On a two week holiday based in Alanya at the Monart City Hotel from 8th to 22nd May. I got out each morning early before 6.30am and usually found something of interest. I often walked along the promenade early but the species were limited as Alanya is a large city. I also visited Dim Cayi ( a dam at the head o...
This area is better known to insect watchers but whilst down here I always keep an eye on the avian life. Visiting on 31st May I chanced upon my third brood of Mandarins in Cheshire in less than 8 days!! This time I couldn't see how many duckling as they were keeping hidden under overhanging bankside vege...
We are looking for some volunteers to man/woman Hides and assist with showing members of Leigh Rotary Club around the Flash and I.D.ing the birds. Birdwatch at Pennington Flash Thursday 15th June ~ Meet in the main car park at 9.30 am Experts from the local Birdwatching Society will be our guides. Jo...
This is a reply to Doc Brewster's comment on the Flamborough thread earlier, I'll try to explain my reasons as best I can Doc as to why I don't do listing. I don't do listing as a rule, whether it be day, year, county, or UK listing, I haven't even done a life list, I just know what I've seen and what I haven't i...
Stamford Street, near St Michael's Square, site of demolished building. A five minute linger during lunch hour revealed the following butterflies: 1 large white 6 small white 2 small tortoiseshell 1 comma (an Ashton first for me) all in one of the scruffiest sites imaginable - thank God for buddlei...
A walk around the Preston Brook area today, we found two flocks of Fieldfares, one contained 180 birds along with 40 Redwings while the second had 30 birds, a further 2 Redwings were found along the remainder of the walk and we counted 7 Chiffchaffs.
Hello everyone, I am writing to ask for your participation in an important voluntary wetland bird survey across the River Irwell catchment within Greater Manchester. The method will be the same as the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS), will use the transects that they have provided to us, a...
Hi, I have read loads on the new Atx/Stx 85 and 95 scopes , but has anyone got any experience with them ? and which is better the 85 or 95 ? I know the internet is full of experts etc, on them,but was hoping for some local knowledge ? Keep Birding
RSPB Coombes 2 pied flycatcher (m+f) plus singing redstart about. 20+ bullfinch about with singing chiff chaff, willow warbler and mistle thrush. raven, buzzards and kestrels over. usual tits finches including willow/marsh tit. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 21st of May 2011 07:13:35 PM...
Hello all, We, alongside the RSPB are conducting a population wide survey into the english breeding range of Twite. We're short a few volunteers to cover sites in the North of the county and beyond into Lancashire. Volunteering would include 2 visits to an allocated moorland grid reference to recor...
Spotted in the area between Clifton Country pk. and Drinkwater pk. Slightly larger than a sparrow, all grey plumage with a black tuft of hair like a brush on top of head.
There was an I nteresting article on the radio news this morning regarding counting Northern Royal Albatrosses on the remote and mostly inaccessible Chatham Islands off New Zealand. Using the latest NASA technology, ultra high resolution satellite images, they can accurately count objects as s...
Had a lovely walk today. Parked on Botany Bay car park and followed the canal towards Leeds (away from Botany bay)
Saw
Whitethroat
Kestrel
Grey wagtail
Reed Bunting
Sedge warbler
Lapwings with young
Long tailed tits with young
Nuthatches with 8 young
Jackdaws with young...
Big pollution incident being reported by Manchester Evening News on the River Irwell from Ewood Bridge Sewage Works, south of Rawtenstall all the way down river to Manchester City Centre involving pesticides which have apparently caused a total wipeout of all invertebrates!! Morons dumping tox...
Place your bets ladies and gentlemen, then see if your guess is correct. Keep watching the pond near the top left of the picture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK09cVICKGg A second video is available, but don't go to 'Buxton Weather' until you've watched this one or it might give the game away....
09.00-11.30 A new venue for me, I'd been advised the site was a good place to look for Adders (Please see other wildlife thread) 1f Sparrowhawk and 2 singing Blackcaps. Otherwise just common garden birds seen.
10am to 10.45am 7 Mallards 1 male eclipse Mandarin (seen in April, and has reappeared since late July in eclipse. A bit more colour now confirming male. Always seen on river, not ponds) 4 Feral Pigeons 7 Woodpigeons 3 Wrens 2 Dunnocks 4 Robins 1 Blackbird 2 Chiffchaffs Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, and...
My missus was up at Three Sisters today and came across 2 guys playing a tape to try and lure Willow Tits out so they could see them.At this time of year when birds are setting up breeding territories this sort of action is deplorable as it could potentially frighten off possible breeding birds.As Willo...
A walk from Hills Clough (east of Watergrove) to Owler Clough, Summit (GM county boundary with Calderdale) and back via Ringing Pots Hill / High Lee Slack produced the following: Skylark - 23 singing, 5 carrying food (FF) and 6 just flying around Meadow Pipit - 3 carrying food Reed Bunting - a pair and 4...
Hi there, I don't know who mans the forum boards but we went down to the town hall again today with the scope and mum was definitely feeding in the nestbox. Is there any info about these fab birds as I would love to follow them a little more :) -- Edited by Julie Bennett on Sunday 19th of May 2013 09:06:59 PM--...
I am off to the Forest of Dean 8,9 & 10th of March hoping to see the Goshawks, been told to try looking from the New Fancy view point. Has anybody else visited the area and know of any other good sites for birdwatching while I am in the area (first time visit). I will be visiting Symons Yat to see the Pereg...
Many members will know just how good the Acuter Grand Vista scopes are, especially for the money. We have had one brought in for Commission Sale which was purchased from us but has proven to be too heavy for the customer. This has been used only twice and so is in perfect condition with all accessories an...
Just a quick post to let everyone know our opening times over Easter. With just the two of us here we are as usual taking the Bank Holidays off as a well earned rest!! So we are open as usual on Thursday 13th 9.30am-5pm, then closed all Good Friday (14th). We are open as normal on Saturday 15th, 10am-4pm, th...
We have just taken in, on commission sale, a Swarovski AT80HD Scope in excellent condition, complete with 20-60x Zoom Eyepiece and a Stay-on Case. The scope is angled (hence AT!) and is an older model than the current batch, being in grey rather than the current green. It is the Swarovski equivalent o...
2 Red Admirals whilst walking the dog this afternoon. There does not seem to be many reported nationwide (see Atropos migrant reports), so these could well be from a local release of captive butterflies.
