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....
We have just taken in on commission sale a pair of Leica 8x20 BR Compact Binoculars. These are in excellent condition and include all the accessories and are boxed. The seller wants ONLY £429 for these. Please call 01925730399 for availability. Details on our website below: https://www.focalpoin...
We hace recently received for commission sale a pair of Opticron Imagic 8x42 BGA Binoculars. These come with the case, rainguard and strap and show some wear, but are optically sound. The customer is asking £200for these and pictures are on our website at: https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/p...
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...
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...
We have on commission sale a micro travel scope, the Celestron Hummingbird 9-27x zoom with a 56mm objective. This hand-holdable scope is boxed as new with all accessories and is on sale at ONLY £149.For availability and to book an appointment please call 01925730399. All COVID-19 protocols are sti...
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...
We have just taken in for commission sale a pair of Swarovski 10x42 SLC Bins. These are the latest model that was made and are only around 5 years old and so have 5 years warranty left on them with Swarovski. They come with all accessories and are boxed and in excellent condition. The seller is asking ONLY...
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.
We have just received for commission sale a straight Leica APO77 Scope with a 32x wide angle eyepiece and a stay-on case. This is in good condition and is perfect for anyone wanting a straight version of a top end make scope, as straight ones come up in the secondhand section much more infrequently than...
We have on commission sale an Opticron MM3 60 angled scope with an HR3 Zoom eyepiece and a black Stay-on Case. This is in really nice condition but has no boxes. The objective cap, eyepiece cover and case strap are all present. The customer is asking ONLY£250 for this kit, and it would make an ideal start...
For those of you who read my monthly round-up of GM Sightings in the UKBS section of Birdwatching Magazine my late submission (primarily) and a glitch in their software means that it won't be published. But...... so that folk can still catch up with it I have popped it in as a Blog on the Focalpoint Websi...
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
We have on commission sale a nice pair of Hawke 12x50 Endurance ED binoculars. These are in mint condition and have a full warranty being only 2 months old. They do not have the box but have all accessories and carry case. They have an RRP of £309 with a price rise pending on Nov 1st. The customer is asking O...
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
We have an Opticron HDF Zoom eyepiece for sale on commission. This is in good condition but isn't boxed and is bought as seen. The power of the eyepiece as with all Opticron eyepieces is determined by the scope body that it attached to. The varying magnifications can be found in the specification areas...
We have on commission sale a lovely pair of Leica 7x42 Ultravid HD+ Binoculars. These come with all accessories, are boxed and are in mint condition. They were originally bought from us and we know they have been hardly used. The seller wants ONLY £1150 for these, this being a special GM Web Price as whe...
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...
We have just taken on commission the creme de la creme of current bins, the Swarovski 8x42 NL Pures. These are an unwanted present and come with all accessories and the box. They are of course in mint condition have only been tested twice and are only a few weeks old so have a full 10 Year warranty. The cust...
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...
