Sunday 26 February 2007 - 16.30 to 17.30 40+ Fieldfare (mobile flock with Starlings), Kingfisher, Little Owl, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, and other usual misc stuff. No sign of Redwing recently reported in the area - but might be that I missed them due to fading light....
Quick visit this morning sighted 6 pochard,7 swans,mallard,coot on the pond and one or two heinze 57.From the feeding station chaffinch,greenfinch,long,blue,great tits,robin,blackbird,dunnock,wood pigeon and the usual squirrels.
hi all, missed last week but made up with this weeks viewing smew red crested pochard shovler pink footed goose mute swan coot black swan moorhen heron canada goose wigeon 1 oyster catcher...
No I have not been taking hallucinogenic substances. There was very little else about today, but a plastic inflatable pig, drifted low over the plantations in the pouring rain! The first pair of Curlew arrived back Friday evening, 9 days earlier than last year. Perhaps the same birds, were also see...
can some one help me out i,ve looked in the collin,s and my big RSPB book and the picture of the continental in the gallery,and at quite a few on horrocks flash ,is the trick the red patch below the eye and the greying of head the difference between british and senisis thanks geoff
2 prs of Shelduck, 4 Wigeon (2 prs), 4 Redshank, pr Oystercatcher Lightshw Hall Flash; 2 f-type Goosander, Little Grebe and GC Grebe Dover Basin. Also a report of Treecreeper with nest material Haydock Golf Club woods (in GM, just)
i am going to send a email to the red rose forest who own copper lane/hurst wood. i am sending the e mail to them to ask for a hide to be built on the hurst wood, this is bcause there a lots of birders there every day all there is is a bench! so i think this would be a good decision if they do acept to build a small hid...
130 Goldeneyes on resv 1 at dusk tonight, counted twice by Hammy and me just to make sure we weren't going mad. Also: Great Northern Diver - juv showing very well on resv 3 Common Scoter - drk on resv 2 Little Gull - adult in roost on resv 2 Med Gull - 2w & adult
Things picking up here today, with perhaps 75+ Rook/Jackdaw nests; 3 displaying pairs of Great Crested Grebes plus a solitary 7th bird, pair of Mutes(unable to get the nos.) plus two more birds, one chased off by the agressive male; 2 Little Grebes; 2 Cormorants; Teal; Dipper; Great Spotted Woodpec...
There was an article in the Times last week which suggested that eight species of Gull had been reclassified as one by some august scientific body whose name I have forgotten - I should have kept the article. The species in question included Herring, Lesser-black Backed, Iceland, Glaucous, Glauco...
On www.theboltonnews.co.uk you can look at video of an Eagle Owl catching a rat (why not squirrels, that would be useful!) last Saturday in the Heaton area. The NW Hunt Saboteurs are demonstrating outside Wigan Town Hall tonight - there is a full council meeting to decide whether to shoot the Ruddy Du...
Sorry to wield the stick again but can I remind users of the forum not to post bird sightings from Shell Pool, which is strictly private and is a sensitive site. Officials from the site have asked that bird news not be aired on this forum and it is only right that we follow their instructions. Any...
Researching at Wigan History Shop today I came across a report in the Wigan Observer for 4 November 1922 about a "a young miner" out for recreation with his dog and gun who came across a Bittern at Pearsons Flash which he promptly shot! Unfortunately he only wounded it but the dog after a br...
surprisingly its not a toy, 20x60x60 rubber coated eye relief 13-11m exit pupil3 -1mm(spectalce wearers beware) with a shoddy cover and usless tripod but on my set up ideal for the kid,s pinsharp focus at 30ft it,s ideal for the garden and travelling,it,s not a fog filled swiss jewellers thingymy...
I have seen many posts about the peregrine on the forum and on the news page. so i would just like to know where are the best places to see peregrines in manchester as they are my favorite bird any info will be appriceated jake
A Red Kite was seen by Neil Hancock flying over Egerton towards Belmont at 1415hrs. Whilst looking for it later, Phil Rhodes had a male Hen Harrier at Whittle Hill (SD7115) on the GM side of the boundary above Whittle Hill Farm.
30+ Yellowhammers 40+ Redwings 15 Tree Sparrows 2 Grey Partridge 2 Skylarks in fields 67/68 between pathway off Rindle road. Astley peat works was very quite just 2 Snipe and 1 very scruffy looking fox. Walking into Botany Bay woods turned up 4 Woodcock, 6 Snipe ,10 Pheasant, 6 Goldcrests and 1 Tawny...
Phil Rhodes had an excellent flock of 16 Whooper Swans at Rumworth this morning (thanks to Phil for the info.....) -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 16:33, 2007-02-24
but can I remind users of the forum not to post bird sightings from Shell Pool, which is strictly private and is a sensitive site. Officials from the site have asked that bird news not be aired on this forum and it is only right that we follow their instructions. Any...