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...
birds seen today 18 july 2015lapwing 11 ....,black headed gull 3 .....,grey heron 1 .....,stonechat AD male 1 .....,grey wagtail 4 AD and JUV .....,pied wagtail 1 .....,wheatear 1 AD , 2 JUV. ..... house martin 9 .....,swallow 5 .....,woodpigeon 5.thanks john webb
Wednesday 15th July 2015 (2 day delay in reporting due to obtaining confirmation of species) Walk from Alsop en le Dale, Biggin Dale, Tissington Trail River Wye: 2 Dipper, 2 juvenile Mallards Biggin Dale: 4 Chiffchaff, 1 male Redstart and 3 juvenile Redstart, newly fledged Blackcaps (that same mor...
This trip (June 8th to 21st) fulfilled several ambitions for us: to travel for the first time beyond the arctic circle, to visit the spectacular Lofoten Islands en route, and to sail round the North Cape of Norway into the Barents Sea and to visit Murmansk for a first taste (in our case) of Russia. For qu...
I just spent a week visiting my older son who has lived here for 19 or so years.
I generally do a little low key "year listing" round the city parks, and like to compare the differences in the seasons. I realized that in 20 or so visits, I had never actually been here in May before.
Black Kites a...
Great views on Sunday 14th June of the Melodious Warbler. The bird is currently showing well opposite Marsh Lane Nature Reserve in Hampton in Arden and within a couple of minutes of arrIving, I was soon treated to great views as it sang away on various branches. At one point, the bird landed on a gorse bu...
For sale: Canon EOS 50D including battery grip, five batteries, two battery chargers all with original box. Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 USM Lens with box and carrying case. Black Rapid carrying strap. Lowepro camera Backpack 3 x SanDisk Ultra 8gb (30mb/s) memory cards. The camera body is second hand and do...
