3 Little Stints at Frodsham on No 6 tank at 1400hrs at the west end with Golden Plovers. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 24th of April 2009 06:18:36 PM
Concreting over Moore East End back on the cards. The pre-application to rebuild the rail line, build over Factory Marsh and build a vehicle entrance by the Eastern Reedbed for lorries (errm, why did you need the rail link then) went to Warrington Council on Tuesday. Not sure if pre-applications are...
Of course we had the Twitchers: A Very British Obsession from the BBC. A interesting programme with personality famous in the twitching world (anyone here featured in it?). Then The Big Year, the 2011 American observational comedy film starring comedy heavyweights Steve Martin, Jack Black and...
Alongside the River Douglas at Parbold today 12 Grey Partridge female Blackcap in riverside Brambles 2 Kestrel 12 Meadow Pipit 11 Fieldfare 400 Starling feeding on a damp field 2 Siskin 2 Reed Bunting
21 species this morning and a few nice ones.2 Little Egret, kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 20 + Redwing on the feilds, Song and Mistle Thrush, Buzzard getting mithered by jackdaws , Goosander pair on canal, treecreeper and good tit flock including goldcrest and long tailed tits.
I received this today (for rings I read out of GM!) and post it here for those who it may also concern:Dear ringreaders of the Mediterranean gull colour ringing projects of Belgium, the Netherlands and France, In the past, you have been involved in these projects, mainly by sending colour ring readi...
Not the most exciting first post,but a nocturnal visit to Horrocks Flash revealed quite a few bats,sp unknown and 2 hedgehogs along the tow path,much to busters amusement. cheers geoff
Originally posted today by Andy Slee: Working on the outside 22m Level of Newton House, at grisley Risley today, I had the shock to be looking down on a Green Sandpiper calling as it was making its way across Birchwood Business Park. Looking back where it came from, it would probably have come from Silv...
Over the past 30 years and, noticeably, the past 10-15 , I have noticed a huge decline in both the number and size of rookeries in Northern England. In Manchester they have disappeared, or reduced significantly, from Middleton, Heston Park, Whitefield and Heywood. I was looking around West Yorkshi...
As of November 1st, 2025, Great White Egret has been removed from the County Rarity List. Full details of the decision and some analysis of past records can be found on the ‘What’s New’ page of the Manchester Birding Website here
26/1 Late afternoon Snipe - 7 flushed off the (very) flooded hay fields by Millgate Fields. Never even seen a single Snipe there before. Little Grebe - 2 on Mersey by Simon's Bridge Goosander - 2 pairs on Mersey Green Woodpecker - 1 by Millgate Fields
Looks like the UK Gov have decided to use the previously GE Hitachi owned land (that UK Gov bought in 2024) to build our next generation of Nuclear reactors over the Tern Colony at Cemlyn. Now don't get me wrong, I am a nuclear reactor designer and operator by day job but Wylfa was built in the 1970 for one p...
The "last of the summer wine" lads had a good day at Old Moor. Remembered my bins as well. Nearly bought a Viking 66ED scope - very nice.
Flocks of lapwings,starlings and plovers.
Brent Geese,
Swans
Great Tits
Blue Tits
Tree Sparrows
Green Finch
Goldfinch
Linnets
Grey Heron
R...
Sunday 7th: An impressive group of 12 Buzzards circling in the vicinity of Ashurst Beacon before dispersing Peregrine along the West Lancs side of the Billinge Hill ridge -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 20th of April 2011 10:27:00 PM
Maybe its just me but I seem to be seeing much more movement of Pink-feet this year. I'm probably seeing at least 1 or 2 skeins per day over the house whereas in previous years I'd probably see 1 or 2 per week, or am I imagining it?
Rubbish weather, fog all morning, could hardly see the water. Afternoon not much better, but lifted slightly, and we were luck to see a Great Northern Diver fairly close from the Sheepwash Hide.
On walk from town centre to bridge at East Didsbury saw the following: Sparrowhawk - female by pyramid Kestrel - near bridge for M60 Bullfinch - pair near vale farm Chiffchaff - definately 4 birds possibly 5, in several places but 2 birds near vale farm blue tit great tit long tailed tit dunnock mistle t...
We are looking to thin out much/most of our bird book collection and have various books in the Poyser, Pica, and Helm series (covering bird families) as well as 4 in the New Naturalist series, field guides for virtually all world hotspots/countries, as well as the handbooks for The birds of Africa (6 v...
Just got back last night from a four day stint at Spurn Bird Observatory. No great rarities, although I did miss Bee Eater which was present before we arrived, and Spoonbill on Sunday morning (due to spending too much time in the pub on Saturday evening).
The weather looked promising on Thursday w...
As it was only 30 odd miles from where I was ,thought I'd pop up for the Western Sandpiper at Maidens as I'd never seen one in this country,only in Mexico and California. Wasn't disappointed as the bird was showing well all the time I was there in the harbour.
A Hobby was hawking Swallows on reverse slope of Werneth Low (Compstall side) behind Hare and Hounds pub at 2.45p.m. today, moving off towards Windy Harbour.
Info thanks to Antony Marriott
Having returned from Shetland a couple of weeks ago, where I struggled to get good views of the Siberian Thrush, Ive decided to invest in a thermal imaging scope. For Shetland its becoming a necessity to have one and especially as those birders who had one, were quickly getting onto the bird, by follo...
Just back from a three week cruise, sailing from Southampton to Quebec City and back. We also called at St Johns in Newfoundland, Gaspé in Quebec, Havre St Pierre in Quebec, La Baie down the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec, Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island, Halifax in Nova Scotia and finally Sydney in N...
20.02.11
Very dull and overcast day making visibility poor to say the least.
On arrival great close up views of redpol,tree sparrows,willow tit plus all the usual tits and goldfinches on the feeders around the visiter centre.All the usual ducks present with a few hundred lapwings and at least 10 g...
Visiting folk in Glasson Dock today during high tide. There is an excellent pool where lots of waders gather with the usual Black-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers, Goldeneye, Little Grebe etc, but this is a great place for "Shanks". All three there: Spotted, Green and Common on the pool a...
2/5/09 early am
HOBBY - 1 showed well at 7.15am by the river from Welkin road before belting off low east.
Also
1 singing Garden Warbler
3 singing Blackcaps
3 singing Chiffchaffs
Stock Dove
Dipper
Goosander
