just got to say what a cracking morning to be out and about ,spring has sprung i think 1 grey wagtail 6 moorhen 10 coot 1 gadwall 4 lapwing 2 shoveller 6 teal 1 wigeon 6 goosander 2 shelduck 2 redshank 4 oyste...
Wed 21st Mar a.m Buzzard soaring over Pendlebury Ln. Haigh Plants. also f. Mandarin on canal p.m Buzzard over Dicconson Ln. Blackrod Raven over Smithills Moor also pair of Stonechat & 6 Curlew
Im after some advice. On Sat im gonna visit some sites in the county, so far only managed Audenshaw, Etherow & Daisy Nook ( shame on me i know ) so i thought id spend some time exploring other places. With Audenshaw being 15 mins away im going to start early there and thought i would do pennington fla...
called in this morn at red seas and saw for a second time a f sparrowhawk take a lapwing and then proceeded to drown it to finish it off i saw it happen a couple of month back but never thought i would see it happen again the hawk which was in pristine condition because i was only 20yd away seems to have got into...
A Black-necked Grebe was at Pennington this morning atleast, apparently showing very close to Horrock's Hide. (info per. Ian Woosey and Barry Hulme) (quite right too Woosey, come on Cyprus )-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 12:52, 2007-03-30
If anyone has been trying to get in touch (there'd better not have been a Black-billed Cuckoo at Chorlton Water Park!) and I've not answered/replied the reason is because I dropped my SIM card down a grid in Scotland. And no, it wasn't associated with Tennents lager, honest. Should be sorted on Tuesda...
In early February whilst watching about 30 or so Goldfinch feeding in my garden, I noticed one bird had an orange ring on one of it's legs, but not the expected metal BTO ring on the other. I investigated it's potential origins but found no colour ringing programs that fitted my sighting and left it at th...
Ken Haydock and Jill Mills had a very interesting Stonechat at Burnt Edge, Horwich on Sunday. They've sent a couple of photos which can't be uploaded just at present as Ian's computer is down. Essentially the bird (male) shows very large white wing patches and what appears to be a pure white rump - thou...
A good day in the county today with obvious movement of especially wildfowl, as follows: Audenshaw: as mentioned in Paul's earlier post, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and of course not to mention the Rock Pipit. That the Mergansers flew off may become important (see Hollingworth Lake below). Holling...
Hi all 35 Twite on feeding stations, 4 Twite on Light Hazzles Edge. 1 pair Stonechat, 2 male Reed Bunting behind White House Pub. 3 Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 1 Golden Plover, 1 Ravenin area. 1 Peregrine on pylon by Cows Mouth Quarry - flew off NW in direction of Warland Village at 11.30am. Many many Mipits displ...
red seas 4 oystercatchers one with a silver ring on 11 lapwing .8 teal numbers slowly going down 1 g c grebe challenge way 6 lapwings.1 reed bunting.2snipe 1 skylark scot lane new ponds 2 willow tit pr walmsleys 2 mute swans2 g c grebe 8 reed buntings on the marsh standish wood lane 3 yellowhammers ji...
While doing some work in the park over the last week a reliable local birder let me know that a free flying female Mandarin Duck has been on the pond on Fog Lane Park over the last couple of weeks. Although I did not see it over 3 visits last week it may still be around on Fog Lanes pond or other local water bo...
While stuck in traffic today near the Trafford centre on the road leading down to Barton swing bridge. I saw a Sparrowhawk hunting in the fields opposite B+Q about 20m from the road, it was flying about 1m above the ground and succeeded in flushing a Little Owl which was hidden in the grass which it th...
A male Goshawk was first seen, pursued by 5 Carrion Crows, above woodland on the perimiter of Turn Moss Playing Fields, Stretford ( bordering Ivy Green Rd ) shortly before 14.40 ( today 26/03/07). The bird flew towards me, passing within about 30ft at about 20ft height, in the direction of Ivy Green. T...
took mrs g and dog for a walk today first call horrocks. all the usuals and a couple of redpoll but didnt see the red headed smew,one buzzard flying overhead.onto scotchmans the blackneck grebe showing well on the canal side posing for pictures. i met fellow blogger Algpan and after conversation abo...
According to Birdguides: 2 Kittewakes at Pennington today (11:00), anyone see these? Flythroughs or hanging about on the water? Also 2 LRPlover on Teal Scrape.
