Posted this elsewhere too, but value the views of people on here, so here goes. Particularly interested if Doc has a view. Also, please consider I am fortunate enough to own three of the so called 'Alpha's' so this isn't me just having a pop at people with top end optics...if you see what I mean. At the Bri...
In nearly 2 hours today on Ludworth Moor I saw only a single White sp. a few Meadow Browns and 2 Gatekeepers. On my garden Buddleia I have had just 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 1 Red Admiral all week. Where are all the Whites and Small Tortoiseshells this year? Has anyone else noticed a lack of common butterf...
We currently have a post-Birdfair offer going on with the Zeiss SF Binoculars that previously were being sold at £2000+ They are now (for a very short time only (prob only a week or so) available at £1825 for the 8x42s and £1850 for the 10x42s, this price also includes a bonus bundle of goodies such as a Cl...
Apparently a Minnesota dentist named Walter Palmer has now expressed regret at recently hunting and killing Cecil ( a celebrated and magnificent lion who delighted many visitors to a park/reserve in Zimbabwe); - he thought it was "legal." Oh well then, you didn't realise what you were d...
Originally posted by Lawrence Hindley: Hi All I have been a volunteer Ranger and park Guide at Dunham Massey since 2008 and keep the park's bird list. At present our total for birds seen either within the park walls and seen from the park in its surrounding fields is up to 94. This total is primarily from...
Ivan Ellison wrote: What are we hoping to learn by not feeding birds. Put some feeders up in your garden you might enjoy it, We learn not to habituate birds to the point where villanous people attempt to capture them, as has already happened with Red-footed Falcon on more than one occasion. Perhaps so...
Posted on behalf of Stephen Young: INVITATION TO BOOK EVENT SUNDAY AUGUST 16TH FREE BOOKS FREE BOOKS FREE BOOKS FREE BOOKS My wife and I are at the end of the process of moving – the dreaded downsizing…. The books have been one of the hardest bits. Which will we refer to? Which will we reread? Which ones wi...
This morning at around 9:40 I saw a cat trying to catch a mouse but the mouse was in perfect health so I ran over hissing at the cat to get away which was then I was advised by someone over the road to leave the cat alone. The mouse hid under a car and was followed by the cat. I then was told by the person it was natu...
Wish I was more updated about Birds of Prey,this morning,I watched a very Big Bird,flying from Altrincham direction towards Styal.it was at about 5,000 feet flying in a straight line,being mobbed by what I guess was a Lesser Blacked Back Gull,The Bird of Prey took no notice of the Gull. The Gull looke...
After seeing my first yellow wagtail in Britain and I have gained a great fondness for this bird and I was wondering if there was anywhere less then 30 minutes from Chorlton to get good close up views of this bird as I understand they are in decline and I would like to see them close up before I have to go real...
I have been offered this site as a part of the wider butterfly count initiative. On the map it looks totally inaccessible bounded, as it is, by two railway lines and the M60. It's on a steep hill and there are no access paths at all. I'm intrigued! Has anyone ever been to this site? SJ9094
An extraordinary sighting of a bat flying around the gorge where the Goyt flows under the bridge at the bottom of the slope (driving into the Lakes). It was sunny, and it was 4.30 p.m! Didn't appear to be a pipistrelle (too large), and appeared two-tone (although this may have been due to light shining t...
I just had an idea for a challenge: how many species can you ID in a day if you go the Gilbert White road and leave ALL your gear at home? Anyone up for it?
Just returned from Sozopol for 2 weeks from 20th July - 3rd Aug. Stayed at Hotel about 30 mins walk South from Old Town on sea front but also next to open country. Main birding was walks before breakfast every day upto 2 miles from hotel. 1st morning within 5 mins out had Bee-eaters and Red-backed Shrike i...
My birding pal Stephen Young and his wife Anne are just about to complete their house move and are reluctantly clearing out loads of books they no longer have room for. They are having a big book giveaway in Hyde on Sunday August 16th. Everything is FREE but voluntary donations will be passed on to RSPB D...
looking for a few places to view mainly raptors on the trotternish peninsula in aug-sep this year?
will be staying near totescore can anybody help out.
thanks in advance
craig
visit here which is a SSSI and stonker invert site particularly beetles being old oak wood land unique in GM. Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata (Skullcap Leaf Beetle) Anthocomus rufus Bright red Malachite Beetle and a beetle from the small Histeridae - Clown beetles which are very difficult to ID but w...
Not a birding holiday but I was expecting to see a few things of interest. As it turned out I only saw two new species for me. Yellow-legged Gull and Alpine Swift. I have never seen so many Swifts at one time, there were well over a hundred birds constantly swooping about, often passing within a couple of f...
Whilst enjoying a cheeky pint in the Black Swan pub beer garden in Hollins Green this evening I was amazed to see a Kingfisher sat on a wire fence across the duck pond in the pub grounds! I was alerted initially by it's call. It flew off after a few seconds.
On a recent family holiday to the island I managed half a day at the S'Albufera Des Grau Natural Park (28/08/14), the park has good facilities and seems very well run (the trail maps and instructions given at the information centre were first rate), birds seen; Little Grebe ( I can honestly say I've nev...
Just got back at 10.30 from a late afternoon visit with Phil Owen to Brandon Marsh in Warwickshire - we left Hale at 3pm and arrived at the reserve at 6.30 after taking one and a half hours to cover the last three miles of the M6 down to J2. When we arrived on site we luckily bumped into a local birder who knew w...
hi all - thought some of you might be pleased to hear that Wigan Council and GMP have mounted a couple of operations trying to tackle the off-road problem on Bickershaw, and have seized a landrover and a few motorbikes. More operations are planned for later in the summer, so please keep reporting any in...
