This is a newly-created FC woodland and grassland area accessible from Bickershaw Lane at SD623023 - room for a couple of cars in the small area at the entrance. It's next to the larger Barlow's Farm area which is much more open, with marshy areas. These two areas are between Hindley Prison and the big P...
Been meaning to try here before. You really wouldn't believe your slap bang in the middle of one of Europes biggest Industrial Estates.
Birding wasn't great, but was somewhere different and a hide that provided a bit of shelter.
6 Tufted ducks
2 Grey Heron
3 Canada Geese
1 Mallard
2 Chiffchaf...
If either of the people who bought a pair of Zeiss Conquest HDs off me on Saturday is reading these forums (as so so many of our customers do!!) could they please get in touch with me as son as possible on 01925 730399, I am in all day today (Weds 10th Feb) until 4.30pm and then next in on Monday 15th Feb. Thank...
The latest issue of the Cheshire & Wirral Bird Report, the one for 2014 is now in stock, it has arrived today and is up to its usual high standard. The price is £8
If you enjoy watching Willow Tits and would like to contribute to their conservation in Greater Manchester then this is an opportunity not to be missed. Lancashire Wildlife Trust would like to invite you to be involved in a Willow Tit Survey Training Day which aims to standardize recording methodo...
Just a note for anyone who enters their sightings into BirdTrack. They now have an iPhone/Android app which you can use whilst visiting a site to record your sightings as you see them. As your phone knows where you are it is simple to use - just add species as you see them. These records are them synched to...
I am the first to say that Christmas shouldn't be mentioned before December But we had to call our latest promotion something and as it will run for the whole of December (from today!) then the title is as good as anything We have reduced all of our Viking (plus one) Binoculars (and scopes) by huge dis...
The scope and eyepiece are boxed and in near mint condition, the adapter is new but not boxed, the case has a popper missing which does not affect its function, the tripod is an Opticron one but needs attention to the adjustment arm. £400 or sensible offer, lowered price as I now need to sell. -- Edited by...
National Geographic - Field Guide to the Birds of North America - like new - £8.00Collins Field Guide Birds of East Africa - hardback - good condition - £6The Complete Illustrated Thorburns Birds - Large Hardback Book - beautiful illustrations - £12 Please would anyone interested kindly pm me. Than...
Hello all, I thought I'd put a note on here after an old odd bits of wood/timber anyone may have knocking around in their garage/shed. We would like to replace & populate parts of the Mersey valley in South Manchester with new bird boxes... donations greatly received. Please DM me or send us a text!...
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Leigh Ornithological Society Open DayLeigh Ornithological Society will be having an 'Open Day' in the Derby Room at Leigh Library on Saturday 30th January from 11am to 3pm. The main idea of this event is to enable all our local birders, especially those who only ever meet on the Forum or Faceb...
1978 J---M-----N- 1979 -----J-AS--D 1980 J---------ND 1981 J------A---- 1982 J--A-J---ON- 1983 JF---J---OND 1984 Jan to 1993 Sep, except Aug 1986. £50 or nearest offer. I suggest buyer collects, weighs 17 kilos, from Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire. -- Edited by Tony Martin on Monday 3rd of Dece...
Does anybody have a decent tripod they no longer need. I am getting a scope for christmas but need a good tripod to use. Can anybody offer the best types of tripods available reasonably priced. Thanks
It has just come up on Twitter that Martin Garner has passed away, he had terminal cancer. Martin was a Gull expert and I think he was responsible for the first UK records of Caspian Gull over 20yrs ago, and was also involved with writing articles for the identification of Yellow-legged Gulls. He used t...
Had a walk around my BBS square (SJ7188) this morning in order to familiarise myself with the route. Wish that I had put my thermal gear on Of note I found 10 Yellowhammers including 4 singing males.
For a long time now it as been wildly known that Chaffinches and Greenfinches have been suffering from a disease which causes them to develop terrible growths on their feet. We have all been advised to regularly clean our bird feeders to try to minimise the infection risk, and from what I can gather Gre...
For Sale Nikon Coolpix L120. Bridge style camera - 14.1 Megapixels, 21x optical zoom. No viewfinder just a viewing screen. Multiple auto settings. Excellent condition (Sadly, NO memory card included). £70 ono. I also have a Lowepro case which I am willing to sell too for £15.
For Sale is a NEW and UNUSED Wildlife Watching Supplies Neoprene Lenscoat in Realtree APG for a CANON EF 500 L IS ii USM supertele lens. Product code - C61..33 Lovely Lenscoat for the New Mk2 Canon Lens.. Bought for £58 + postage. I bought this but have since bought a different lens and this lensc...
The three [badly sited] hides around Neumann's are now all useless. The rapid growth and invasion of reeds has cut visibility dramatically and the water margins recede ever further. Another season/summer will surely make them redundant. The unrestricted growth of hawthorn and other bushes make...
Our annual first trip of the year began, not too early, with 4 members of our group departing Rochdale and heading for coastal Lancashire. Promise of more rain around dinnertime, did not put us off. We called at Preston Docks first, hoping for the Ring Billed Gull with no success.Clifton Marsh area n...
With 5 days of the year remaining this may be a wee bit premature. However, as I sit here sprawled out across a settee, having eaten too much of everything, I find myself reflecting on the excellent records turned up by dedicated local patch workers in 2015. Who could have predicted a Stone Curlew, two R...
I've been bought a year's National Trust membership by my future mother-in-law as she seems to think it'll get me access to more places for birding...so, where's good to go in the North West (I've got two weeks off work over Christmas, so if the weather is half decent I could visit a few then)? I know Size...
Does anyone have any news/insights on whether we can expect a good influx of winter migrants from Scandinavia this year? I'm thinking mostly of redwing, fieldfare and waxwing, and I hope I'm right in saying a lot depends on the weather and subsequent availability of berries in Scandinavia. I'm sure...
