A nine day holiday with wingspan bird tours split between coto donana and extremadura provided a brilliant birding experience for me and seven other birders in the more than capable hands of tour leader bob buckler. After being picked up at malaga we headed for the coto donana area and the small town o...
Having a clear out of the shelves got a couple of heavy tomes, to sell. The Migration Atlas Poyser 2002 published by the BTO £50 A Dictionary of Birds poyser Bruce Campbell Elizabeth Lack £20...SOLD.. Arctic Flight large format hardback James McCallum £20. Collins bird Guide Large format first edit...
Wood Stitchwort, Ground Ivy, Dogs Mercury, Lungwort, Wood Anemone, Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage, Glory of the Snows, Lesser Celandine, Bamboo, Salmon Berry, Dog Violet, Butterbur, and Toothwort all in flower. Also a Pill Millipede Glomeris marginata and is the first I've seen myself in GM b...
Shorebirds - A Complete Guide to Their Behaviour and Migration by Alan Richards The Atlas of British Birdlife by Bob Scott The Illustrated Birdwatcher's Calendar by Bob Scott A Celebration of Birds by Robert Dougall Around the World with 1000 Birds by Russell Boyman A Bird in the Bush - A Social Histo...
I have just come from the Sankey Valley and the kids / youths have burnt hundreds of yards of reed beds just as the reed warblers are looking to nest. I phoned the warden from Sankey Valley and he was sympathetic and aware of the problem. However his view was there is little you can do as warning signs are se...
Perhaps they haven't where you are,but here in Highfield, Wigan they seem to have vanished. There's been a nest under the porch of a house opposite the end of our close for at least 5 years now and always loads more Swallows and Martins overhead constantly at this time of year. The pair were back and nest...
I have just this morning taken delivery of a pair of Zeiss SF 8x42 Binoculars. I have kept them in the box, so untouched by human hands!! These are like hens teeth so if you fancy a pair act now, it will be first come, first served on these little beauties
There are reports of a Hoopoe at Thurstaston Common/Royden Park yesterday according to the rare bird alert. Does anyone know if the sighting has been verified? I always wanted to see a Hoopoe locally but so far didn't manage it and I've also never heard of this location (until I just googled it) so i'd b...
I commute from Mossley to Leeds Uni every day and thought I'd start a topic with my sightings, and hopefully others might alert me to interesting things to look out for too.
So far this week I've twice seen a kestrel from Huddersfield railway station (in the car park visible from the platform to Leeds...
Indian birder and photographer Padmanav Kundu is currently over in the UK and in the Cheetham Hill area for a short time. He visited Heaton Park last weekend but of course its a big place and you really need to know where to look. Could any county birder assist Padmanav with either showing him around Hea...
I have a seriously injured Blackbird in my garden this morning with quite significant wing damage does anybody know what I can do for it or a number to ring to have it collected it's an adult male?
Could everyone please reacquaint themselves with the sticky posts at the top of this sightings forum, particularly the misspelled and abbreviated bird names. I'm not going over the reasons why it's important (been there, done that ) but they're on the increase again and it's plain t...
Hi all I'm a student at Salford University doing a Masters in Wildlife Documentary Production and my dissertation project is a short film on urban wildlife here in the UK. I'm planning on including a sequence based around the bird life by urban rivers/waterways, especially kingfishers, but I need s...
Had a walk along the River Weaver today, at Frodsham Cut a pool by the lock held 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, about 40 Teal and 6 Shoveler, the area on the other side of the Cut held 4 Common Sandpipers, another Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow Wagtails and a minimum of 15 White Wagtails,...
An interesting snippet in the Shortlist free magazine with the city centre Manchester Evening News a couple of weeks ago. It was on the Exec Tech page with new technical gadget releases. It said...Good news for birders. Ricoh NV-10A Digital Binoculars can see through fog. Atmospheric Interferenc...
We have a bare patch in the garden between a driveway and an 8 foot panel fence. The ground slopes from the fence to the drive ( back to front) and is approx 6 foot deep and about 20 feet long. More or less South facing. There are some trees the other side of the fence and we do see a reasonable variety of garden...
Only 16585 shutter count. Slight paint scuff to base. My spare body, doesnt get much use anymore. Asking £450 ovno. Currently on ebay - see for pics. Any questions please ask. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 5th of April 2015 09:00:49 PM
Good condition. Lenses fine. No fungus or mould. Some usage marks to body. Currently on ebay if youd like to see sone pics. Will take £400 ovno. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 4th of April 2015 10:47:14 PM
i have now visited the park on 2 occasions,and I still get lost on it.I know all the main areas,but I cannot locate the Dipping Pond or the Wood Feeding station,any help would be most welcome.
Express ran a story that William Hill has opened odds on tagged Cuckoos flying back from west Africa. It would appear David running at 2/1 (former winner 2013) is in front flapping towards Liberia on 31/03/15. Meanwhile Stanley 20/1 appears to have got lost and is heading south east again. It also hig...
Hello all, as the title says Im new to all this but Im completely hooked. I live in the Worsley area so have spent most of my time in Middlewood, Worsley Woods, Canal, Vickers Hall Lane, Pennington, Moses Gate and a few other places further afield. My wife and kids think Im having a midlife crisis! As I hav...
Very good condition - very light marks - one slight scratch caused when cleaning to the outer edge of the eyepiece lens. Does not affect performance. Asking £550 ovno.
My first post so please be gentle.
Currently on ebay but would rather a local sale. Some pics on the ebay listing.
Any question...
SLIK PRO 700DX. Bought Jan 2013, but used less than 10 times so looks brand new (carry case included). Cost £120. Will accept £60. Really sturdy top-end model. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of April 2015 09:19:07 PM
We were very lucky to get good views of the large partial solar eclipse this morning after quite a cloudy start to the day. It was very interesting to observe the birds in the garden as the eclipse progressed. From 9.15, about 15 minutes before maximum coverage, the blackbirds, dunnocks and robins sta...
AG80 SCOPE WITH STAY ON CASE , 33.5X EYEPIECE AND TRIPOD . ALL TECHNICAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON THE RSPB WEBSITE . THIS WAS PURCHASED BY OURSELVES DIRECT OFF THE RSPB WEBSITE LAST YEAR BUT WE HAVE ONLY EVER USED OUR BINOCULARS , HENCE THE SALE . IT IS NEW AND UNUSED SO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FROM A SMOKE/PE...
Could everyone please reacquaint themselves with the sticky posts at the top of this sightings forum, particularly the misspelled and abbreviated bird names. I'm not going over the reasons why it's important (been there, done that 
) but they're on the increase again and it's plain t...