An old friend of mine, Peter Bennett watched the reservoirs for many years and had the records for the area through the 1970's. Unfortunately Peter died a couple of years ago and his widow has found all the records.
If these are of interest to anyone could you contact me intially please.
Ken Davi...
No sign of the Iceland Gull, even with light till 4:35-40ish. Upward of 3000 BH Gulls, including 1 leucistic bird, but only 2-300 large gulls came in. Other birds included:
Little Grebe 2, Mute Swan 1, Canada Goose 5, Teal 35, Goldeneye 37, Goosander 23, Lapwing 42, Sparrowhaw...
not that i'm trying hard to hang on to my lead,or trying to formulate an all out frontal attack,i would like to keep my nose just in front for a while,a casual glance at the runners and riders and the rules had me pondering, if a countable was seen at pennington and then at dover basin the same day penningto...
Still at Horrocks Flash, in the NW corner of the area fronting the canal (not always easy to see due to reeds, islets and constant diving. Sometimes with a couple of Tufted.
( news a day late )
Quick splash and dash - literally !, the only birds of note ;
Shelduck - flew out of Rammy`s & headed towards Lightshaw
drk Wigeon
8 Goosander (4 drks)
Just after I left (typical !) Barry Hulme had a Dunlin on the Spit.
One evening a week before Christmas I ventured down to Mersey Square in the middle of Stockport. The shops were shut, but I was not shopping I was looking for the annual Pied Wagtail roost. Its location varies annually, but it is always around the bus station or shopp...
As a novice birder I know I have a lot to learn. So getting birding magazines has been really useful for me as has surfing birding websites. I've also joined the rspb and the wwt and the birder code is very clear; also common sense. However, if anyone wants to pass on any tips about birding to help me...
kingfisher(in flight) mistle thrush,2 shelduck,jay,great;blue;longtailed tits,15+redwing,cormorant
tufted,teal,and the usual smew on horrock,s 1 gs woodpecker heard by Mr Woosey, seen just after by me in a garden.all in all a pleasant day,s birding
07/01
150+ Lapwings & 70+ Golden PLovers on a bulding site on Ashton Moss around 4pm today ( ashton park garden centre - Lord Sheldon Way )
Also 100+ stralings, 1 Heron, 10 Pied Wagtails & 1 lonesome but very loud robin.
fem. Scaup - first found around Rammy`s Scrapes then flew off onto main flash. Re -found in front of Boat-house but swam away towards Plank Ln end.
drk Wigeon with 26 Gadwall from Lapwing Hide. 5 Goosander, 16 Snipe, 26 Cormorant, Grey Wag, GBBG, Herring Gull.
Etherow CP 7th January 2007
08.05-10.55
Egyptian Goose
2 Dipper
male Goosander on R.Etherow and pair on Keg Pool
2 drake Mandarin
heard both Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker
2 Kingfisher
male and female Sparrowhawk in separate sightings
Raven
20-30 Redwing
20-30 Sis...
Both birds could be seen in the nest hole this morning at the site used in the past few years.
The low sun shone right into the hole so both could be clearly seen.
Hello from a new member! I'm a keen GM birder from Wigan (Worsley Mesnes) and my regular birding haunt is (obviously) the Wigan Flashes. I've spotted many birds there. I spotted my first Bittern on Bryn Flash (while fishing) last July. I saw a Kingfisher yesterday near the culvert on Scotman's...
Crompton Lodges, 60 Swans, 52 Tufted, 3 G.C.Grebe,120 B.h.Gull, 3 C.Gull, 2 L.B.b.Gull. On the Hacken Lane side of the pack, 7 Teal, willow Tit + 2 Roe Deer.
I saw a flock of 30+ diving duck leaving Salford Quays this morning at about 7.45am. They circled and headed off East presumably to CWP. The birds will be spending the night feeding in the Manchester Ship Canal basin as in the past. They can be viewed at night by the bright ambient lights of the qua...
Apparently there is now a waiting list for permits for the above.Presumably because of access problems to the site permit numbers are being limited by United Utilities.If you already hold a permit but do not use it very often I would ask that you might consider not to renew your permit to...
I have heard that a Long eared Owl is roosting at Pennington at the moment.
Does anybody know about this or any other places which they are at the moment?
Thanks
as ian says in his introduction to the forum you should use your proper name to sign in to the
forum,if like me however you signed in and then read ian,s instructions(doh) you,ll find it hard to edit your psuedonym.what i had to do as follows,log in with psuedonyn then go to edit details,delete the acc...
here goe,s. if your new to birding and like me sick of trawling through commercial site,s watch
the sighting,s board,this is good info and very helpfull,i,ve just added red crested potchard to
my tick list (thanks everybody) .With this addition to the site I think the discussion,s can be
vari...
adult Mediterranean Gull at Rumworth around 11 this morning.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 12:34, 2007-01-08
drk Wigeon with 26 Gadwall from Lapwing Hide. 5 Goosander, 16 Snipe, 26 Cormorant, Grey Wag, GBBG, Herring Gull.