1st September.
A single Black-tailed Godwit.
5 Teal.
Have visited here a few times recently hoping to find Yellow Wagtail amongst the good numbers of Pied Wagtails foraging around the feet of the horses and sheep here. No luck yet!
Other recent records here:-
21/8 - c120 Canada Geese.
26/...
I have just spent a pleasant week holidaying in Cavtat just across the bay from Dubrovnik in Southern Croatia. Cavtat is a small fishing village on a large Pine covered peninsula called Setaliste rat between two small bays. Behind the village there is plenty of farmland which leads to scrub land on th...
I've noticed a grey wagtail has been busy exploring the newly asphalted surface on my Old Trafford road for the past week - does anyone know what in particular might attract it to this surface? I haven't noticed any other birds doing this, and it's not often I see a grey wagtail here (once before flittin...
On Wednesday 21st March 2018, the Greater Manchester Green Summit is happening at Manchester Central (G-Mex) The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has announced his ambitions for making Greater Manchester one of the leading green cities in Europe. A landmark Greater Manchester Green S...
Rare Bird Alert reported a Great White Egret flew SE over Ashton upon Mersey at 10.08am this morning. Sounds like it could be following the Mersey inland. Perhaps Broad Ees Dole/Chorlton WP could draw it in?!
Just back from a week's non birding holiday at a small village on the south coast, in western Crete, called Plakias. Very picturesque area with mountains and gorges forming a backdrop to the village. Didn't hire a car or go further afield other than a boat trip to Preveli Beach, a few miles to the east. H...
16.00 - 18.00
Doctor Dam:
Chiffchaff x 1
Willow Warbler x 1 in subdued song
Greenbooth :
Goosander Male and Female x 1
Great Crested Grebe x 1
Woodhouse Lane:
Lapwing pair on adjacent field where a pair turned up late last Spring. Counted as a bonus these days.
Good Afternoon I am considering having a birding holiday on Lewis and Harris, going over on the ferry with the car from Ullapool. Has anyone been here birding and if so could they recommend anywhere to stay and general thoughts on the place. What are the roads like and is Stornaway a good base? General t...
Had a nice walk round Anglezarke today. 1 male and 2 female Goldeneye on the top small reservoir (think it's called Yarrow). Male starting to display. A Buzzard over the car park and really close up look at a Treecreeper.
In March/April 2022, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) declared a Biodiversity Emergency in the city region, and Council leaders also signed the Edinburgh Declaration. There are a number of online articles on Business Growth Hub, Marketing Stockport, Green Intelligence, The P...
Thinking of going to Marton Mere near Blackpool in the next couple of days as Long Eared Owls are reported as being present. Does anyone know the place?, i.e. where am I likely to find the owls?. Any help/advice gratefully received.
Cheers Ian
Fascinating 2 page article in yesterday's Daily Telegraph (travel section June 14th.): ''To Berlin -strictly for birds'' Over the last decade Goshawks have apparently moved into Berlin in a big way with an estimated 90 breeding pairs spread across the city Plenty info. on flights and Birding Berl...
I'm looking for a new tripod for a Hawke Endurance 12-36x50 compact scope - so criteria are:lightweight - so that it's similarly portable to the scopecompact - will usually be carried in a small rucksack with the scope - 19" max foldednot expensive - doesn't make sense to spend lots when the scope isn'...
Sofia Fedeczko, a reporter for Manchester World, is seeking photos or video of the Manchester Ring-necked Parakeets for an article she is writing. Any images or footage used will of course be fully credited and should be sent to her at sofia.fedeczko@jpress.co.uk
Wood Warbler present at 7am this morning. Walk up from the small car park towards the motorway and the bird was singing in the area adjacent to the last building on the right hand side. Info thanks to Nick Hilton
Starting this as a "general" Leicestershire thread since the others seem to be for a specific location. Yesterday Sun 28th August @ Swithland Reservoir Hobby - then I realised there was more than 1, then I found the whole family of 4 sitting on a high-up branch - adults hawking and bringing the dragon...
Doddington Pool is a large lake south of Crewe, alongside the A51 not too far north of the Cheshire/Staffprdshire border. It is quite well watched and has turned up plenty of good birds but not too many get reported out in the wider birding community. This is mainly due to it being permit only, but the wa...
Cruise from Southampton to Helsinki, August 2nd to 18th. Migrating birds on and around the ship: Golden Plover 1 adult sat on the deck. 1 Kestrel 1 female. Great Skua 1 Willow Warbler 2 Grasshopper Warbler 1 I think. Wheatear 1 and 1 in Stockholm. Birds on the sea: Sabine's Gull 1 Gannets, Guillimots, K...
On Friday, spent the morning raptor watching, fisrt at at the pic-nic area and then from The balcony of the Vyrnwy Hotel. Five sightings of Goshawk, both male and female, including a male beating up a Raven and then flying over the hotel. Other good sightings included Red Kite and Peregrine mobbing He...
The Greater Manchester Bird Recording Group is looking to expand its constitution and roles within the organisation to make it more dynamic, inclusive and ultimately enduring. To begin with, we are seeking a Database Assistant with immediate effect, one of the most important roles within the or...
The Ashton Canal (on the section between city centre & Audenshaw bridge) has a small number of what to my uneducated and inexperienced eye look like mallards but all in black - i.e. basic shape of head etc is mallard-like but all colouration is black-grey. I can't find anything that matches in my C...
As For all those that love to get close to the ground for their pictures this is a real neck saver. Believe me it really works. Only selling as I have upgraded my kit and and new camera has flip screen and evf so this doesn't fit. Excellent condition with canon pouch and both eyepiece adapters. Going for a...
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 2nd of October 2011 08:11:03 PM