Maybe its just me but I seem to be seeing much more movement of Pink-feet this year. I'm probably seeing at least 1 or 2 skeins per day over the house whereas in previous years I'd probably see 1 or 2 per week, or am I imagining it?
Rubbish weather, fog all morning, could hardly see the water. Afternoon not much better, but lifted slightly, and we were luck to see a Great Northern Diver fairly close from the Sheepwash Hide.
Dunkirk Wood Common Buzzard (mobbed by three Carrion Crows) Great Spotted Woodpecker (heard only) Nuthatch (heard only) Song Thrush (singing) 6 Long Tailed Tit Also good numbers of Blue and Great Tits A female Sparrowhawk quickly put an end to the quarrelling of six House Sparrows on the housing es...
Large Falcon Present this morning 8.15am, looks like a Peregrine x Saker or Gyr. Vertical chest bars. Got a couple of long shots. No jesses visable on bird. Attacked a passing Grey Heron at one point. Looked larger than Peregrine. Anyone else seen hybrid type bird in the area, or is missing one. Just pu...
On walk from town centre to bridge at East Didsbury saw the following: Sparrowhawk - female by pyramid Kestrel - near bridge for M60 Bullfinch - pair near vale farm Chiffchaff - definately 4 birds possibly 5, in several places but 2 birds near vale farm blue tit great tit long tailed tit dunnock mistle t...
A very smart Mealy Redpoll is currently at Amberswood (near Hindley, Wigan) this early afternoon, in the north-west area of alders with approx 80 Redpoll and 150 Siskin. Info thanks to Andy Makin -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 2nd of November 2009 10:09:47 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday...
Had a bit of a Rochdale Bird Race with Paul Cliff, highlights included;
Wigeon - 2 on Ogden Res, 3 on Hollingworth Lake
Goldeneye - 1 on Hollingworth Lake
Little Owl - 1 at Birlte
Lesser Redpoll - 2 Rochdale Golf Course
the cold snap hampered our efforts with Tufted Duck and Little Grebe not seen,...
We are looking to thin out much/most of our bird book collection and have various books in the Poyser, Pica, and Helm series (covering bird families) as well as 4 in the New Naturalist series, field guides for virtually all world hotspots/countries, as well as the handbooks for The birds of Africa (6 v...
first stop public hide watched a male marsh harrier flyover towards lilians aprox 11.30am.great black backed gull with 3 chicks directly infront of hide.also aprox 200 coot,20 gadwal,2 pochard. lower hide watching female red deer at waters edge munching on grass also,family of reed bunting and r...
Short eared owl today at 14.30 This was on the moor above the reservoir on the opposite side of the road from the sandwich van If this is out of our area I apologise Good close up views but not quite as good as the twelve (12) that i saw last week on the Dee estuary at Dalton marsh all at the same time, it took fiv...
A quick walk down the old Tyldesley Loopline near my house this evening produced the following birds: 3 Chiffchaffs singing and two seen 1 very vocal Wren 2 Robins proclaiming their territory 3 Blackbirds 1 Goldfinch 2 Magpies 2 Great Tits 2 Blue Tits 1 Carrion Crow over Several Gulls over Numerous Wo...
Just got back last night from a four day stint at Spurn Bird Observatory. No great rarities, although I did miss Bee Eater which was present before we arrived, and Spoonbill on Sunday morning (due to spending too much time in the pub on Saturday evening).
The weather looked promising on Thursday w...
Had a trudge round Heaton Park this afternoon the Boating lake had:- 5 pochard Pair Shoevelr 2 Gooander 2 GCG Elsewhere in the Park GSW 8 Siskin 2 Bullfinch 2 Treecreeper Jay Sparrowhawk and some very tame squirrels which where follwing me around and at one point thought it was gonna climb up me instead...
At Reddish Vale on Mill pond there has been 28 goosander, 12 tufted duck, 2 golden eye, 2 grebe for the last 2 days. Lots of long-tail tits about too. Reddish Vale Vale Road Reddish Stockport. Visitor centre with farm and cafe on site, River Tame r...
As it was only 30 odd miles from where I was ,thought I'd pop up for the Western Sandpiper at Maidens as I'd never seen one in this country,only in Mexico and California. Wasn't disappointed as the bird was showing well all the time I was there in the harbour.
A Hobby was hawking Swallows on reverse slope of Werneth Low (Compstall side) behind Hare and Hounds pub at 2.45p.m. today, moving off towards Windy Harbour.
Info thanks to Antony Marriott
37 species recorded today for the Bird Atlas / GM Breeding Atlas including pairs of the following: Great Crested Grebe Oystercatcher Coot (2 pairs) Tufted Duck Grey Partidge Also seen 4 Snipe, a Stonechat, a Sand Martin (the first of the year was here on 30th March), a Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk. The hi...
Originally posted by Sarfraz Hayat on Novermber 10th: I was at Crown Point Retail Park in Denton and plenty of Black-headed Gulls and Starlings there. Also Common Gulls, Crows and a Dunnock! Later on in the day over 300 Jackdaws passed over in a north-westerly direction with some Rooks? Over 10 Herri...
Having returned from Shetland a couple of weeks ago, where I struggled to get good views of the Siberian Thrush, Ive decided to invest in a thermal imaging scope. For Shetland its becoming a necessity to have one and especially as those birders who had one, were quickly getting onto the bird, by follo...
Just back from a three week cruise, sailing from Southampton to Quebec City and back. We also called at St Johns in Newfoundland, Gaspé in Quebec, Havre St Pierre in Quebec, La Baie down the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec, Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, Halifax in Nova Scotia and finally Sydney in N...
A female Wheatear in the fields here this afternoon as I walked along the footpaths, north of the M62, and along Old Alder Lane to Causey Bridges. Also seen on a cold and windy day - Lapwing 4 Skylark 1 Meadow Pipit 4 Wood Pigeon 20+ Buzzard 1 Goldfinch 2 Mistle Thrush 1 Starling 6 Collared Dove 2 Mallard 2 H...
20.02.11
Very dull and overcast day making visibility poor to say the least.
On arrival great close up views of redpol,tree sparrows,willow tit plus all the usual tits and goldfinches on the feeders around the visiter centre.All the usual ducks present with a few hundred lapwings and at least 10 g...
I always tell myself that this time of year anything can turn up anywhere. This whinchat was a nice reminder. Spotted it perched on United Utilities' fence as I strolled down the disused freight line. Couldn't get any closer without scaring it off by barging through a couple of bramble patches.
plenty of birds about on a proper winters day.. 4 ravens together above my house in Rammy,3 Kestrel, 4 Brambling, lots of Bullfinch Goldfinch,Chaffinch Greenfinch..2 Meadow Pipit, lots of small tit flocks, 1 Redwing, Mistle Thrush,12 Goosander, 3 Dipper, 6 separate Grey Heron, 3 Snipe, 1 Lapwing...
