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First seen at Caerlaverok in Dumfries and Galloway, seen at Leighton Moss RSPB this afteroon, next stop Greater Manchester ?

great finally got some time off work Morning stroll birds showing well along canal sedge warblers coal,blue,great,willow,long tailed tits red shanks in farmers field greenfinches and chafinches one very young signet on canal chiffchaffs. horrocks- plenty common t...

Hi all Here`s some info. about local wildlife on TV... "Saving Planet Earth" BBC1: Former Coronation Street star, Shobna Gulati, travels across the North West and sees some of the projects in place to help our endangered wildlife. Shobna finds out about whales and dolphin...

Had a walk round Ringley this morning for a couple of hours....ended up having 50 species! Green Sand, Singing Yellowhammer, pair of Kestrel going ape at a Buzzard, Spahawk, 15 Lapwing North, loads of Swifts, Swallow's and Whitethroats, Kingfisher, GSW, 4 Bullfinch and a female Gadwall with 1...

A little help is required so i know im not going mad !!! was driving home tonight from the reebok stadium horwich, as i drove up to the motorway a crow sized bird flew right across infront of me and settled on the central reservation, i looked at it and it looked like a crow and it was huge but it was light...

day1 - snettisham= singing turtle dove (lifer) and lesser whitethroat / egyptian geese / sum. plum. bar t. godwit / red l. partridge / sandwich and comm. terns / stock doves / marsh harrier / green woodpecker / nesting b. h. gulls, oystercatchers, avocets and med. gulls / also hares and a dead seal on be...

Mon 12th Feb, a.m. 4 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck drk Wigeon 13 Goosander 16+ Goldeneye 5+ Little Grebe 3 L.Redpoll c20 Redwing 6 Skylark 4 Meadow Pipit 2 Bullfinch 3 Reed Bunting Black Swan feral / escapee Lesser Canada Goose

Hi, Does anyone know if Belmont Reservoir is in the county or is it in Lancashire, perhaps just on the border? Read the colour rings of two Black Headed Gulls and one colour ring of a Mediterranean gull. Cheers Kane

Single Common Sandpiper near Bee fold pond, Atherton, this afternoon. Also Tawny Owl in Atherton Woods & 1 in Atherton Cemetery. Kane

The eclipse drake Garganey was still showing very well infront of Horrock's hide this afternoon and whilst not in it's most attractive plumage it's still well worth a look...

Between 30 and 35 nests or broods of Common Terns on the front pool on the canal tonight; all the young are at the cute stage! Also 61 (at least) BH Gull chicks. 3 drake Teal, 2 pairs of Pochard, 2 Little Ringed PLover, 1 Ringed Plover, a couple of Redshank and an Oystercatcher visiting from the fields on th...

no rareties this afternoon but nice to see plenty shelduck,avocet and lapwing chicks about .Finally got a tawny owl near swanlink hide lifer only did a couple of hours 3-5 but well worth it . ringed plover and redshanks from united util hide. tree sparrows around kingfisher hide but no kingfis...

Took the dog for a walk along the Bridgewater Canal and back along the old railway (marked as Trans Pennine Trail on the Carrington Moss map) this afternoon. All field numbers are taken from that map which is in the "Sites and Maps" section of the website. Lapwings in fields 48, 141 and t...

Off to Inner Marsh Farm this morning. First opportunity to play out for a while after starting a new job and the chance of a Cheshire tick - Spoonbill. Having arrived at opening time and finding no Spoonbill present I carried on scanning the area thinking they would turn up sooner or later. 10 minutes la...

I went to Inner Marsh farm today to see the Avocet chicks and the Spoonbill. I noticed some Black-headed Gulls had nested in a clump of Stinging Nettles - do birds get 'stung' in the same way as mammals ? Presumably Stinging Nettles evolved to deter grazing animals but the Gulls didn't seem bothere...

I'm happy to report that the six cygnets at Higher Hall Flash in Bickershaw are still doing fine and are now about a month old. At this time last year four had been eaten by foxes. The cob is very aggressive at the moment, attacking several dogs in this last week. The pen is her usual self, hissing at everyt...

Counted 9 Terns this afternoon with 3 pairs with at least 2 chicks each. Another one looked to be brooding. Lots of feeding activity. Aslo 2 juv Gt Cd Grebe, very large. 2 Reed Warblers 1 Gropper, very brief song and sighting, then dissapeared. Sedge Warbler Blackcap plus the usual s...

Can anyone throw some light on the Common Crane on Anglesey,thats been spotted in the last 3 days. currently holidaying down here,but cant get a fix on the above. Thanks in advance.. steve

Another jaunt over Chat Moss this morning, this time with Pete Berry and although still no Quail we did manage 3 Yellow Wagtails showing well in the horse paddocks by Mosslands Farm, Field no. 18 and a single flying north over Woodstock Farm at the very bottom of Astley Road. The Lesser Black-back...

2 drake Garganey at Pennington today at 1pm atleast and also a Green Sandpiper (info per Birdnet Pagers)

In the glorious sunshine on Chat Moss (and elsewhere in the county I suppose), birding on the moss was as pleasant as usual with the following: Yellow Wagtails- 2, one over field 19 and one on field 17, although neither was visible one the hit the deck as both fields are now long enough to hide thousa...

the missus has just picked the holiday location,malta late september and i,ve started to research the birding options i,ll have to consider for my 14 nights of 'fun' and it,s looking good for a raptor fest,let you know how i get on or if if you,ve been please tell. other sun traps i,ve birded a littl...

Does anyone know if the Sand Martins are breeding at the Peat Works in Astley this year? Cheers Kane

well i know its not in the county but i thought i would post todays sightings on here 500 + shellduck 20 + whoopers 20 + moorhen(most building nest) 10 + goldfinch 10 tree sparrow 10 greenfinch 50 black-headed gull ...

Rumworth this evening, 1 pair of Little ringed plover still there, 2 pairs of Oystercatchers. No sign of any young but i did get mobbed by both Plovers and Oystercatchers when i ventured out of the tree line, to avoid the glare of the sun on the water, which has never happened before so there seems a g...

had a good look at the tern colony tonight lots still sitting and some may have chicks i couldn,t see but i counted 18 out in the open on six sites ,so there,s plenty more to come,ringed plover,liitle ringed plover,lapwing present cheers geoff

About 3 days ago saw a Grey Wagtail in song flight over rough ground off Langworthy Road, and today saw one (the same?) on top of Langworthy Road Post Office !!!!

Just got back from spending 12 days in Argyll & Tayside on a WWT expedition to survey breeding Common Scoters. Saw some good birds - Golden Eagle, White - tailed, Osprey, Capper, Crossbills, Red & Black Throated Divers, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Hen Harrier, Black & Red Grouse an...

WENT TO PENNY 3-6 PM PLANK LANE ROUND RAMMIES,COULDN'T STAND THE CROWDS ON HORROCK SIDE-LOOKED LIKE BLACKPOOL-92 MUTE SWANS INCLUDING 1 WITH 4 YOUNG BY THE YAUGHT CLUBS,54 NONE BREEDING GREAT CRESTED GREBE-SEEM A LOT OF NONE BREEDERS THIS YEAR,1 MALE GARGANEY,2 RINGED PLOVER,2 REDSHANK-PLUS ALL...

A work colleague (not a birder, but not an ignoramus!) reckons that Herons have nested this year in Platt Fields Park, Manchester. Does anyone have further details of this? If you do, please let me know as I organise the BTO Heronries Census for the Manchester region. Thanks.