I will tell all, just to stop my mate keith reminding me of a snap id one misty morning at wigan flashes. We had gone to see the R C pochard on Pearsons. The mist was dense in patches as we approched the water along the canal bank. I saw a buff coloured head merging into a redish flank with darker markings,...
whilst a good few gm birders were having tea and bicckies at pennington, i struck out to increase me listing in the wilds of abram, of note
2 redhank 1 shellduck
2 sedge warblers 4 reed bunting all at dover
around abram/fields
1 g.s.woodpecker 4 chiffchaff
1 jay and then most of the usual...
ECO BIRD RACE 2007 - SALFORD Long gone are my days of "carbon footprint birding" (national twitching and 24 hour car dash county bird races) but the desire to "race" and list is still there - hence the next level concept of Eco Bird Race, a full days environmentally friendly bird...
just asking but is there a reason that arctic terns favour pennington and not
wigan flashes is it because of food or is wigan flashes off the arctic terns
migration route and pennington is or is it another reason jimmy
two wiganers(me and ian woosey) on an early morning raid had cracking morning on foreign soil,hightights were
2 cuckoo (1 seen 1 calling)
1 curlew
1 corn bunting (singing)
2 yellow wagtail
10+yellowhamm
1 buzzard
2 tree sparrow
1 sparrowhawk
lots of others you expect,6 cou...
Some time soon, when I get the chance, going to do a Salford Eco Bird Race ie: a full days bird race in the borough of Salford using "eco friendly" means ie: foot and bike
If anyone has any sightings from the Salford area that might be able to help me out that have not previously been mention...
love it hate it it,your opions please,havin dabbled and got some nice pictures on the puter,just wondered if anyone can give any tips to us starters
deep int bushes geoff
A male Blue-headed Wagtail was showing well to at least late morning at Audenshaw Resrs today. Paul Hammond found it very early, and Tony O'Mahony also saw it about 1130am.
On the R. Irwell about 1/4m N of the weir at Springside, N of Burrs CP, there was a brood of 11 Goosander chicks with a female today...
early a.m.
Garden Warbler - at the back of Teal Hide
From the `luxury` of Horrocks Hide, Jimmy Meadows and I (us Wigan lads are used to `roughing it` at the Flashes !) observed the following ;
drk Garganey
drk Wigeon
2 Dunlin (3 initially)
2 LRP
2 RP
Common Sandpiper
3+ Redshan...
Red-breasted Merganser at Pennington today, briefly at 08:30 and 3 Whimbrel over (info per John Lyons).
I had a Lesser Whitethroat singing briefly at the Slag Lane end, just off the canal tow path where the telephone/power lines cross the canal and a Garden Warbler on the south side behind the to...
Along Moss Lane Astley
2 Cuckoo`s calling at the same time,
6 Wheatears
1 Kestrel
1 Buzzard soaring over Astley moss
4 Grey Partridge
Along Rindle road
2 Whitethroats
1 Cuckoo sat on telephone pole calling
6 Tree Sparrows near feeding station
4 Yellowhammers
Bedford mo...
4 Whimbrel were feeding on Crook Moor this evening at 18:00 hrs by the wind farm test mast. I watched them for about 15 minutes before they were flushed by two walkers and flew off to the east, trilling. My highest ever count of this species in the Rochdale area.
A pair of Mistle Thrushes on the grass outside the Scottish Widows building on Portland St. and a pair of Blue Tits by the war memorial on St Peters Square.
Should provide a tastey snack for the Peregrines if they get fed up of Pigeons.
A Sandwich Tern this afternoon and 4 Whimbrel on the spit - this despite the place resembling Blackpool!!
Also Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler & Whitethroat singing at the nature reserve end.
Cheers, Simon
I've just sent my county life list to Ian and on it i have a sighting of Black Redstart from years ago. I was just wondering if there is any other records of this bird?
We saw it on a building or demolition site in Gas st which was off Moor lane in the town centre. A friend and I were told about it by a guy we me...
1. Astley Moss East peat pools
I met the site manager for Marshall's Aggregates on site today with the county police WLO and Marion Raines from Salford Planning, w.r. t. the road which has been built across the W end of the site. They have agreed to build a 2m bund along the west edge to shield the LR Plov...
Sorry its a bit late but had a chrisis yesterday, breaking my new scope. Hopefully repaired with glue.
A Black Swan at Crompton Lodges. This bird was unringed, its spring and other evidense I won't bore anybody with on here. Clearly then its wild and has popped over from Australia, a county first h...
a male pintail was found along with some mallard close to canal banking near the benches at 19.00 it,s still got it,s winter plumage and was close enough for conventional photo, for i d checkin
cheers geoff
1st May Osprey over ruck and canal @ 06.55, lingered for about 5 mins. then departed N. ( Barry Hulme - who is, not surprisingly, OVER THE MOON ! ) Edit - talking to Barry on the `phone he tells me he saw one last year on the 3rd May - for anyone who hasn`t seen one in the county this is perhaps worth bearing in mi...
Just wondering whether the Ring Ouzels reported earlier in the month have left us. Was thinking of checking out burnt edge at some point to see if there are any lingerers but if anybody else has given the area a good grilling probably won't bother.
Was hoping at least a pair would stay and breed.
hi just wondered if theres been much at the flash,reports seem to be a bit scarce from our premier site?the flas doasn't seem to be quite as good these days,for passage birds or is it just me,with my late 70s early 80s rose tinted glasses on.
2 Bar-tailed Godwits were at Watergrove Reservoir today apparently (info per David Winnard), a great record and more evidence of a nice little passage through the county today
caught up with the 5 bar t. godwit about 6pm before 4 of them disappeared. big thank you to steve atkins for putting me on the little owl and showing me all the hot-spots. nice one mate
cracking close views of black tern (lifer), yellow wag, blue-headed wag (lifer), raven, whinchat (lifer), whitethroats, cormorants and herons nesting on lagoon (no.6 tank?). was watching the little stints (lifers) when a peregrine put everything up and chased a godwit that eventually got away...
languishing in 7th place at the moment and have just not found a lesser whitethroat (was a cert that one) i,ll carry on checkin the quays for vagrants and blow ins.someone has got to knock ian off his lofty perch and find a flock of countables.what you up to??
geoff
