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Help! Can anyone tell me where I can find "the little owl tree" on carrington moss? -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 19:11, 2008-06-13

A quick walk down the old Tyldesley Loopline near my house this evening produced the following birds: 3 Chiffchaffs singing and two seen 1 very vocal Wren 2 Robins proclaiming their territory 3 Blackbirds 1 Goldfinch 2 Magpies 2 Great Tits 2 Blue Tits 1 Carrion Crow over Several Gulls over Numerous Wo...

236 Black Headed Gulls on Atherton Park playing fields + 4 Common Gulls. 1 Buzzard - Beefold Lane, 1 Kingfisher on Beefold Pond + 1 on Millers Lane. 8 Grey partridge in field on Millers Lane. Good numbers of Redwing flying over last night. Kane

15 Jan. 11.30 3 Pintails ( drake & 2 ducks ) around `Mini Spit` ( B. Hulme ) -- Edited by Ian Woosey at 11:44, 2007-01-15

12.45 - 1.30 6 little grebe 7 tuffted duck 38 coot (+2 on 2nd pool) 4 mallard 1 curlew (fly-by) 1 cormorant 1 grey heron 1 mute swan (3rd pool) green sandpiper (heard only, on 2nd pool) + buzzard, kestrel, 3 goldfinch, 21 (2, 5 & 14) linnet, 5 bullfinch, 3 jays, 5 stock doves, etc. Small...

Vale Royal Locks to Winsford (PM) I was advised by a nature lover from Northwich that this area is a hotspot for Grass Snakes, alas I didn't find any. It's a walk worth doing though, no uncommon birds about, but lots of wildlife, and at this time of year a botanical gem, especially the marshy areas adjoin...

28/07/2007 - Mid Afternoon No sign or sound of last weeks reported Ring Necked Parakeet in Leverhulme Park, dont know who reported it, i will keep an open mind even though i have had various escaped parrots in the park in previous years, Did have - 4+ Dippers, 2 well grown juveniles feeding from D...

80 Mute Swan, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker at nest with young, 2 Black Swans.

Great tits have nested in a box in my garden this year, i am waiting with anticipation as to see how many will fledge. Parents have been feeding none stop for a while now and the chicks are getting louder by the day i think they will be off any time now. Also of note over the last few days 2 Jays gs woodpecker 2 n...

14/5/07 late afternoon Spotted Flycatcher along Longworth Lane, by Dunscar Golf Club, Bolton. (whilst looking for Wood Warbler, of which neither sight nor sound - but I could have been in the wrong area ? )

Sandwich Tern fishing no 3 Reservoir late afternoon/early evening. Please note this site has now been secured by the owners and a permit is now required - see thread on general birding discussion forum for details (although 1 or 2 cheeky Joggers/Dog Walkers etc are still sneaking on!). -- Edited by I...

Had an early walk around lower brushes up to Walkerwood reservoir blue tits great tits wood pigeon 14 magpie 5 blackbird 3 blackheaded gulls 48 canada geese 37 robin 3 longtailed tits 6 mallard 2 pheasant greenfinch 3 wren 1 house sparrows 4 mistlethrush chaffinch goldfinch jac...

20/11/07 early morning Ring-necked Parakeet (fem) - perched up near the Obelisk, quite happily chuckling and talking away to itself. With no leaves on the trees this was the best views I`ve ever had of this species. 11 Nuthatches. 2 Goldcrests. 3 Coal Tits. 3 G.S.Woodpecker. 2 Kestrel. Teal. 12 Gadw...

8 Ring-necked Parakeet in Chorlton Park this afternoon, 100m straight on from the Beechwood Avenue entrance (off Sandy Lane) feeding on hornbeam seeds from about 14.20. The tree is on the right, just past a bench, just before the path splits ( I'm assuming it's a hornbeam and a multi-stemmed one). I s...

Just been googling the rivers of our glorious county and came across Cornbrook which is for the most part culverted under Manchester. Apparently it runs under the university before eventually emptying into the Irwell in Salford somewhere before the docks. The derivation of the name is from Crane B...

2nd Winter Visit House Sparrow 44 Robin 6 Magpie 33 Blackbird 5 Blue Tit 31 Collared Dove 14 Wood Pigeon 17 Great Tit 17 Sparrowhawk 1 ( in Chadderton Cemy harrassed by 5 Carrion Crows) Redwing 50 (min - parties of 29, 45, 50, 13 but last 3 at least probably all same flock) Wren 4 Nuthatch 1 C...

Alexandra Park. Female Tufted Duck with brood of 4 small ducklings at 1 pm. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 8th of August 2010 09:33:11 PM

Common Buzzard over the railway station at 1535hrs.

16th August. 4 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 40+ Pied Wagtail, c15 Linnet, c130 gulls - numbers of gulls has been much higher than this recently - today mostly Black-headed - but 4 Common and 3 Lesser Black-backed also present. c220 Lapwing, 30 House Martin, Begging juveniles of both Greenfinch and Goldf...

If anybody wants to take the following I can arrange a mutually convenient spot to hand them over for free. All in excellent condition. Birding World Vol 12 No 2 Vol 14 No 2 Vol 18 No 9 & 11 Vol 19 No 5,6 & 10-12 Vol 20 complete Vol 21 No 1-5 British Birds Vol 98 (2005) index and Oct-Dec Vol 99 (2006) ind...

exploratory venture,bad morning for it though, 1 kestrel 2 reed bunting 20 longtailed tits 4 greenfinch should have slept in cheers geoff -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 14th of June 2020 05:38:22 PM

first visit to Moore NR this morning, not a bad this for 2 hours at the site. blackbird bunting reed buzzard coot cormorant crow carrion crow hooded dove collard duck, tufted finch bull finch chaf finch green goose canada grebe great crested grebe little gull black headed gull co...

Present this afternoon, 23rd August 2009 Greenshank 7 Common Sandpiper Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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We have a pair of USED Swarovski 12x42 NL Pure Binoculars for sale. Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and objective caps. Excellent Condition on sale for £2120.00 The link to our website is: https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/swarovski-nl-pure-12x42-binoculars Pl...

A couple of days spent staying with the parents in Morpeth resulted in some good sightings. Saturday - Bakethin Nature Reserve at Kielder Crossbill Tufted duck Teal Goldeneye Cormorant Mallard Little Grebe Redwing Chaffinch Robin Greenfinch Coal Tit Nuthatch GS Woodpecker S...

During my tetrad survey covering the Lower Reservoir this morning, I found 2 Common Sandpipers - they were observed mating at one point and there was other display behaviour and calling as they flew back and forward across the res. Could these be likely to nest locally or is more likely to be a pair on mi...

Large Falcon Present this morning 8.15am, looks like a Peregrine x Saker or Gyr. Vertical chest bars. Got a couple of long shots. No jesses visable on bird. Attacked a passing Grey Heron at one point. Looked larger than Peregrine. Anyone else seen hybrid type bird in the area, or is missing one. Just pu...

Sunday 29th March 2015 Another quality day in the company of Simon Gough and Steve Burke produced another Wildfowl bonanza and Gull fest with a whole host of species providing a top quality supporting cast. 73 species seen on the day, including 1 Lifer for me, 6 heard only, and 2 that I missed, so day tot...

I'll be taking the family to Lyme Park tomorrow. Does anyone on here know what I can expect to see there (apart from Darcy!)? I can't find anything on tinterweb so maybe there are no decent birds there... Thanks.