A single Raven was perched on the Liverpool street gasometer in Salford today at 12.35pm.The pair of Crows which are trying to nest there were not very happy about its visit and did their best to move it on
Couple of days late but saw on Wednesday my first ever LSW a great addition to my garden list, seen in the woods to the back of my house. Grid SD 934 010 just off the private lane but public footpath upto limehurst farm Ashton-U-Lyne. Also Male Sparrowhawk diving into bushes to chase out the sparrow...
There are articles on the Desert Wheatear and the Twite decline in the MEN today. Also Dave Steel and I did a BBC Radio 4 interview about the wheatear - to be broadcast Thursday 15th between 1800 and 1830 hrs -- Edited by Judith Smith at 17:59, 2007-03-15
A male Desert Wheatear was found on Irlam Moss today The bird is in fields along Roscoe Road, Irlam and has ranged quite widely either side of the road, SJ 713941. The bird was found in the morning by the farmer who rather commendibly identified it as a Black-eared Wheatear. Fortunately he contacted lo...
Could anyone help with a couple of bogey birds for me? I've never positively id'd a Wood Lark or a Tree Pipit. Any suggestions in the region would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dean.
100+ Bramblings this morning between Cow Lane and Hollingworth Hall Farm, near the entrance to the farm. Accessed from Green Lane, Hollingworth or Hobson Moor Road. Also plenty of winter Thrushes in the area.
Please don't adjust your set! The recent colour change on the forum is not your computer monitor playing up, nor is your eyes, it is infact me 'fiddling', oh I do like change!
i assume that most of us have gardens and feeders. what sorts of birds do you see on your feeders heres my list. 1.blue tits 2.great tits 3.dunnocks 4.robins 5.wrens 6.house sparrows
Last spring I had a pair of bullfinches in my garden. I have lived in this area for 15 years and had never seen a bullfinch in this immediate area before. Yesterday whilst up on my allotment next to smithalls country park I thought I heard a bullfinch but never saw it but this morning there was a male on my fe...
I went on a seminar at Rochdale Town Hall about the precarious position of Twite in the South Pennines (including this county). I've written up a resume and asked Ian to post it on the Conservation Page.
this is just idle speculation,and i,ve no way of ever sorting it out.But on sunday morning me and tony coatsworth went around wigan flashes, during our stroll we picked up the smew on horrocks front pool at approx 10.00 after checking scotsmans and pearsons for the redcrested(not seen)we walked ro...
I`ve just been browsing through the `Fat Birder` website and their link for birding in Greater Manchester. Apparently our `County Bird` is Whiskered Tern` ! Does anyone happen to know why this is and who chose it ?
I`ve not a clue what constitutes a `county bird` anyway but I would have thought a bett...
Peter Alker has today informed me that Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash is to imminently have it's roof rebuilt, starting with the scaffolders on site today, which will of course mean the temporary closure of the hide. Peter will endevour to keep me updated with it's progress but it...
urban birding at its best.clippers quay to pomona docks most weekday morning,s feral pigeon,house sparrow,blackbird,long tailed and blue tit,dunnock,coot, moorhen,b h gull,lesser black b gull, mallard,pied & grey wagtail,cormorant, starlings,kingfisher,mute swan ,grey heron.woo...
Astley and Chat Moss 10/03 12.30 to 3 pm Watched 4 buzzards flying around Astley Moss causing panic for the many Lapwings in the fields. 1 Buzzard flying north over field 67 before the railway line on Rindle rd. 2 more flying west over field 59. Then 2 Buzzards displaying over field 52 besides 12 yards rd...
juv great northern diver was on no2 res this afternoon lots of goldeneye and an incorrectley i.d. pipet (was meadow sorry dave)go and have a look but wrap up cos it was a bit windy,god bless the regulars for keeping up the vigil cheers geoff
all the usual stuff , teal,gadwal,shovellers,4 little grebe,tufties,mallard,great crested grebe. horrocks hide looks nearly finished,3 oyster catchers on spit,sparrow hawk from new hide but got mobbed and chased off by crows and gulls.willow tit back at feading station and i counted 7pairs...
