hi every one ,been watching two dippers as a breeding pair in new mills ,for the last three weeks one is ringed the other is not, can tell any one who wants to know the colours if wanted . The nest is in a really inaccesible place but ace for pictures of daily happenings .will keep you informed. If i learn how to ,ill post some pics

24-04-2011

2 Dippers, Chew Brook: 1 unringed, the other pale green over orange (right) and, it seemed, just pale green on the left.

Dipper on Tame 50 metres from Plantation Farm at lunchtime

Please note that threads such as this for individual species should be used very carefully and they're not my favourite of things, hence I've closed a few recently. Whilst I appreciate there may be a need for some, as in the last post on here for instance a thread exists for Brabyns Park, Marple (started by John Rayner in February this year) which already has a sighting on it, including one for Dipper. The problem with these single species threads is that it confuses where an observer should post their sightings. The species thread, site thread or both? Sometimes, as in the last post on here, occasionally the odd 'other species' creeps on also. I would rather posts were kept to sites and if one doesn't exist for your sighting then either start one or place it in the bits and bobs thread. Ultimately, we could have a seperate thread for every species and one can imagine the choas that would cause!

3 seen today for us.

steve should know where assuming he can remember what i put in the previous unwise now deleted post :)

1 at strinesdale cp yesterday and 1 at Piethorne valley today. No rings

1 Dipper on River Goyt just below the weir at Vernon Park today.

Anthony

1 possibly 2 Dippers on Tame in Dukinfield yesterday evening.

3 seen Ashworth Valley W/E
1 Seen Moses Gate lodges
See pre postings

Late posting from weekend owing to being without PC!

Portland Basin Ashton U Lyne

Looking down on river a pair of Dipper were chasing one another up and down the river at great heights for several minutes. Don't know where they finally stopped!

At Etherow CP an unringed Dipper was collecting nesting material near the weir

Cheers, John

1pm
Dipper, on river Oldham road bridge/Daisy nook path (Ashton under Lyne)- posted on Daisy Nook thread

River Tame, Dukinfield

Dipper flew in and started singing this morning.

This evening one flew up river calling.

Another pair nest building in Greenfield yesterday. One of the pair was colour-ringed (so a local bird) and seen to chase off an intruder from an adjacent territory.

The pair in Mossley mentioned in a previous post were still building in the snow showers on Sunday morning!

Will e-mail Tony Wilkinson with precise details of site.

Steve

Dipper along Middlebrook near Lostock Arms Bolton, 11.00 today.

Dipper this morning (10.30) in Stockport town centre, on the Goyt under the Asda car park complex.
Chris H

Dipper gathering moss and nest-building further up the Tame in Mossley last weekend.

This forum is not the place to list nest locations. If you do find a nest site on the eastern side of the county, please e-mail Tony Wilkinson of the South Manchester Ringing Group which is running the Retrapping Adults for Survival project.

tony.wilkinson@tantronics.co.uk

Cheers, Steve

dipper today on the river in etherow park

4 separate dippers on chew brook greenfield up to fletchers mill this morning

Unringed adult this lunchtime on the River Goyt between Marple Dale Farm & Lower Dale Farm Marple.

Dipper singing this morning about 8.15 on River Tame in Dukinfield from Dukinfield Bridge.

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 27th of January 2010 10:18:19 PM

Three Dippers (all unringed) foraging in close proximity at Wright Mill on the Tame (Mossley/Greenfield border) yesterday morning.

Steve

No need to read the ring - the colour combination is enough to identify the individual. As the bird in question was actually being ringed at the time, there's no need to report it to the ringing group either!

Keep up the observations and keep taking those photos.

Cheers, Steve

Hi Anthony,

We met last week when looking for the Little Egret at Chadkirk and you photographed a dipper on the brook. I have had a look on your website at the result and note that it is ringed on the right leg. I can't read the ring but wondered if you have any other images which might help identify this bird.

Cheers, John