Sunday 7th August 10.00-12.00 Large numbers of the more common ducks and geese. Mallards Coots Mute Swans Canadian Geese Tufted Ducks Lots of juvenile Black Headed Gulls 1 Greylag Goose 2 Grey Heron 3 Great Crested Grebes (2 Juveniles) 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Nuthatch Sacred Ibi...
First I've heard of it. Does it have any impact on wildlife or our interests ? Have people here already been involved ? £153m announced for long-awaited Wigan-Bolton link road - BBC News New £153M Wigan link road announced which will aim to ease congestion and unlock new jobs - Manchester Evening News...
Delph 4th April
1 white wagtail on river
15 nests in crossroads rookery
2 ringed Dippers battling it out at Delph bridge - male from Delph and one from Slackcote judging by photos. Delph female flew past whilst this was all going on.
Oystercatcher flying over at midnight (heard from house no...
had a red kite over my house heading in the direction of mawdesley/croston also witnessed a pair of swifts mating on the wing has anybody witnessed this behaviour before?
Not the most inspiring topic header, but I had a Hobby over my garden in A in M today about 4.45pm. Looked like it came from the Three Sisters direction. I thought I saw one yesterday out towards the Three Sisters but it was flying away from me so couldnt say for sure. Cracking garden tick -- Edited by Ian Mc...
We took a walk yesterday along the Transpennine Trail near the Rope & Anchor in Dunham, we were heading east towards Altrincham. Amongst other things we saw quite a number of Goldfinches which seemed to display far more yellow on their chests than I have seen before and I wondered if this might be d...
Green Woodpecker yaffling in the woods today plus several Nuthatches present. Info thanks to Peter Alker -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 27th of January 2011 10:05:09 PM
Excellent butterfly spotting today with 6 species seen:- 1 brimstone, 11 peacock (maybe numbers on the mend?), 7 comma, 6 small tortoiseshell, and year firsts 2 male orange tip and 2 small white. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 29th of March 2019 11:06:20 PM
Signs of migration seen from the Aviation Viewing Park at Manchester Airport, Wednesday, 3rd October. 5 Swallows heading the correct way viz. south. Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails about. 3 Redwings. 1 Wheatear. Also a Sparrowhawk upsetting the Starlings. A group of 15 LT Tits. Phil Greenwood. --...
I've been searching for bugs and other flora and fauna in the area in 2011 will update fully once season ends The area is basically Spenmoor, Res, Canal, Hinds, Lower Hinds, Radcliffe Marl Pits, Radcliffe Cen, Swan Lodge, Warth Fold Railway, Dip. Many of these are SBI or Site of Biological importance...
MM- Marsh Harrier ,KIngfisher from Ron Barker hide. ruff and 2 green sand pipers from swanlink hide.Plus all the usual stuff. MS- Glossy ibis, curlew,pied wag, 4 snipe,2 common sandpipers,1 avocet,3 little egret,100s godwits and lapwings all from sandgrounders hide. 5 ruff,100s godwits and lap...
Just returned after a week in this historic area. History, volcanoes, scenery were the purpose of the trip, but a few decent birds were seen during the week, and what follows is a brief list of some of the key species people may be interested in, and where they were seen. Blue Rock Thrush: singing male in...
I have swapped out my old original scopac for a new one. It only has one zipped pocket, not the multiple pockets like more recent versions. Its still perfectly useable but the material on the pocket is wearing a bit thin. Free to anyone who wants it if you can collect from Ashton in Makerfield or I can post...
A wander down the perimeter of Eccles Sewage Works was interesting with over a 100 Pied Wagtails feeding on and around the sewage beds,also at least 150 Black Headed Gulls ,2 Herring gulls and a few Jackdaws also feeding on the beds.On the adjacent Ship Canal there were another 50 plus Black Headed Gul...
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
Originally posted today by Keith Williams: Late post for Saturday, 25-30 Yellowhammer in the field between Dean's Farm and Old Carr House viewed from Carr Lane.
Four hours gulling today with Pete Berry and 'our Jack' in perfect weather conditions (for grey hue assessment ) and probably over 20,000 large gulls in the area (including Arpley Tip) with a very large proportion coming and going through Richmond Bank in that time. 2 Iceland Gulls- the usual 2nd win...
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
Just a reminder to all users of the forum that any Greater Manchester county rarities found and posted on here should be submitted to the County Rarity Committee via the County Bird Recorder. This has always been a stipulation of posting such birds (as in the forum guidelines) and if you’re not sure wh...
I am not what you would call a keen photographer - in fact I forget my camera as often as I take it. As such I only have fairly basic gear - a canon DSLR and a 70-300 zoom is my standard kit. But I am thinking of upgrading to something a bit better - probably mirrorless. So, my question is, am I better sticking wi...
