Possible Siberian Chiffchaff near Bollington, 14th April. Middle wood Way is an old disused railway line - it's now a 'green lane' for bikes and walkers. I have several good detailed photographs attached. It had all the signs of the Siberian race, black legs and bill, no yellow at all on head, breas...
During my tetrad survey covering the Lower Reservoir this morning, I found 2 Common Sandpipers - they were observed mating at one point and there was other display behaviour and calling as they flew back and forward across the res. Could these be likely to nest locally or is more likely to be a pair on mi...
A productive morning and early afternoon walk covering Hey Wood, Hamer Pasture and Brownhouse Wham Reservoirs. Tree Pipit - one circled overhead and called several times over Ring Lows Lane (SD900158) then flew SSW at 09:30. Yellow Wagtail - one flew low calling over Dewhirst Road to the south of Br...
This site lies adjacent to Longford Park, Stretford, but is in Manchester M21, owned by MMU and under threat of development. 07.30 -11.30 (later joined by Phil Kelly & Tony O'Mahony) The most productive area this morning was the corner of Longford Road by the brick building. Redstart 1 male (vid...
Got a phone call from Dave Broome to say he was watching a White-lettered Hairstreak in Tydesley Cemetery. Popped up and after a small wait had nice views of one perched in the treetops. Also saw what was almost certainly another one flying around the Elm tree. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 17t...
Some late sightings I forgot to add from last week! Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Jay, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 1 singing Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff - 3 foraging as a loose "flock" and 1 singing, c30 Tufted Duck and 6 Goosanders. Cheers, Bill. -- Edited by Bill Myerscough at 16:06, 2...
4th March.
Visited this area of Oldham for the first time ever today - despite having lived in the area for 20+ years! Really will have to try and get out a bit more
On the upper reservoir - 1 Little Grebe, 2 redhead Goosanders and a pair of Tufted Duck. 170+ Black-headed Gulls, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser...
Had a walk with the family around Monsal Head just a minute walk from the car park and we saw a male Merlin zoom past at our level just skimming over the tree tops heading towards the rocky outcrops to the right hand side of the car park as you look out over the valley. Was great to see and my first ever Merlin....
A fungi foray today around the reservoir, still very few species for the time of the year but a few goodies; Aniseed Toadstool Bell-shaped Mottlegill Birch Knight Birch Polypore Blackening Brittlegill Blackening Waxcap Blusher Butter Cap Clustered Toughshank Conifer Mazegill Dung Roundhead D...
Includes zoom MC11 25-75x and wide angle MC30X eyepieces. Comes complete with case. Body and eyepieces in excellent condition, with all glasses perfect. This is a top notch scope, comparable with Swarovski and Kowa for image quality. Anyone interested will not be disappointed on testing.
A successful trip in the end for myself and Alex Jones this afternoon at Broom Wood, Tiln, Nottinghamshire for the reported Melodious Warbler. The windy weather meant that although the bird was constantly singing, it was keeping very low in the pine plantation. Finally after 3 hours, our persevera...
1040-1145 8th August Black-headed Gull x 2 Blackbird x 1 Carrion Crow x 4 Chiffchaff x 2 Goldfinch x 4 Great Tit x 4 House Sparrow x 10 Magpie x 6 Mallard x 18 Moorhen x 4 Robin x 1 Swift x 2 WoodPigeon x 6 Wren x 1 Cheers Bryan
Thursday - 15.35 - 14.40 Redwing 10+ Fieldfare 40+ Lesser black back & Black headed gulls 300+ mixed Canada geese 122 Greylag with white aroud beak Teal 4 Jay Cormorant 2 Pheasant greenfinch carrion crow starling lots of small groups around Just spent one hour up there and i am sure i missed loads b...
Originally posted today by Ben Hall: Showing how the range of Ring-necked Parakeet is extending to the very north of Greater Manchester. A couple of weeks ago I saw a lone parakeet flying North over Edenfield, which is right on the Bury border
It is with real sadness I inform of the passing of long-time Pennington Flash regular, Barry Hulme, following a battle with Cancer. Barry will be known to many, perhaps mainly via his posts on this forum merely due to the fact that he generally visited the flash so early, many visitors would arrive lon...
Velbon sherpa 200r boxed as new unused condition £120 ovno.if interested do get in touch. Complete with quick release plate. -- Edited by David Hughes on Wednesday 5th of February 2025 08:55:29 AM
A few butterflies this p.m. (small tortoiseshells and commas), but the highlight was a largish, light brown bat flying over the river beneath Jim Fearnley bridge at 4.00 p.m! Given the location, the low flight over the water, and its unfamiliarity to me, I am near certain it was a Daubenton's. After a...
13.00-17.00 1 Spotted Flycatcher by the Northern entrance to the site. Heathland 1 Green Woodpecker, also 24 Mistle Thrushes on the reclaimed heath. Woods 3 Jays, 1 Treecreeper plus the usual garden birds. This is a huge site, mainly sandy heathland, but also some woodland, which is largely birch w...
Leica APO77 straight version with 20-60x zoom. Optically good, the zoom lens was repaired by a non Leica repairer as Leica no longer do repair work. The lens is fine but numbers do not align. Scope is in good condition having had a Skua cover since new, cover comes with the scope but is showing its age. Lo...
15/2.
The valley has been really quiet for several weeks now - but today
was a little better!
The sighting of a flushed Woodcock was a nice way for me to start
the morning - although I am sure that the Woodcock probably wasn't too pleased that I had disturbed its rest!
Also about - an Oystercatche...
What are the prospects for Red Kite breeding in the GM area? Despite odd sightings over the years, unless I am mistaken, they are yet to settle here. They seem to do OK on the wrong side of the Pennines, even quite close to major urban areas eg Eccup Reservoir near Leeds. But not GM. Why not despite similar...
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...
BRAND NEW ( May 2025 ) Leofoto 224c 10 layer Carbon fibre Tripod with Leofoto Bv1R Fluid Head . [ part of a bundle that wasn't required ] . Never been out of the box . List price £217 and £160 each . BOTH Items for £175 ! Opticron MM3 E.D 60 with SDL V2 Eyepiece and 23 x Wide angle eyepiece . [ pls note the SDL has sl...
