Didn't expect to see much in the way of fungi but the site was teeming with it especially around the young Silver Birch trees next to New Water & growing out of the old mining rucks also. Identified species in picture order :- Blackening Waxcap Blushing Bracket Common Earthball Crimson Waxcap Fly...
Well done again to the LOS volunteers ,going on the spit Wednesday And doing the massive task of strimming the spit area and finished to half way with The help of one of the wardens.. This group have changed the whole outlook in the north bank reserve, most are well beyond retirement age ,and they go on ev...
7.05pm this evening
A distant Marsh Harrier spooked over 200 gulls feeding in the ploughed field alongside the M6 slip road which leads onto the A580. I saw the gulls fly up as I had just turned onto the East Lancs road, I pulled onto the grass verge and saw the Harrier through the cloud of gulls in the di...
i think we found a lime hawk moth caterpillar in our front garden in Denton today. Is that likely? No idea about moths at all! -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 20th of August 2017 09:42:12 PM
Arriving in South Gloucestershire in glorious sunshine this morning at 08.30 John Barber and I were soon having excellent, close up views of the Red-flanked Bluetail. The bird is in the Shire Valley which is about 2 miles north of Marshfield and about 100yds beyond the houses at Shirehill Fa...
20/11/07 early morning Ring-necked Parakeet (fem) - perched up near the Obelisk, quite happily chuckling and talking away to itself. With no leaves on the trees this was the best views I`ve ever had of this species. 11 Nuthatches. 2 Goldcrests. 3 Coal Tits. 3 G.S.Woodpecker. 2 Kestrel. Teal. 12 Gadw...
No wonder farmland birds are declining. I was down Rindle Road this afternoon and in 3 recently harvested cereal fields which aren't particularly big I counted over 500 pheasants which presumably have been recently released hoovering up ever last bit of spilt grain. Food which in the past would hav...
Hummingbird Hawkmoth has been frequenting my garden for the past 3 consecutive evenings around 7:30pm. I had never even seen one in the Uk before now! It really loves my Garden Phlox. Yet it only ever stays for less than 30 seconds, so I had to act very quickly to get these photos.
Here are a few insects and a mammal from our trip down Western France, Northern Spain, Pyrenees and Madrid from 29th July to 19th August. Coypu, Jersey Tiger, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Swallowtail, Large Copper, High Brown Fritillary, Scarce Swallowtail.
A belated report of some of the interesting areas and birds seen during a three week camping holiday in the Vendee - not worth a trip report but since there's not much info on birding in France: Ile de Noirmoutier - Réserve Naturelle de Mullembourg - a short walk out of the main town on the island, along th...
After some 3 months of birding inactivity on my part, interest was rekindled on 31st August by a noticeable influx of Pied Flycatchers in Parque Sur (probably into 3 figures), with a single Melodious Warbler to add spice, -both Madrid local patch ticks. Temperatures are a little more bearable now af...
Here from 6-8th August. Highlights: 1+ Dupont's Lark, Bee Eaters, Roller, Calandra Lark, Short Toed Larks, Sardinian Warbler, Woodchat Shrikes, Iberian Woodpecker, Iberian Great Grey Shrikes, White Storks with many nesting, Crested Larks, Spectacled Warbler, Red Rumped Swallow, Spanish S...
ive just returned from a week in the pyrnees.what a wonderful place it is.seven days of glorious weather and incredible bird life.my hosts peter and jude are english but have lived here over twenty years and so know where to help you find the best areas for birds.
i stayed in a tiny vilage called barege...
Quick smash and grab raid to northern Spain. Travelled on Brittany Ferries Cap Finisterre, Portsmaouth to Bilbao: Gannet, Fulmar, Kittiwake, Guillemot, Razorbill, Puffin, Manx Shearwater, Yellow-legged Gull and bizarrely on board, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Turtle Dove and a male 1 Blue-headed type W...
Arrived yesterday for a fortnight at my sister's farm near Durtal. Today's targeted area was around Bazouges-sur-Loire and Cre-sur-Loire. The names give a clue that the two small towns are joined by the river, only a short walk between them. Around Bazouges I heard a Grey-headed Woodpecker and saw...
First stop on our journey to Spain on 30 July was just SE of Boulogne near the village of Marconnelle. We managed to see a group of 10 Reeve's Pheasants in the fields and hedges after getting some help from eBird. Photo attached.
I have for sale a pair of legendary Swift Japan Audubon II binoculars in lovely condition. The optics are very clean. 8.5 x 44 The focussing and diopter are nice and smooth. Please see photos for condition also. Extra Wide Field. with all caps. very nice genuine Swift leather case with clasp that works...
Former sand workings NE of the roundabout on the A537. This area mainly consists of 3 large pools and newly planted landscaped area. A very muddy footpath crosses the site. 18:00-20.00 1f Scaup (On largest pool), 1m+1f Mandarin Ducks, 1m+3f Goosanders, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Oystercatchers, 1...
Today, 2/10/2011 2 Weasel Burnt Edge 2 Roe Deer 1 Mole near Mast! Yesterday 1/10/2011 2 Weasel Burnt Edge 8 Red Admiral heading south Nice timing on the new forum Ian
not much time for birding lately and even less time to spend posting !!.
spent 10 mins looking on the pool on ashton moss next to the garden centres this afternoon.
4 lapwing
1 ringed plover 1st ive ever seen here
1 little grebe
1 heron
2 lots of canada chicks
8 mallard chicks
40 plus stralings a...
16th August. 4 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 40+ Pied Wagtail, c15 Linnet, c130 gulls - numbers of gulls has been much higher than this recently - today mostly Black-headed - but 4 Common and 3 Lesser Black-backed also present. c220 Lapwing, 30 House Martin, Begging juveniles of both Greenfinch and Goldf...
Star field off hardman avenue, off George lane.
I am no expert on butterflies but i believe i have seen a ringlet today 1st at 12.00pm then about 1.00pm as i went back to try to get a photo. It was at the bottom r/h corner of the field(near the canal) if you enter from hardman avenue. I do have a couple of pic...
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...
Had a couple of hours at Wigg Island today in seach of Cettis Warbler and despite hearing the calls I was unable to pin the rascals down. Still a pleasant afternoon with Merlin and Buzzard on the marsh and loads of gulls on the mud when the tide receded - some of them looked huge - a good place for the "g...
Huge Site Accessed it via Wharton Lane and concentrated on the area at the end that has changed considerably from even Google Earth looks like a bomb has gone off with acres of bare grounds small pool and a few ditches and older mounds. Main sighting Red White and Alsike Clover, Amphibious Bistort, Sne...
