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...
We have on commission sale a really nice pair of Leica 8x42 Ultravid Binoculars. They are just back from Leica where they had a complete overhaul and haven't been used since and so are in excellent condition. The seller is asking ONLY£799 for these which is a bargain price. They have all accessories in...
We have just taken in on commission a nice pair of Swarovski 8x32 EL SV Binoculars. Theses are in excellent condition and come with box, all accessories and most of the warranty. Our customer wants ONLY £1200 for these which is a great price as these are a close focus model and not the later de-specified...
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...
We have just had brought in to us for commission sale a really desirable tripod. It is in mint condition and has never been used outside. It is the Velbon Sherpa 200B which is no longer available. The customer is asking ONLY £150 for this and I think it will be snapped up. This is boxed as new. This is again a...
We have on commission a mint condition Opticron Cr Window Mount. This is unboxed but is a cracking little bit of kit, well made and the one that I personally use (at the Black Grouse in N.Wales every year!). The customer is asking ONLY £30 for this which has an RRP of £45, so it is a bargain. I took this in les...
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
We have just taken in on commission a great pair of top end binoculars. They are the Zeiss 10x42 FLs and have just come back from Zeiss after a complete service and re-armouring, so are like new. They are complete with the strap and carry case but have no box. The seller is asking ONLY £629 for these which i...
We have just received on commission a really nice pair of Zeiss 8x42 SF Binoculars. They have only been used once outside and come with all the accessories, are boxed and are in mint condition. Ill health forces the sale. The seller wants ONLY £1599 for these and we expect a quick sale. To book your appoi...
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...
We have taken in on Commission a Swarovski STS80 Scope with a 20-60x Zoom Eyepiece and original mint condition Skua Case. This is the straight version of the scope and is in excellent condition. It comes with the boxes for the body and the eyepiece. The customer is asking ONLY £1450for this kit. Please...
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...
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...
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...
