Selection of books for sale including Poyser, New Naturalist, biographies and identification guides. Also included(although a little out of date) Where to watch birds guides for several counties, Wales and Scotland and Europe and quiz books. I also have an unopened North American Woodpecker ji...
Got my permit today, and had an nice liitle stroll round before racing back to Horwich, forgot what an excellent site this is encourage you to join lancs wildlife trust and apply for permit. looking forward to spring. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 25th of January 2011 02:54:32 PM
A very smart Mealy Redpoll is currently at Amberswood (near Hindley, Wigan) this early afternoon, in the north-west area of alders with approx 80 Redpoll and 150 Siskin. Info thanks to Andy Makin -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 2nd of November 2009 10:09:47 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday...
This is a very nice reserve just north of Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca about 40 mins south of Alicante Airport and 30 mins north of the airport at Murcia. A very large lagoon (too big to see stuff at the other side), surrounded by reedbeds, farmland, scrub and some woodland. Was over in Spain last week a...
Discovered a new area today; two brooks running adjacent to one another brook with lots of overhanging trees in a low valley surrounded by farmland. Groups of birds were dropping in one after the other and I never needed to move my feet. Birds seen: 15 + Goldcrest 6 Treecreeper Collared Dove Woodpigeo...
Male Redstart today in the sun. What a gorgeous, joy to be alive, bird. Willow Warbler yesterday. You know this lockdown has forced me to renew my love for the home patch!
Birding magazine (American) 1990s - about 50 issues. Cambridgeshire Bird Report 1994, 1998, 2001-2003 All in good condition - will need to be collected from Bury
Written by Robert Archer: This year, on 3rd May Peter and Norma Johnson recorded their 1000th Tawny Owl chick from one of their boxes! This is a tremendous achievement reflecting the amount of time, money and effort they have both put in to helping our local bird life. Peter has made and put up all the b...
A VERY WINDY! visit this afternoon. Tide was out so not much about.
Shelduck
Curlew
Redshank
Dunlin
Knot
Oystercatcher
Goosander
GT Bl Backed Gull
Ls Bl Backed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Gull
Meadow Pipit
I am selling an old style Leica 20-60x (on 77mm objective) Zoom eyepiece and popping it on here for members first before listing on EBay. It is in very good condition and fully working, coming with both end caps and a neoprene pouch and has the locking mechanism so is the newest version that they made. It...
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...
