Spent a few hours down there this afternoon and its certainly starting to feel a bit like Autumn with the ducks building up:-
Lillte Grebe now 24 inc young birds... possibly 2 more chicks on the southern pool which were out of sight.
Wigeon 2,
Teal 24
Gadwall 9,
Tufted duck pair plus female with 4 d...
Had a trudge round Heaton Park this afternoon the Boating lake had:- 5 pochard Pair Shoevelr 2 Gooander 2 GCG Elsewhere in the Park GSW 8 Siskin 2 Bullfinch 2 Treecreeper Jay Sparrowhawk and some very tame squirrels which where follwing me around and at one point thought it was gonna climb up me instead...
Just been googling the rivers of our glorious county and came across Cornbrook which is for the most part culverted under Manchester. Apparently it runs under the university before eventually emptying into the Irwell in Salford somewhere before the docks. The derivation of the name is from Crane B...
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...
During my tetrad survey covering the Lower Reservoir this morning, I found 2 Common Sandpipers - they were observed mating at one point and there was other display behaviour and calling as they flew back and forward across the res. Could these be likely to nest locally or is more likely to be a pair on mi...
Spent the last week on holiday in Suffolk. Very cold and windy but no rain until Friday.
Nice to meet Ian Woosey and Jimmy Meadows again at Minsmere plus two others I didn't know. I realise now that one was Geoff Hargreaves who I'd not met before and the other I'm guessing might have been Rob Thorpe.
Hi...
A walk from the walker's car park near the hall produced 100's of Fieldfares and Redwings in several flocks, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper on a stream along Lodge Lane, near Crowley Lodge
21 October - 27 November 2024 Basic itinerary as follows :- Melbourne, Victoria - 3 nights Lakes Entrance, Victoria - 3 nights Merimbula, New South Wales - 3 nights Kiama, New South Wales - 3 nights Penrith, Sydney - 2 nights Blue Mountains, New South Wales - 3 nights Noosa, Queensland - 3 nights Glass H...
Had a couple of hours at Delamere today - no sign of the Firecrests reported over the last few days and only brief flyovers of the 20+ strong flock of Crossbills. Still it was quite pleasant "down in the woods" with lots of Great Spotted Pecker activity.
I’m usually pretty averse to such posts (hence this is a closed thread, so no replies I’m afraid as that’s not its intention) but I just wanted to wish anyone and everyone who uses this forum, whether a registered user, contributor or not, a very genuinely Merry Christmas and perhaps more importantly...
Quick walk around Dowles brook 6.30-7.30. High Lights: 1+ Green Woodpecker 4 Mandarin 4 Marsh Tit Nuthatch 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker Grey Heron -- Edited by Chris Harper on Saturday 6th of April 2013 12:07:37 PM
not much time for birding lately and even less time to spend posting !!.
spent 10 mins looking on the pool on ashton moss next to the garden centres this afternoon.
4 lapwing
1 ringed plover 1st ive ever seen here
1 little grebe
1 heron
2 lots of canada chicks
8 mallard chicks
40 plus stralings a...
A large brown moth in my kitchen identified as an Old Lady moth. Name given due to the brown markings on wings resembling an old victorian lady in a cloak. Book says it's common and commonly finds it's way into houses!
3pm - 6pm. Stroll from Warburton church (Abbey Croft) along Wigsey Lane, taking the right fork to the Manchester Ship Canal and along the canal as far as a large ploughed field, but not as far far as the River Bollin ie the GM County boundary. Abbey Croft (cemetary grounds) 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Chiffc...
A very quick visit here and straight to the hides overlooking Tack Piece produced 3 Crane, 2 Greenland White-fronted Geese, a single Pinkfoot, and a Peregrine amongst the expected fare.
Peregrine late morning perched in top of a hedge off Parkside Rd. Different bird to the one I saw at HGF earlier this morning Also female Pintail on Newton Lake (Willow Park) late afternoon and 28 Linnets on Parkside Rd -- Edited by Mike Baron at 17:33, 2008-11-08
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...
Important request for information for Manchester Birding forum usersDear Manchester Birding forum usersAs many of you will be aware, the West Pennine Moors (WPM) was notified by Natural England as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in November 2016. The main notified features of the S...
Called into the park on my way to work this morning (8.40 -9.15) , to see if the 2 parakeets were still around (saw them on monday). They were there in the same holly bushes just east of the lake, being very vocal, a m and f.
I was surprised by how much other stuff was around too - Its only a short walk from hom...
Banky Meadow 08.30- 9.20am 13-04-08
Sale sewage treatment works
Pair of Gadwall, 3 Teal, single male Shoveler and 2 Coot on pool at back of the works - very hard to see from path through dense trees and bushes - possibly more stuff there but not visible. Also 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap and 2 Willow Warb...
first stop public hide watched a male marsh harrier flyover towards lilians aprox 11.30am.great black backed gull with 3 chicks directly infront of hide.also aprox 200 coot,20 gadwal,2 pochard. lower hide watching female red deer at waters edge munching on grass also,family of reed bunting and r...
Ian has recently added some of my images from a short trip to Tenerife from last November. One which is snapshot from video footage taken of a Great Spotted Woodpecker of the race canariensis on a Canarian Pine cone at Galeria Pino de la Cruz, in central Tenerife. My question is does anybody have any lit...
4 Whoopers there this morning departed towards Manchester (infomration from John Hamer). Ex Hollingworth Lake? -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 6th of June 2010 11:38:46 AM
The Lancashire Wildlife Recorder's Conference takes place at Blackburn College on Saturday 7th December 10:00 - 17:00 hrs and is billed as: A chance to find out what is happening across Lancashire from people and groups who monitor, record and conserve birds, plants, mammals, insects, fu...
Lots of birders who use twitter (X) have recently started using BlueSky as an alternative. This is because twitter has changed a lot since Mr Musk took over and it's now virtually impossible to avoid your account being taken over by hate posts, political propaganda, adverts or other stuff which most...
