Ok, the big question now is, who is planning to be in the field on New Years Day, Tuesday 1st January 2019 It would be interesting to hear where birders are planning to see in the New Year and how they get on - let's hope that someone strikes it lucky I'm planning to be birding around my new borough, Oldham
Still fuming having stood next to some w****r flying a large drone at Risley Moss. I didn't feel I could intervene because I didn't know the law. The warden was temporarily off-site, but I spoke to him later He had a PC console, with friends all watching the new toy. It had a visualisation headset. It fle...
Originally posted today by Ian Boote: - This is an ambitious project to return a large area of farmland back to fen land and to link remants in the area. A bit of bumpf from theWebsite 'After just a decade, more than 50% of the land of the Great Fen is now owned by the Great Fen partners with 2140 acres (866 he...
I have very sad news to pass on. Following the death of Enid Murphy, one of the founders of Focalpoint, earlier this year I am sad to say that her husband Tony Murphy passed away in hospital on Christmas Day this year. Many will know and have met Tony who really was the Focalpoint founder and the original M...
For Sale. Leica Televid APO 77 scope with 32xWW eyepiece. Excellent condition. Skua Stay on Case. All original boxes, eyepiece pouch, lens caps, Manfrotto anti twist tripod plate and instructions. Small chips to tripod foot where plate has rubbed. £650 plus p&p. The case had a minor repair whe...
Vis Mig from apartment -Whitefield
Swallow 36 wnw
House Martin 33 sw
Grey Wag 2 w
Mpipit 18 s
Jay 5 sw (group of 4 and single)
Private Site
Shoveler 2
Teal 2
Ringley WebS
Was there this afternoon and just before the rain came several flocks of Mallard amounting to say 50 Birds just seemed to...
Kowa TSN-PA7 for Kowa 880/770 series telescopes. For attachment of SLR cameras via a T2 mount (not included). This item is in excellent condition as new with instructions. £110.00 no offers (10% for 21 or under) Can deliver in GM for petrol cost Advertised elsewhere Contact me at nmhilton71@aol.co...
What a cracking bird this is and a candidate for GM bird of the year (with no disrespect intended for the Rose-coloured Starling) in view of the number of GM high listers who caught up with it. With some superb photos on the sightings threads, Im almost wishing that this would be a new GM species for me to j...
Sites of Biological Importance (SBIs), otherwise known as Local Wildlife Sites, are of vital importance in maintaining priority habitats and the species which depend upon them, especially in Greater Manchester where so much of the land area is already developed. There are over 530 SBIs across GM...
We have just taken in on a commission basis a pair of Kowa SV bins, 10x42 with strap, rainguard and carry case. They are nearly new and being sold because of a bereavement and were originally purchased from ourselves. Our usual price is £245 and these are on offer at only £150. As usual call 01925 730399 t...
We have taken in on commission a tripod that is a real birders piece of kit. I say this from experience as it is exactly what I use. It's the Manfrotto MT055 aluminium tripod legs with the 128RC head. This gives an incredibly stable platform, especially when digiscoping or phonescoping & I wholehe...
We have just taken in on commission a scope that would make a perfect starter scope for someone, at a really economical price. It is the Hawke Endurance 65 ED Scxope which comes with a zoom eyepiece and stay-on case. It does need a strap for the case but we have plenty of those here at the shop. The customer...
For sale. The above lens. £2500 - excellent condition at a real bargain price. Please email me jontaverner@tiscali.co.uk if interested. Buyer to collect from my home. I live near Pennington Park, Leigh. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 15th of December 2018 01:04:49 PM
Seven Waxwings were found today in Chester at the Greyhound Shopping Park. They were on rowan berries betweenAsda and John Lewis/Wrens. Several birders managed to catch up with them but reports are that there are not many berries left now.
A potentially very important message from Katie Aspin:Dear all,It has been brought to our attention that a twite that was caught at Rishworth earlier this year was possibly infected with a strain of avian pox. Jamie Dunning managed to take a blood sample from the bird, which had lesions on...
I thought this was worth a mention. Just recently myself and a few other observers have heard loud gunshot type bangs coming from the main yard. I managed to ask one of the yard lads during the week and he told me theyve just got a gas powered bird scarer. I asked him why would they want to scare the Gulls off...
We now have with us on commission an Olivon T-80 Scope Kit. This consists of an 80mm objective scoipe, a zoom eyepiece and a stay-on case. Given the objective size this would be great as a dual terrestrial and starter astro scope. With Christmas coming up this is a really economic choice for a starter ki...
A customer has just put on sale on commission a scope that I rate very highly, in fact it's the one I bought for my wife, Carys, in the past. It is the Opticron GS52, ED glass scope and angled. It has an SDL zoom eyepiece with it and the green, luxury stay-on case. It is boxed and I know the customer who has hard...
We have just taken in, on commission, a mint condition Swarovski ATX85 Scope outfit. The kit does not have a stay-on case but is boxed and comes with a free Lowepro Scope Porter 200AW bag. The owner reckons that it has around 4 years warranty left, but in the 6 years that he has had it he has hardly used it, h...
Could anyone who found a Barr & Stroud 20x50 monocular at the Pied Wheatear twitch at Meols please contact Dave 07922763415, thanks. -- Edited by Dave ONeill on Saturday 1st of December 2018 11:01:30 AM-- Edited by Dave ONeill on Saturday 1st of December 2018 06:12:04 PM
Inspired by Ian's road birding trip to Windsor I thought I'd start a little list of best birds seen from a moving vehicle so here goes with mine:
1. Roller
Somewhere in the Sierra Nevada on roadside wires screeching the hire car to a hault to the consternation of my Spanish and English friends some t...
We have an Astro scope it in for sale on commission, and it's dirt cheap so for anyone wanting to add to their optics kit for not very much outlay this would be ideal. The scope is the Celestron PS7/700 700mm Refractor Scope and comes with eyepiece and aluminium tripod plus accessory tray. The customer i...
Focalpoint are having a Blackbird Friday event seeing as how the rest of the World are having a Black Friday one! We have sorted out special discounts on a variety of products and these will be valid for the next week. Visit the website for details
I am aware that there are problems accessing some pages of the forum (seemingly random pages at that), as I am having the same difficulty myself. My forum hosting company have been made aware of it and are currently dealing with the problem so please bear with it
We are having an in-store day at Focalpoint Optics this coming Saturday, the 24th November. It is an Opticron Day with Chris Galvin our Opticron Rep being present all day to answer questions and help. We will still be selling all other brands and be here to take in repairs etc So why not call in to say hell...
