlier in the year, I saw a male and recently fledged young bird, the first confirmed breeding record for the valley, though 2 juveniles in the same area last year probably indicate they bred then too. Also recently was the first confirmed breeding record...
Swifts have nested in my next door neighbours house for the last 11 years,at least. This year the Swifts returned but didn't appear to nest. I watched them flying around the neighbourhood but they didn't take up there usual nest site. However in the last few days they have started flying into the usua...
I'm off to Ely next week and hope to visit Lakenheath (anyone know if the Cranes are still there ?), Weeting Heath, Wicken Fen and Welney - and Ely cathedral, some tea rooms and other such non-birding activitties to keep the missus quiet.
Anyone know if they have had flooding down there or any other...
29/07/07
1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Muscovy Duck, 2 GC Grebe, 3 Tufted Duck on the lake
also a juv Mute Swan with one - birth defect ? - leg pointing up at about 75 degrees from its' body
Glossy Ibis, 2 Little Egret, 516+ Blacktailed Godwit, 130 Curlew other than that poor for waders with only couple of Oyc's, Redshank and single Dunlin. Lots of Swallow's moving south tho about 200+
Rhodes sewage farm, Hobby flew south at 8am, also 2 Gadwall, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 4 Kestrel,Green Sandpiper,2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher, + Dipper on River Irwell near by. Clifton Marina, 32 Tufted Duck,4 Great crested Grebe. Croal-Irwell Confluence, 8 Goosander, Great spot...
After techcical advice a clicked on the relevent ariticle and i read an extremley interesting piece by ian, bringing back fond memories of long days ogling over the bird collection, again well done ian for taking us up a level on the birding skills.
Has any one got the collins e-guide for a pocket PC.
Never seen one or heard if its any good , the book is the birding bible as far as i am concerned,
anyway getting some new equipment at work and the e-guide is compatable but is it worth getting one.
would appreciate any feedback
cheers paulh
A female Shoveler at Dover Basin with 6 well-grown young - I think the first brood in the county this year?
At Lightshaw Hall Flash, a Black-tailed Godwit, and immature Redshank, 2 Snipe.
Had a small heron fly over the flat tonight at 10.10pm. was sat watching TV when saw it fly across the patio windows, (which i shot too to try get a better look) was too dark to get anything on it, but noted it it was smaller than a Bittern. It headed towards Ringley. Dont know if anyone is free tomo to have a lo...
Went down to Abbotsbury Swannery on Friday night to help out with a swan catch early on Saturday morning (806 swans caught!). However I did get chance to do some birding, had some good birds. Saturday afternoon we went to Portland Bill - we had 13 Common Scoter, Manx Shearwaters, Willow Warbs, Sanderl...
Chat Moss, Tuseday 24th July, mid-afternoon.
A nice few hours in the sun (where did that come from )...
Hobby- a cracking adult flew just 30 ft past us (me and my son) on Astley Road heading north by New Farm and field 19.
Yellow Wagtail- an quite huge (from a county perspective) 17 birds (at...
This evening Pete Berry and I had 2 Arctic Terns over Astley Moss heading low west, 2 Ravens heading south together and a very nice adult Peregrine that even perched up for a short while
A Hobby chasing hirundines at Compstall ETW (courtesy of Richard Else) and an Osprey over Keg Pool Etherow CP(Birdguides - nayone know anything about this?)
Just spent the day in the Lakes. Glorious sunshine
Not much birding done but did get a couple of Buzzards, Kestrel a Cormorant on Windermere and 8 female Goosander on Brothers Water. Lots of Mute Swans harassing small children. One woman described them as "evil" after one nicked the k...
A Grasshopper Warbler reeling away in the overgrown field with scattered Hawthorns opposite the junction of Rindle Road and Moss Lane, Astley this evening (18th July), no sign of the Stonechats that have also been around there but I'm sure they're still about.
