Most local birdwatching societies evolved from evening classes organised by Bill Mulligan. Bill Mulligan was once described as one of the last old-style naturalists. There were classes held around the Manchester area in Altrincham, Chadkirk, Didsbury, Glossop, Lymm, Stockport and Wilmslow....
I'm looking to offload my copies of Spurn Bird Observatory annual reports. I definitely have 2007-2020, and if I can find them I think I also have copies back to the mid 1980s. The more recent reports are hefty tomes for a report and they all contain some great photos of rarities and common birds alike, O...
At the shop I work at Wilkinson Cameras Warrington we have a pre owned ATX 95mm & 30-70 x eyepiece at £3000 with 12 months guarantee. A great all round scope that I thought it worth mentioning perfect for Gull Roosts,or sea watching . Read reviews. If I hadn't already got my Kowa I would have bought i...
26/1 Late afternoon Snipe - 7 flushed off the (very) flooded hay fields by Millgate Fields. Never even seen a single Snipe there before. Little Grebe - 2 on Mersey by Simon's Bridge Goosander - 2 pairs on Mersey Green Woodpecker - 1 by Millgate Fields
this is my first attempt at this so stand by. The site is a disused quarry dominated by silver birch and aspen with older trees scattered within. It covers approx five acres. Morning walk with Josh (springer spaniel). At the feeders Robin,blue tit,great tit,coal tit,chaffinch,b...
Raptors of the World - A Field Guide, by James Ferguson-Lees and David Christie, softback, 320 pages, very minor wear at corners of front cover (see photos), otherwise in excellent clean condition. £10 -- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 26th of November 2022 03:11:11 PM
I was in Bolton Street, Bury, just finishing at the Station, and I saw what must be 300 or so birds flying from behind the Museum, more or less due South towards Manchester. 300 is a wild guess, there may have been more. I suspect they were jackdaws, but I am sure others will have seen them. This was about 16...
17/01/12 1530-1700 Willow Tit showing well & calling c100 yards south-east of the marina, by the towpath on the north side of the Bridgewater Canal, also a crest (presumably Goldcrest) heard but not seen in this area 33 Lapwings 1 Kestrel 1 Grey Heron 32 Starlings 5 Goldfinch 1 Greenfinch 5 Blue T...
Spurn Bird Observatory are part of an international programme monitoring bird migration using nano radio tags. They have just tweeted that on the 20th October a Goldcrest was tagged on Vlieland, an island off the coast of the Netherlands. It was detected the next day, the 21st October at 05:30 at Spu...
Just returned from a coach tour to Lake Iseo, a lake between Como and Garda. Near the hotel was a wetland nature reserve called Torbiere. Enroute: White Stork 25+ near Basle. Black Kites Kestrels Buzzards Red Kite 1 Fulmar 1 (Dover). Gannet 1 ad in Channel. Lake Garda: Red-crested Pochard 3 Lake Iseo/...
25 September - 6 October 2022 This holiday had been in the offing for three or four years but finally came to fruition in September, after delays due to covid and other issues. The five lads from Blackburn finally added Colombia to their travels after previously birding in Spain (2010), Bulgaria (201...
Reports of a mass movement of thrushes leaving the Netherlands this evening. The east coast could be interesting tomorrow and theres always a chance theyll carry on across the Pennines if the weather is good. Could be a good morning for vis mig tomorrow.
Swarovski ATS 65 HD Telescope with 20-60 Zoom Eyepiece. Optics and body in excellent condition with Kite stay-on case. Photographs/viewing can be arranged upon enquiry. I live in Milnrow. £800 Phone/Text John 07753255274 -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 11th of November 2022 12:58:53 PM
Inspired by the `Crow chasing Wagtail` post, how about a thread devoted entirely to behaviour (witnessed in the county, of course) ?
Yesterday at Rumworth I was watching two Stonechats ranging along low bushes and a fence, dropping down and flitting up, as they do. Behind them was a large-ish Hawt...
Dipper on River Mersey from Palatine road (under M60 and west of Withington Golf Club), Northenden @ 14.15 today cheers Jason -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 28th of May 2011 07:57:20 PM
Walked East along the Staffordshire side of the river to Back Forest farm and back. Birds seen above the river or on the Cheshire side: 6 Goosanders flying West, 2 Buzzards and 4 Ravens. With about 4 inches of snow on the ground, there were few small birds about. The walk Westwards from Danebridge, tow...
This has been prompted from reading about the Bar-tailed Godwit that did a non-stop flight from Alaska to Tasmania. Bar-tailed Godwits breed in the northern hemisphere in summer, and then fly to the south for the summer there to "winter" because presumably it's a better strategy than staying in th...
Hi all, I am a postgraduate student at MMU working with Stuart Marsden and Alex Lees. I am currently working on a project to better understand the distribution of stock doves in Manchester within the M60 ring road. Very little seems to be known or written about stock doves anywhere in their range - a sh...
25/04/11 sunny again First called at a forest just before whitby where we had redstart cuckoo willow warbler tree pipit black cap great spotted woodpecker buzzard siskins lots chaffinch whitby turnsones cormerant fullmers swallows starlings linnets goldfinches skylarks meadow pipits
The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh National Nature Reserve (NNR) was officially declared today by Natural England and becomes Greater Manchester's first NNR. This is great news for biodiversity in GM and for local people, especially those who have carried out surveys and submitted records which have...
Sun 23rd Sep 10:30 - 11:15 at the Middleton end Quiet and a bit damp. - male Kestrel - Chiffchaff - Goldcrest - several Mallard - flyover Canada Goose Plenty of Magpies, Jackdaws and at least 5 Jay
Didn't expect to see much in the way of fungi but the site was teeming with it especially around the young Silver Birch trees next to New Water & growing out of the old mining rucks also. Identified species in picture order :- Blackening Waxcap Blushing Bracket Common Earthball Crimson Waxcap Fly...
Visited the Great Bustard Group this afternoon, see greatbustard.org for information on the reintroduction programme which has now been underway for just over twenty years. They are based in Enford, a small village a few miles north of Stonehenge, itself a few miles north of Salisbury. I had never...
And so chaos begins at what was a tranquil peacefull area full of Snipe ,Jack Snipe, Stonechat, and many others now is being turned into a Motorway Service station after Warrington Borough Councils terrible decision of pulling out of the objection on Silver Lane Risley. This is not brownfield it's G...
Spurn Bird Observatory is recruiting - see the website for details www.spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk -- Edited by Craig Higson on Friday 21st of October 2022 05:46:40 PM
I've wondered for some time about the numbers given in the sightings thread. Could someone explain how it's possible to come up with a number as precise as 63962 redwings? I watched them coming over Mellor Moor a few years ago and hundreds were passing above me, to the right and to the left so I couldn't h...
Today, 2/10/2011 2 Weasel Burnt Edge 2 Roe Deer 1 Mole near Mast! Yesterday 1/10/2011 2 Weasel Burnt Edge 8 Red Admiral heading south Nice timing on the new forum Ian
c350 Redwings on the big berry hedge adjacent to the Rochdale Canal just north of Slattocks viewable from the sculptured bench area - flocks of birds flying in all the time to feed on the berries, also 1 Skylark & 1 Meadow Pipit flew over calling -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 18th of October 20...
