Torkington Rd - Middlewood Station
Not a great deal around but 2 Willow Warblers were my first of the year. 2 Pheasants, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow, 2 Jays, 2 Sparrowhawks, 1 Buzzard, Tits and Finches.
Cheers, John
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
This little gem of a site was introduced to me by Red Rose Forest on an evening stroll a couple of weeks back. I had heard stories from various sources of gangs maruding around at night and weekend, so up until then it had never crossed my mind to go for a wander. Now having met Mike Savage of Red Rose and upon...
Visiting folk in Glasson Dock today during high tide. There is an excellent pool where lots of waders gather with the usual Black-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers, Goldeneye, Little Grebe etc, but this is a great place for "Shanks". All three there: Spotted, Green and Common on the pool a...
zoom eyepiece MC11 25-75x and Wide angle MC30x Includes case. In excellent condition, all glasses perfect.This top notch scope is up there with Swarovski and Kowa for image quality. Anyone interested is unlikely to be disappointed on testing.-- Edited by John Barber on Wednesday 21st of May 202...
zoom eyepiece MC11 25-75x. Wide angle MC30x An excellent spotting scope in very good condition, all glasses perfect.£600 -- Edited by John Barber on Tuesday 20th of May 2025 04:54:23 PM
A Hobby was hawking Swallows on reverse slope of Werneth Low (Compstall side) behind Hare and Hounds pub at 2.45p.m. today, moving off towards Windy Harbour.
Info thanks to Antony Marriott
4 days in Hampshire and West Sussex (with a little bit of Bershire/Surrey and Oxfordshire thrown in) produced the following highlights:
Rough-legged Buzzard- 2nd winter male near Andover, Hampshire, showed well with Common BUzzards and Red Kites too.
Farlington Marshes (Hampshire)-...
My local patch, today , on my walk , i saw a lot of blackbirds in the hedges , their numbers have significantly increased in the last 2 weeks, six redpoll, buzzard, a tawny owl mobbed by three jays,the usual tit flocks, and a little owl. -- Edited by paganhound on Monday 2nd of November 2009 07:17:43 PM
Odonata : Broad-bodied Chaser (1 male) Southern Hawker Brown Hawker - all at the meadow pond where reed has been cleared. Also Common Darter Blue-tailed Damselfly -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 5th of September 2012 04:21:03 PM
A couple of days spent staying with the parents in Morpeth resulted in some good sightings.
Saturday - Bakethin Nature Reserve at Kielder
Crossbill
Tufted duck
Teal
Goldeneye
Cormorant
Mallard
Little Grebe
Redwing
Chaffinch
Robin
Greenfinch
Coal Tit
Nuthatch
GS Woodpecker
S...
8 Ring-necked Parakeet in Chorlton Park this afternoon, 100m straight on from the Beechwood Avenue entrance (off Sandy Lane) feeding on hornbeam seeds from about 14.20. The tree is on the right, just past a bench, just before the path splits ( I'm assuming it's a hornbeam and a multi-stemmed one). I s...
Tuesday 13th September 7.00-7.45pm Having missed the Grey Phalarope at Pennington recently I followed up the reports on Birdnet of one south of Chelford, at Acre Nook Sand Quary on Lapwing Lane. Sadly I couldn't locate it due to fast fading light, although a birder I walked past did inform me that it w...
This didn't really belong on the Black Redstart thread which is already getting full of other stuff (mea culpa) so I thought I'd start a new thread for other regular steetwise stuff. Looking up for Redstarts there are quite a lot of breeding birds on our city centre rooftops as well as the stars. Today I...
HI all, does anyone know anywhere near bergen centre reachable by foot or public transport that is good for briding at this time of year?
I am here now working, but would like to get some birding done, but struggling to find information online about birding anywhere near here!?
Yesterday afternoon while walking up Partington lane heading towards the precinct I noticed a flock of 45-50 agitated Starlings flying around St Peters church giving out an alarm call. I looked around for a Sparrowhawk but could not find one. There are normally between 50 and 70 Starlings roosting...
Up to 70 ish Med Gulls in Flocks at Llanon, south of Aberystwyth. In various ages and moult. There were some superb adult summer plumaged birds there when we popped down.
Wader passage is well under way.
Red Kited everywhere as you can imagine. Several over our house everyday and the feeding stati...
The Wild Daffodils are now at their peak and make a great sight once you go through the 2nd gate from the car park towards the War Memorial. They have been there for donkeys years but I feel they were probably planted originally. Are there any other sites in Gtr Mcr? Unfortunately a few of the garden varie...
Had a morning at Hale Head, Widnes taking part in day one of the National Migration Watch series. The watch started at 06.45 and finished at 13.00 although I wasn't there all of the time. In total 513 individual birds and 12 species where counted. The full list was Merlin 2, Hobby 1, Skylark 54, Swallow 1...
2 Hours early afternoon today 2 Garganey 50+ Teal 400+ Black-tailed Godwits MIKE -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 10:06:52 PM
Whilst i was in back garden this afternoon I noticed a spiral of gulls and a much bigger bird with them. When I grabbed my bins to get a better look I realised that the bigger bird was in fact a Comorant that was using the thermals the same as the gulls. I can't recall ever seeing a Comorant using thermals bef...
Myself and two friends Nature Reserve Hide Kingfisher GS Woodpecker Dabchick Nuthatch Coal Tit River above weir behind Wheel/pump House 4 Mandarin Duck Shelter at top of Keg Road Road up to the Keg Goldcrest Nutchatch in/around nest box Pied Flycather in/around nest Box River below weir Dipper Mid...
Oakmere Way runs eastwards from the south east corner of Delamere Forest and provides a link, via a Forestry Commission permissive footpath to the top end of Whitegate Way. The two mile long route is sandwiched between Delamere Golf Club to the north and Cheshire Sand Quarry to the south. Lovely scen...
Saturday 13th February 2016. Morning wander along my childhood stamping grounds, on Seaburn and Whitburn beaches, Sunderland, on a receding tide. A very enjoyable couple of hours preceded an even more enjoyable couple of hours at the football. Small raft of Eider within 50 yards of the shore 50+ Pi...
Wed 13th: A Green Sandpiper calling over the south end of the park, late morning. I was at work, inspecting land at nearby Greenslate Farm, so didn't have opportunity to follow it up, but it seemed to be flying off west
