Still 9 Blackwits at Dover Basin (8 in breeding plumage) and a singing Lesser Whitethroat, showing well, on the canal at Lightshaw Hall Flash nr the farm on the canal - a regular site for this species. Also Gropper singing on the marsh at Lightshaw
ok shakey start but but does anyone know the big picture on the noth wharf plans and what we can do about it.last i heard on the news that the bbc,s move to salford had suffered a major set back because they will not increase the licence fee to pay for the move cheers geoff
arrived 9.20am after school run hoping wood sandpiper would still be there, thought i would be in with a good chance after all the rain last night .how wrong could i be . was told it had flown 8.00am ish, but i was soon smiling again after spotting my first dunlin,common sandpiper and lesser whitethrot...
Liverpool council are using robotic falcons to scare away pigeons - seems a bit strange because there are real falcons in Birkenhead already - would a robo falcon scare away a real Peregrine ? -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 22:02, 2007-04-23
Had a stroll around Heaton Park early Sunday morning and caught up with Lesser Spotted Woodpecker again. It was in the Horticultural Centre gardens, where it flew north from. Not much else of note in the park, with a Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcaps, 8 Willow Warblers, 2 Swallows, 2 House Martins. Also fo...
I was night fishing on Higher Hall Flash at Bickershaw on Friday night when I heard a Cuckoo. It was about 4 in the morning. It started calling somewhere behind us on the north side of the lake and then later moved over to the south side. It was there a few hours.
Sorry for late posting, yesterday (21st) 3 snipe were flying around the pits at c.8PM, also 2 singing groppers (1 showing very well) and several swift.
Flogged the local patch today after walking round Elton had a walk round Ringley again nothing much doing a lot of duck have cleared out since friday with no Teal and Tufted duck numbers halving. 11 Goosander flew south, 10 Swallow, 17 Gadwall and an increase in Blackcap were of note.
Cracking male peregrine sat on a fence post couple of hundreds yard from canal towpath at Coney Green Flashes. LRP, Oyc, 4 Swallow, 2 Sedge Warbler Elton Res nothing else of note really.
It was a little quiet on the bird front at the pools this afternoon due to the peatworkers machinery making a racket. Only found 3 LR Plovers 2 Snipe 1 Curlew 4 Redshank 2 Mallard Also a pair of Shellducks were preening beside the far pool. 2 Willow warblers singing 5 Swallows over. Woodpecker heard dr...
Andy Isherwood found a female Ring Ouzel at the top of Rindle Road, Astley Moss on the 19th. The bird was in the hedge around the horse paddock just before the level crossing, also present were 2 Greenland Wheatear. Come on the 'lowlands'
At this time of year I get Herons visiting my garden ponds each day.Normally just one arrives and looks at my Koi and Goldfish through the netting and fence which I have built around my main pond before deciding it would be easy to catch a frog in my smaller open pond.This is better for me considering the...
Anybody who knows me (and 99% of you reading this probably wont), knows I rarely twitch. Recently however Ive been looking at my life list and thinking it needed improving. So rather than jumping in full tilt with a pager and charging round the country, I decided Id ease myself in by trying to improve my...
On my BTO Waterways Breeding Bird Survey today from the swing bridge on Slag Lane to the A58 at Bamfurlong, I had 57 species including 9 Black-tailed Godwits, Reed and Sedge Warbler at Dover Basin, a Wheatear and Common Sandpiper along the canal, House Martin, and Grasshopper Warbler and Whitethro...
I am currently searching for Rock and Water Pipit images to use in a forthcoming article for the website, if anybody out there has any photos they feel may be of use and don't mind me using them then please contact me by email. I welcome photos from out of the county (as birds are usually easier to photogr...
PF: 2 Garganeys (slag lane end) 1 Little Gull 4 LRPs 1 RP 3+ Redshank 3 White Wagtails 2 Common Terns 1 Reed Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler 2 Whitethroats 1 Weasel seen at feeding station Chat Moss 2 Wheatear Field west of Rindle road 2 Curlew f67 2 Stock Dove f67 1 Cuckoo wood south of Nook Lane 4 LRP Astley peat poo...
2 Swifts screamed over my garden in Astley earlier on today, whilst I was cleaning my pond filter- which is nice Probably loads about now though but these are the first I've seen this year (in the UK anyway!).
3 on Birdguides at Holcombe Moor (1m) at the top of Saplin Wood near ruined Taylors Farm today. Rob Adderley had 14 in the east today - will let him tell you all exactly where they were...
Ever get envious of reading about Ouzels someone else has found? Well today (after a 15 hour night shift ) I got myself up to Watergrove Reservoir, one of the few locations I hadn't heard of any Ouzels from for a while and a likely spot to cash in on my own 'Ouzel fest'. Now when you look at the valley and h...
Having read about everyone tripping over Ring Ouzels in the west of the county I searched a few likely spots over here in the hills today and was pleasantly surprised to find at least 8 (5 males and 3 females) in the area above Higher Chelburn Res'r, Littleborough giving stonking views. Also in the ar...
Andy Makin reports that the 5 Ring Ouzels (3m 2f) were back at the Adam Hill plantation area tonight, with 5 Wheatear, and 2 Snipe calling on Mast Rd near the cattle grid. At Elton Resr Simon Johnson had 2 White Wagtails, a Common Tern, a Little Ringed PLover and 6 Teal. At Dover Basin today I had a singing W...
cheers geoff