10 Goldeneye (hoped for a Smew but all I got was eye strain looking at distant Goldeneyes through my cheapo scope) 2 Little Grebe 15 Goosander (8 male)
Sorry for delay but just typical non twitchy stuff so no harm done c140 Pink Feet flew NW @ c15:50 1 Stock Dove 44 Meadow Pipits - Field 58 of Chat moss sketch map. 2 Reed Buntings 1 GS Woodpecker 4+ Yellowhammer 5 Tree Sparrow 2 Kestrel -- Edited by Steven Astley at 22:33, 2007-02-07
I've done the interview, but apparently it won't go out tonight as they won't be able to edit it in time. He thinks it will be tomorrow, but it might be later in the week depending on news items.
To Messers Mckerchar & Adderley,
I am catagorically stating right here, right now, make no mistake, I am NOT doing a yearlist this year ! No amount of cajoling from either of you will work.
Macker, don`t even think of replying to this !
There's been a Firecrest about for a couple of weeks only heard up to today when I managed to get a brief glimpse of it after a phone call from a friend who had just seen it.It is very elusive ,directions are as follows.Turn off the East Lancs Road,down Higher Green Lane,approx 400yds on the left is Wh...
As I am compiling a County year list this year, I was wondering if anyone knows of any places to see Lessers. I only know of Etherow and Wythenshawe Park where they have been seen occasionally and the only places I have seen them are Moore Nature reserve and Marbury Country Park, but of course these ar...
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highlight was a chiffchaff also several herons , some shovellers, three bullfinches, one song thrush, lots of longtail tits, thousands of woodpigeons roosting, three bullfinches feeding on bird tables.
early morning through the mist,all the usuals on the flash,a peregrine on the pylon at bryn marsh(thanks ian)after breakfast and clear skies, two jays on the railway ,the black swan is still here but i can,t find the smew(despite an extensive search) but the back water,s difficult to watch in the sun...
Hi all, I have just been sitting in the living room reading, when I thought I heard a Pinkfoot outside I chose to ignore it thinking it was my imagination running wild. However about 3 minutes after that I heard another one, so I jumped up out of the chair and ran into the front garden. It wasn't my ima...
Pete Berry and I ventured out onto Chat Moss, albeit rather briefly today and the first large stubble field on your right (heading south) past Olive Tree Farm (which is the one after the one with a canal barge outside!) looked especially promising with a large flock of over 300 Linnets, large numbers o...
Steve Collins had 2 Pink-footed Geese 'paddling' around Horrock's Flash yesterday whilst he was catching up with the Smew (still present). 'Downed' birds aren't that common, so has anyone else seen these birds before this date (or even today perhaps?). (Thanks Stev...
Again on Pearson's Flash today. Some Blackburn birders told me they couldn't find the Smew, but didn't go myself as too busy with the media! (see birding discussion page)
I am scheduled to do an interview tomorrow about Ruddy Ducks on BBC NW Tonight - the interview is to be recorded earlier in the day but I suppose they will show it in the evening. Apparently the RSPB NW office have refused to appear - presumably as they can't defend their stance! I did one today with B...
Rumours on one of the bird information services today of a possible Arctic Redpoll near Stalybridge . Anybody any further info on this? If the finder is out there and would like to discuss it privately, then please feel free to contact me (details on the website), otherwise it could become one of the co...
Smew still present mid morning. 2 Pink-feet with 9 Greylags in the field over the canal facing Horrocks`. Peregrine - perched on pylon @ Bryn Flash Willow Tit 7 Bullfinch Kestrel drk Goosander, over 3 Snipe Mute Swans - DXY & UNX ( no sign of R-c Pochard )
20 Corn Bunting - on wires @ Four Lane Ends Cottage. Also Buzzard. 2 Peregrine - heading W. over Mosslands Farm. Raven - pursued by single Crow over Olive Mt. Farm. Also 80+ Linnet, Grey Partridge, 2 Kestrel, 13 Stock Dove. 12 Tree Sparrow & 2 Yellowhammer - Rindle Rd. Also single Willow Tit, 86...
For anyone reading this before leaving work/home, the M60 was closed between junctions 10 & 11 over the ship canal at 3pm. I saw a toppled lorry and the tailbacks were horrific in both directions. Also a fallen tree in Northenden had totally blocked Palatine Road. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 19:30, 2...
Just a quick note to those already 'competing' in the Tournament and to those who may be thinking of, but Ian Woosey has just donated a brand new, unread copy of Ian Wallace's superb new book 'Beguiled by Birds' as a prize for the winner at the end of the year . Cheers Ian! Details ca...
