4 little grebe on whitley res ,kingfisher on mesnes park 1 water rail at red seas 1 goosander 26 teal lots missing due to fishermen 2 lesser redpoll at crooke also still at the marina is the chloe wigeon (escapee }pity about that but still a nice bird to see 6 lapwings and 4 skylarks displaying at challen...
After telephone conversation with Ian Woosey I think the area I was in this morning was Lightshaw Hall Flash. I'd parked up at Plank Lane and walked towards Abraham on the Leeds-Liverpool canal.
I viewed the flashes from just past a farm with houses set back from the canal on opposite bank.
I c...
210+ Lapwings and 1 Hare in the field next to Allwood farm on Astley moss. At least 15 Yellowhammers and 6 Chaffinches in the hedges beside field 69 and Rindle road.Many Tree sparrows at the small feeding station, also heard a Willow tit but could not see it. 20 Yellowhammers with Blue and Longtailed t...
had the car this morning so gadded about,6 coot,s having a domestic,6 pair of tufted ,few mallard ,moorhen,4 teal ,2 jay,1 kestrel,chaffinch,robin etc and a woodpecker drumming(i think) that,s me field note,s done geoff
A message to Ian. For some reason I am unable to send emails to you, not having any problem with other email addresses. So wondering if you have been having problems or whether the problem is at my end.
Just to say there is now a field map for Carrington Moss and Sinderland / Dunham area, so that a field number can be attached to any records, for conservation purposes. I've sent this by email to everyone I can think of, but if anyone else wants a copy, please contact me at judith@gmbirds.freeserve...
An Oystercatcher at Watergrove this a.m. on pool by the hide is the earliest ever recorded here, and appears to be the first so far this year in the Rochdale area. There have only been two previous Feb records here in the past 10 years. This species does not normally arrive at Watergrove until 1st week...
I've also had a Firecrest in my garden, on Valentines Day 1990 , first viewed from the 'kitchen' window of a bedsit whilst putting the kettle on!, directly opposite where I live now in Chorlton. Now that's the way to find birds!. Seems it escaped the 1990 bird report .
Adrian Dancy range me today to say that a pair of Ravens entered the clock tower at Manchester Town Hall this morning, but were eventually chased off by a pair of Peregrines. Colin Brooks, the steeplejack who does our Peregrine work for us, also watched all this!
A milestone has been reached ! There are now 100 registered members using this Forum. Ian Mckerchar is to be congratulated, and to celebrate this momentus occasion Ian has said he will take us all out, yes, one hundred of us, and treat us to a slap-up meal........how about that ? ? ! !...........What a g...
i,ve put it here because i didn,t see it,on sunday i took the grandkids to horrocks flash (so no optic,s) and one the regular dog walkers told me that on thursday and friday there were over 500 canada geese on the main water. did any one see them.or has he been at the mushrooms ???geoff
A late call I know but I couldn't get to a computer yesterday (not necessarily a bad thing ). Dave Winnard had a Short-eared Owl hunting in fields to the east of Ashworth Moor Reservoir yesterday (info via Dave himself).
I have had a report from Dave Wilkinson of a redhead Smew on the R. Irwell in central Manchester, on 28th January. I've emailed Dave to ask exactly where, but this is a different bird to the Wigan one.
Hi , This is my first post on this excellent site I had a walk down Moss lane last Sunday afternoon in very bright sunshine which gave me great views of 3 Buzzards,2 Kestrels,1 Merlin and a Barn Owl that was hunting between the two farms on the right hand side of the lane. Two grey Partridge and many Lapwing...
New to area, and have been only keeping tabs locally to Flixton of late, but Yesterday on Carrington next to the Vicarage Garden centre, flock of approx 150+ Redwings on Rugby pitch and in trees.....
???geoff