08:30 to 09:45. 1 male Black redstart. 2 Snipe drumming near car park. 1 male and 1 female Ring ouzel near trig point. A flight of 8 Ring ouzels heading north along the edge, don'the know whether the 2 birds seen on the ground were part of this group or not. 6 Red grouse, 4 males and 2 females.
Having made several visits this year only to find a single Goosander, Canada Goose and Mallard , 2 Wheatear where a nice surprise tonight on the lower slopes of the dam banking at 1805hrs.
Right, after much consideration and heart wrenching, I have decided I need to get rid of some optics. I'm selling as I have three pairs of binoculars and these two just sit in the cupboard doing nothing. I cannot use three pairs so I'm going to let these go: Leica 10x42 BA. Recently cleaned and re-armour...
Just a quickie to let everyone know that we are moving from our current temporary premises into our new shop unit on Tuesday 8th May this year. This is the Bank Holiday weekend and we will be open in the temporary premises on Saturday 5th May should you need us then. Then our next opening will be in the new u...
I and the family watched a film this evening, - "Blood Diamond", featuring Leonardo Di Caprio and set in Sierra Leone against the background of the civil war of the 90's.
About 2/3rds of the way through the film, (in all other respects so far quite convincing) we get to some tense jungle sc...
There's a big job broken out at Pennington through LWT, which i did know about by simple conversation with Graham Workman (IHLS) 12 or more months ago, since then nothing until contractors for LWT turned up two weeks ago at the start / into the breeding season. That's a surprise for so-called enl...
Attempted to see the reported Lapland Bunting seen near the quarry this morning but to no avail. However did get cracking views of up to 12 Twite, most of them ringed. Images attached.
Posted on behalf of The Nest Collective, aboutSinging With Nightingales Live at The Met onMay 3rd.Curated by award-winning folk artist Sam Lee and produced by The Nest Collective, SWN: LIVE invite audiences to experience a unique collaboration between musician and bird, through astarli...
We have on commission a pair of mint condition Astro Bins that would also double as a pair of nature observation binoculars. These are at a fabulous price of half the original cost and have all the original packaging and accessories. They are the Helios 15x70 Apollo HD Binoculars and are on sale for onl...
We have taken in a scope that would suit a beginner or anyone who wants a really cheap bargain scope for any use. It is the RSPB AG80, an 80mm objective model with 25x eyepiece and stay-on case. This is on the market for ONLY £130. As usual call 01925 730399 for availability or call in but remember that we ha...
Proposed development of Turn Moss playing fields : There is a plan to build new two storey changing rooms and gymnasium,several 3G football pitches, training mounds, and floodlights surrounded by a 4.5 m.high fence to the left of Turn Moss road (to tbe Chorlton boundary )which will be fenced off fro...
Social care worker Amanda Thomas is currently supporting an older gent in the Leigh area who loves butterflies but cannot get out like he used to and has requested if anyone out there is interested in volunteering some of their time to go along and see the gent to share their passion for butterflies w...
Thought I might insert a few report posts on a trip we made to The Gambia in 2006.
As the wife has fixed holidays we had to go in early April which isn't the very best time of year birding wise but we still had a great time and saw a lot of birds.
We stayed at the Senegambia Hotel, Kololi. The hotel has extensi...
Pomona Docks, the site on Salford Quays with the highest biodiversity levels, currently under threat All Salford Quays birders know how amazing this site is, for breeding birds, passage migrant birds, for flora and bees, and and what a green gem it is, just a mile from Manchester City Centre There is...
Had the Heald Green square in my BTO Breeding Bird Survey, so I went out places I wouldn't normally go.
Found a very productive area of scrub south of Bolshaw Lane down a footpath alongside the tomato nurseries heading towards Styal, absolutely full of warblers (Blackcap, Whitethroat).
Sadly I...
Yesterday at 1:30 saw a mink just up river fron the weir, climb from the river up the tree which has fallen. It climbed the branch until it saw me then jumped back in and swam to the far bank. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 20th of July 2016 05:24:22 PM
A quickly arranged visit was made this afternoon to Screetham Lane, Matlock for the reported Richard's Pipit. After about an hour of waiting with my friend and some other birders present and watching lots of Meadow Pipits and a few Skylarks, we were actually beginning to think the bird had disappare...
Springwatch tonight showed CCTV images of an Otter on the move through Manchester city center. I don't know when it was filmed but demonstrates they are around at least.
Carbon Landscape Citizen Science Project The Bittern population has been recovering in the UK in recent years thanks to the creation of new reed beds and restoration work on established wetlands, reaching a new peak of 162 booming males in 2016. However, across the [url=https://gmwildli...
A flock of 20 Waxwings feeding on Cotoneaster in the front garden of a cottage between Bucklow Avenue and Pavement Lane Mobberley on the B5085 [WA16 7ER] still there at 11:25am today (Thursday) commuting between the cottage and an oak tree opposite.
The organisation Operation Wallacea are currently looking for ornithologists to join them to assist with bird surveys (either point counts or mist net surveys).For example, they are currently recruiting for someone to join them in the Tarnava Mare region of Transylvania. It's a great opportuni...
Mon 2nd July- evening walk on Latterbarrow and surrounding forest. 3 Woodcock roding over forest area below Latterbarrow. Including 2 birds flying round together (seen on 2 occasions) Not seen or heard or this behaviour before.
Originally posted by John Rayner today: 13th March. I went with John Tromans tonight to see the Starling roost at Cavendish Mill near Stoney Middleton. This is an increasingly well known site and there were over 70 people watching tonight. I have difficulty estimating huge flocks but there must hav...
In the mist this morning
1 Lone Grey Plover over east calling and close to giving decent views coming out of the mist 1st for me in the borough
1 Green Woodpecker
2 Chiffchaff
35 Canada Geese
2 Mistle Thrush
1 Roe Deer
