A wander around today produced 6 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 2 Goldcrest and 1 Willow Warbler. Singles of Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Plus oustanding views of a pair of Raven at eye level from the high vantage point. -- Edited by Nick Hilton on Monday 2nd of May 2016 07:47:21 PM
Having been doing a BBS 3 miles west of Skelmersdale, North Merseyside, for the last 5-6 years I have had all sorts of gems on my early and late visits with small parties of Golden Plover in full summer plumage, Whimbrel piping overhead, while Lesser Whitethroat and Spotted Flycatcher have sang from h...
Big respect to the GM200 Club, however, I thought it might be fun to set up a thread for us low-listers who have made it to 150 I found it very enjoyable getting to 150 in Greater Manchester, and managed to join the Salford 100 Club AND the Salford Docklands 100 Club (both very elite clubs!) along the way Wh...
Trip to Haweswater today to see the Golden Eagle specifically. He was showing well but we missed the 'skydancing' earlier in the morning. Nice view of Golden Eagle and Peregrine together as the falcon mobbed the eagle. As well as these two were the following (obviously not all in the same place): Rave...
We have one pair of these limited edition Swarovski travel binocular left. They are a true travel binocular, lightweight (500g) and were launched to cater for the safari market. They are brown in colour as opposed to he standard green, have a waxed suede leather carry case with brass buckle fastenin...
Thought some of you might be interested in a short account of my recent visit to the "Memories Flamenco" resrt on Cayo Coco from 30th March-13th April this year. It was mainly a relaxing holiday with my wife, however I did take; 'scope, tripod, bins and The Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba, by Orlando H. G...
Here is the updated list of the Telescope Sale Deals:Viking AW65 Scope with Zoom eyepiece: was £399 now £239Viking AW80 Scope with Zoom eyepiece: was £449 now £299Opticron Adventurer Spottingscope Kit, 15-45x zoom, 60mm objective, angled was £109, now only £69
Originally posted today by Steve Morgsn: Hello, Apologies if this is slightly off topic but found this thread checking for links for the new Disc Golf course and was very interested in the list of different species found in Longford Park. I'm one of the volunteers that's been helping to install the ne...
Just got in a great, very popular binocular for commission sale, at a superb price. The binoculars were an unwanted gift, a surprise purchase for a partner who in the end did not want to take up birding (hard to believe I know ). The bins in question are Opticron Discovery WP PC 8x32 binoculars. They ar...
Friend's just posted photos on Facebook; very large fire around there at the moment, 10 fire engines trying to put it out, not sure exactly what areas from the photos. Just gutted.
Thought I should give this site its own topic as the area is quite busy at the moment. It is basically a large area of fields used for horse grazing with a small area of parkland with about twenty mature trees and bushes. A visit from 3:15pm - 3:40pm produced the following: 42 Jackdaws (possibly more, its...
I was contacted recently regarding Operation Wallacea, an organisation that runs conservation projects in a number of richly biodiverse areas and important conservation zones across the world. They are currently looking to recruit an Ornithologist for a position in their Greece project on Sam...
Just thought that I would start a thread giving respect to the Greater Manchester Local Patchers - Local Patchers are the unsung heroes of conservation, and a lot of us do voluntary hard work for the places, and the birds, we love - Local Patchers are in the field in all weathers collecting scientific i...
Early afternoon 1 Brown Hawker 1 Common Hawker 1 Common Darter 2 Green-veined Whites 1 Meadow Brown 2 Speckled Woods Red-tailed Bumblebee Carder Bees Tree Wasps
13 Goosander at midday on one of the two small reservoirs between Eagley Brook and Longworth Lane (the road to Dunscar Golf Club to the west of Blackburn Road). Some of these birds then took off upstream in the direction of Belmont. Normally these reservoirs only hold Mallard, Coot and Moorhen but a fo...
Meadowcroft Wood First bluebell flowers today - all of two spikes. Amazing how they have come on in the past week with a little rain and the lift in temperature. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 18th of April 2013 06:31:41 PM
With the recent Iberian Chiffchaff or 'atypical' Chiffchaff up at Penwortham still not been identified as one or the other yet, I thought I'd ask, simply coz I don't know, why is it so controversial with this particular one that nobody has stuck their neck out to call it? Myself and Simon Gough were the...
The colony of breeding lapwings in Diggle is under threat from council proposals to move Saddleworth school directly on top of the fields in which they nest. (see plans here: http://www.savediggle.org.uk/efa_proposal.html). I first did a full survey of nesting Lapwings across Diggle, Castles...
Just half an hour ago I took in a commission sale which may be of interest to some on the forums here. It is a mint condition pair of 8x42 Zeiss Conquest HD Binoculars, they are only 6 months old so have almost the whole guarantee left. They were an unwanted gift as the owner has a pair of 8x32 Conquest HDs alr...
Having experienced searching for The Big Five in Africa in 2008 (saw Lion, Leopard, Elephant and Buffalo) and having plenty of time to dream up marketing schemes for my main local patch, Salfords' docklands, whilst wandering around the site, one day I thought it would be fun to select a Salford Dockl...
I was alerted to the presence of a possible Iberian Chiffchaff yesterday by Ian's text service and which was eventually being reported on various news services/forums where doubt was being cast as to whether or not it was Iberian. At Higher Penwortham this morning I watched and listened to a Chiffch...
Mint Canon 400 f 5.6 lens - Nov 2013 date code Best BIF lens for canon crop sensors £620 collected -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 9th of April 2016 03:50:49 PM
