13th April 2018 North American Horned Lark (see mega news) 3 Black-necked Grebe 4 Little Gull 10 Common Scoter 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 White Wagtail 2 Common Terns 3 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Red Kite
Barrow Lane for your corn buntings your skylarks and your yellow wags highfield moss for hobbys and more. All to go in the next few years highfield moss will be surrounded by warehouses barrow lane warehouses and a road. St Helens council claim they are going to do it ecologically. People who know what...
Excellent lens in very good condition for sale £700 ovno, comes with all cases, lens hood, lens covers and camouflage neoprene covers. If interested please private message me, collection only.
The following titles are for sale as they are surplus to requirements: All are in excellent condition complete with flyleaves in fine condition Collins Field Guide "Wildlife Sounds" - Britain and Ireland. By Geoff Sample Includes Audio CDRSPB Birdwatching: "A complete Guide to Observing Bri...
The classic - Gulls: A guide to Identification by Peter J. Grant. Very good condition (dust jacket a little faded on front). £25.00 (must collect). Please send private message if interested.
Lovely warm day yesterday 8/4/2018 at Holdens Farm. 2 swallows on wire in front of farm 2pm till 4 pm ish then disappeared. One this afternoon flying around farm buildings.
Hoping someone might be able to enlighten me with a query I have about House Sparrows...At this time of year, House Sparrows come into my garden, both to call, and to feed (although I haven't witnessed this so far this year, I have in previous years). Similarly, on the road I live on, male House Sparrows...
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.
