MB

 

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
BACK TO THE MANCHESTER BIRDING WEBSITE HOMEPAGE -> Manchester Birding Forum -> GREATER MANCHESTER BIRD SIGHTINGS -> Dove Stone RSPB (including Binn Green and environs)
Post Info TOPIC: Dove Stone RSPB (including Binn Green and environs)
Ian Woosey


Status: Offline
Posts: 1171
Date:
RE: Dovestones RSPB (including Binn Green and environs)
Permalink  

14/7/11

Yeoman Hey Reservoir/Binn Green area with Mr Broome & Mr Meadows:

c20 Crossbills in Binn Green carpark at 2:30
1 Redstart (juv)
1 Peregrine
2 Stonechats (juvs)
5 Common Sandpipers
1 Buzzard
2 Grey Wagtails
2 Kestrels
1 Treecreeper

Siskins, Coal Tit, 1 Cormorant, 1 Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipits, 11 Canada Geese on Dovestones Res...

__________________
Steve Suttill


Status: Offline
Posts: 1605
Date:
Permalink  

Saddleworth Naturalists field trip yesterday evening led by Dave O'Hara:

Bird highlight was a flyover of c25 Crossbill.

Otherwise the most numerous species was MIDGE - trillions of them undaunted by our copious applications of "Bug-ger Off" and frantic waving of fern fronds - is this what's meant by Bioblitz (it certainly felt like it ) ?

Steve

__________________
Steve "Make your birdwatching count!"
JamieDunning


Status: Offline
Posts: 252
Date:
Permalink  

Dave,

Got your list this morning.

I will Email Ian the complete bird records for the day, when its done.
Looks to be just short of 50 bird species recorded, which is pretty good!

__________________
-J
James Walsh


Status: Offline
Posts: 2127
Date:
Permalink  

09/07/11

Adult male Crossbill showing well feeding in tree-tops viewable from the viewing point adjacent to Binn Green car park 4pm-4:30pm, also at least 4 Crossbills (at least 2 adult females) seen flying over

Also several Redpoll around the sailing club

__________________

Mancunian Birder https://mancunianbirder.wordpress.com Visit my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWoAs4geYL9An0l6w_XgIg
David Winnard


Status: Offline
Posts: 358
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Jamie,

Have already emailed Rachel it but PM me your email and I will send it you.

Dave

__________________
DISCOVER THE WILD Facebook Page - Discover the Wild
JamieDunning


Status: Offline
Posts: 252
Date:
Permalink  

Cheers to you both and anyone else that came,
I will get a decent Email out with some highlights once i've sorted threw the 600 or so records in the next week or two.

Dave can you Email me your 140?

Nice to meet you both.
Cheers
J

__________________
-J
David Winnard


Status: Offline
Posts: 358
Date:
Permalink  

Well done Ian! And well done to everyone at Dovestones for organising it.

We also had amazing views of the Crossbill this morning and as you mention a large percentage were juveniles.

I managed 142 species of other stuff but the weather this morning was not great for insects etc.

Dave

__________________
DISCOVER THE WILD Facebook Page - Discover the Wild
Ian McKerchar


Status: Offline
Posts: 15464
Date:
Permalink  

Excellent five hours spent here today enjoying the RSPB's BioBlitz, an excellent event, well organised and attended by various 'experts' with really good numbers of visitors joining in and enjoying themselves.

I managed a total of 38 species of birds around the whole area, the best being:

Two Peregrines (of course!)

Common Sandpiper at the top end of Yeoman Hey Reservoir

At least 17 Siskin

11 Lesser Redpoll

46 Meadow Pipit

Best of all my best views EVER of Crossbill. Thirty eight (38) of them were feeing in conifers along the footpath from Dovestones dam (along the western edge of the reservoir) to just where it joins the road down from Binn Green. Feeding right next to the footpath they were totally unconcerned by all the public walking under them and allowed incredibly close prolonged views with the vast majority (at least 70% of them) being juveniles but oddly no males seen. The path here (just by a wooden bench) was strewn with cones they had dropped and at one point my son took to trying the catch the ones they were dropping above us before they hit the floor!

Well done to everyone involved with the organisation of the event and in making the day a great success.




__________________

Forum administrator and owner
Ian McKerchar


Status: Offline
Posts: 15464
Date:
RE: Dovestones, Binn Green and environs
Permalink  

18+ Crossbills including some juveniles at Binn Green this morning.

Info thanks to David Winnard

__________________

Forum administrator and owner
JSPALDING


Status: Offline
Posts: 122
Date:
Permalink  

I must admit I usually see them jogging round the reservoirs.

__________________
Karen Foulkes


Status: Offline
Posts: 1729
Date:
Permalink  

JSPALDING wrote:

Plus a family of 4 Stonechat on a bike ride round the reservoirs.




Stonechats in Oldham must be very special if they can ride bikes!

__________________
Only the obsessed understand!
JSPALDING


Status: Offline
Posts: 122
Date:
Permalink  

15 to 20 Crossbills, including a couple of nice males, this morning at 10 am from the viewing platform at Binn Green. Only a few metres away at times. Plus a family of 4 Stonechat on a bike ride round the reservoirs.

__________________
Joey Eccles


Status: Offline
Posts: 320
Date:
Permalink  

Just completed a fantastic weeks work experience with the RSPB at dovestone

Some of the more notable sightings:

Dunlin
common sandpiper
red grouse flushed from under my feet
golden plover
peregrine
siskin
lesser redpoll
pied flycatchers appeared to have moved on from their previous haunt


__________________
Simon Harris


Status: Offline
Posts: 27
Date:
Permalink  


Binn green a.m, sightings included:
7 crossbill ( most of them juveniles) feeding in conifers right of viewing platform
2 song thrush ( 1 adult, 1 young)
goldcrest


Ashway gap:

Great spotted woodpecker
4 raven
2 bullfinch
2 common sandpiper
4 mistle thrush
treecreeper
willow warbler
blackcap




__________________
Nik Grounds


Status: Offline
Posts: 147
Date:
Permalink  

3/6/11 9.30am - 1pm Circular walk

Binn Green
3 Great Tits
c8 Coal Tits
c5 Great Tits
c4 Long Tailed Tits
2 Linnets
c5 Greenfinch
c4 Goldfinch
1 Blackbird
1 male Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Yeoman Heys Resvr
2 Grey Wagtails
2 Willow Warblers
2 Blackcap
1 female Sparrowhawk
3 Greater Spotted Woodpecker (1 female was trying to get a juvenile out of the nest)
1 Blue Tit feeding a fledgling
1 Oystercatcher
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Curlew over calling
c10 Meadow Pipets
'Psycho Pheasant' heard!

Greenfield Resvr
1 Wren
c16 Meadow Pipets
3 Pied Wagtails
2 Grey Wagtails
3 Common Sandpipers
4 male Mallards
2 Canada Geese
2 Curlews over calling

Too hot to go up to Chew Resvr!

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 3rd of June 2011 07:50:00 PM

__________________
JamieDunning


Status: Offline
Posts: 252
Date:
Permalink  

Oldham council still technically in control of main car park.

__________________
-J
Nik Grounds


Status: Offline
Posts: 147
Date:
Permalink  

Mark Rigby wrote:

Only in the Binn Green car park. The main car park at Dovestones is pay and display at all times regardless.





Thanks for confirming Mark

__________________
Mark Rigby


Status: Offline
Posts: 1850
Date:
Permalink  

Only in the Binn Green car park. The main car park at Dovestones is pay and display at all times regardless.

__________________
Nik Grounds


Status: Offline
Posts: 147
Date:
Permalink  

Can you park for free at Binn Green car park by displaying your RSPB membership card in car window?

__________________
Dean Thom


Status: Offline
Posts: 7
Date:
Permalink  

Wednesday 25 may

39 golden plover, 8 dunlin, 1 kestral, 3 curlew, loads of skylarks and meadow pipits north of chew. Cuckoo still calling in beech plantation.

Dean

__________________
Myspace.com/knifethatfell
Giselle Hayers


Status: Offline
Posts: 36
Date:
Permalink  

Did the Plantation walk this morning.

1 Buzzard
2 Raven
Goldcrest
5 Siskin
4 Mistle Thrush all carrying food
20+ Meadow Pipit ( 12 carrying food)
3 Wheatear
1 Stonechat
3 Pied Wagtail carrying food
8 Willow Warbler singing

__________________
Dean Thom


Status: Offline
Posts: 7
Date:
Permalink  

Chew res 7am to 1 pm produced 3 dunlin, approx 10 golden plover, 1 curlew, 1 common sandpiper and numerous skylarks, meadow pipits and red grouse. Farmers field opposite boat club produced 2 red legged partridge: a first for me.
Regards, dean

__________________
Myspace.com/knifethatfell
Alan Turner


Status: Offline
Posts: 102
Date:
Permalink  

Other birds- Treecreeper, Jay, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest plus usual.
Wheatear ( 3 ) Meadow Pipits
Late posting for yesterday - Common Sandpiper ( 2 ) , Peregrine


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 29th of April 2011 07:16:39 PM

__________________
Roger Baker 3


Status: Offline
Posts: 775
Date:
Permalink  

Friday 29th April. 07.00 - 08.00 hrs.

3 Common Tern passing over from Dovestones to Yeoman Hey Res.

Roger.

__________________
Blessed is the man who expecteth little reward ..... for he shall seldom be disappointed.
Kath Butterworth


Status: Offline
Posts: 88
Date:
Permalink  

25th April - Manchester road - Fletchers, Alphin, Chew Piece -11am -4pm

Buzzard around most of time -2 at one point
Blackcap
Linnet - 2
Redpoll -3
Pied Wagtail with nest mat
Raven - a few tail feathers missing
House Martin
Tawny Owl - heard in Chew Piece
Coal Tit - 2 pairs battling it out
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming




__________________
Kath B
Dean Thom


Status: Offline
Posts: 7
Date:
Permalink  

Two golden plover, two curlew, one buzzard, ten plus wheatear, twenty plus skylark, forty plus meadow pipit in the environs south of chew res this morning. Dean

__________________
Myspace.com/knifethatfell
Charles Farrell


Status: Offline
Posts: 400
Date:
Permalink  

22nd April 10:00 -12:00 (ish)
walk from Binn Green carpark to Greenfield Reservoir & Brook, then back down to Dovestone Reservoir.

- Lots of Willow Warbler singing
+ some other singing species I couldn't Id (birdsong recognition needs improvement)
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Lots of chaffinch singing
- c3 Pheasant
- pair of Jays
- pair of Kestrels chasing each other through the conifers
- 3+ Wheatear (along Greenfield Brook)
- 10+ Pied Wagtail (several pairs displaying)
- c8 Mallard
- 6 Canada Goose
- 2 Common Sandpiper (at the top end of Greenfield Reservoir)
- 10+ Meadow Pipit

- nothing at all on the feeders at Binn Green.

__________________
Nik Grounds


Status: Offline
Posts: 147
Date:
Permalink  

15th April 1pm - 3pm walk from Binn Green car park to Greenfield and back.

1 Jay
1 female GSW
1 Treecreeper
2 Goldfinch
c6 Great Tits
c5 Coal Tits (one nest building)
c15 Chaffinches
c12 Willow Warblers
1 Grey Wagtail
1 White Wagtail on Greenfield
c10 MPipits by Greenfield
5 Mallards
2 Pheasants
2 Curlews

__________________
Mike Chorley


Status: Offline
Posts: 1589
Date:
Permalink  

10.50 - 13.10

The 'occasional showers' - Heather with the weather- were heavy enough for even the Dippers to have their umbrellas up!

30 species seen/heard inc:

Dipper 1 - too brief a view to check for rings
Chiffchaff 5
Willow Warbler 5
Curlew 1 heard
Coal Tit 10
Redpoll 1 -heard only- flight call
Siskin 2 - Main Carpark
Swallow 2 - over the main Dam
Grey Heron 1 - Chew Brook, near Fletchers
Nuthatch 1 - calling from potential nest site
Brambling 20 - feeding on leaf buds in the tree tops along Chew Brook

Also 'Psycho Phesant' 1 bird up on the shrouded hillside kept interspersing his calls with a perfect version of the first two notes from the music score to the shower scene in 'Psycho' weirdface.gifsprint.gif

either that or he's got Riggers' old ringtones biggrin.gif

__________________
Bus pass birdin' great innit?
Chris Greene


Status: Offline
Posts: 217
Date:
Permalink  

AMENDMENT TO MY LAST POST FOR BINN GREEN
SORRY EVERYBODY , I MEANT TO PUT GREATER SPOTTED, NOT,LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER.disbelief.gifdisbelief.gifdisbelief.gif:

THE MINI HEATWAVE WE ARE HAVING MUST HAVE GONE TO MY HEAD.
ONCE AGAIN SORRY cry.gif
Cheers Chris.

__________________
Chris Greene


Status: Offline
Posts: 217
Date:
Permalink  

Post for yesterday ,07/04/11 pm ...
Feeders at Binn Green much quieter today , mainly usual tit species , plenty of chaffinch , only two siskin and one redpoll seen . Also female LSW and one treecreeper ...
Continuing the theme of mindless destruction , the carved bench has been sawn in half !!! ...
This apparently happened last week, and the culprits ,( camping nearby ) , were promptly apprehended by the local constabulary ,and were issued with a £300 , on the spot fine !! ( Info from lady RSPB worker ! )...
2 male and 1 female brambling , in larches near remains of bench ..
Dozens of mipits around Dovestones ,also two wheatears, peregrine over towards Indian's Head , three skylarks ,kestrel, and a single swallow !!
Green and goldfinches on Dovestones car park feeders .

Cheers Chris

__________________
stuartherring


Status: Offline
Posts: 214
Date:
Permalink  

9.00 am to 10.30 3 chiff chaff at fletcher's,usual tits on way up to dovestones,2 oystercatchers behind fletcher's,2 nuthatch ,2 grey wags and 7 pied wags,1 dipper heard then rain stopped playcry.gifcry.gifno willow warblers for me yetcry.gifcry.gif

__________________
Ian McKerchar


Status: Offline
Posts: 15464
Date:
Permalink  

Perhaps not the politest way to enquire Judith? This was Dave's first post and I'm sure he's unaware that you utilise sighting from this forum for your daybook and whilst this is great, it is not the reason I set this forum up. It is a place for birders to let others know what they've seen, where they've been or just have a general chat. Anything else is a sideline.

To answer your question though, Dave's flock contained 6-10 Ouzels

__________________

Forum administrator and owner
Judith Smith


Status: Offline
Posts: 1596
Date:
Permalink  

How many in a small flock (of Ring Ouzels)? The database has to have a number!

__________________
Judith Smith __________________________________ Lightshaw hall Flash is sacrosanct - NO paths please!
Dave Agnew


Status: Offline
Posts: 8
Date:
Permalink  

Walking up to Pots and pans by the old Farmhouse. Little owl on dry stone wall. First skylark singing. Lots of newly arrived pairs of WHEATEARS, peregrine flew over to Dovestones and spooked out a small flock of RING OUZELS, a first for me. Descending to Bunkers the first WILLOW WARBLERS of the year singing their hearts out. What a walk!

__________________
William Binns


Status: Offline
Posts: 33
Date:
Permalink  

good views of brambling , siskin, redpoll, goldfinch,pheasant, curlew over , all at the feeders in the carpark, we saw a dipper singing on the reservoir and mipits displaying.

__________________
Adam Jones


Status: Offline
Posts: 825
Date:
Permalink  

Sunday 3rd April 8.30-9.15am Lots of Brambling and Siskin. Pleased to finally see the Brambling. My first.biggrin.gif Male Bullfinch on the feeder at one point. Lots of Chaffinch too. Two Pheasants, and a Curlew calling.

__________________
My blog: The Early Birder
Simon Harris


Status: Offline
Posts: 27
Date:
Permalink  

Binn Green (Sat 2nd April), between 3:30-$:30 quite a few brambling, & siskin in the feeding area, plus a mistle thrush opposite but the highlight were a pair of crossbill in one of the larch trees next to footpath. A male was spotted first and then a female. The female hung around and showed well enough for us time to focus scope on it andwas still feeding when we left.

__________________
Luke Brown


Status: Offline
Posts: 54
Date:
Permalink  

Lap of Dovestone via Binn Green (09.00 - 12.30)

Heard Green Woodpecker calling from road up to Dovestone

Binn Green:
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Lots of Brambling including at least one summer plumage male
1 Redpoll
Curlew bubbling from above car park
1 Sparrowhawk
Goldcrest
Coal Tits
Purple pheasants

2 Peregrine - over Yeoman Hey Resr
Mipits everywhere
1 Skylark
1 Raven - over rocks overlooking Ashway Gap

Large flock of Redpoll - Chew Piece (near Sailing Club)

5 Curlew in all (inc 1 over Greenfield village)

__________________
JSPALDING


Status: Offline
Posts: 122
Date:
Permalink  

Saturday am. My first swallow of the year flew over Binn Green to welcome 'summer' it then started raining again. Also a green woodpecker down at Fletchers Mill below the main Dovestones car park. Plenty of Chiffchaff. Another green woodpecker calling in Uppermill.

__________________
Danny Spencer


Status: Offline
Posts: 45
Date:
Permalink  

Binn green 10.45-11.45 (in rain) pheasant great tit blue tit coal tit chaffinch bullfinch goldfinch brambling siskin jay tree creeper gs woodpecker very busy with birds around feeders.smile.gif

__________________
Mark Rigby


Status: Offline
Posts: 1850
Date:
Permalink  

2 Red-legged Partridge in fields below Upperwood House from A635 Holmfirth Road mid afternoon.

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Tuesday 29th of March 2011 09:40:02 PM

__________________
Steve Suttill


Status: Offline
Posts: 1605
Date:
Permalink  

Early visit this morning - bitterly cold NE wind. More Brambling than anything else - though good numbers of Siskin, Lesser Redpoll and Chaffinch. A few Greenfinch and Goldfinch. Great, Blue, Coal & Long-tailed Tits. 2 Jay and 2 Mistle Thrush. 1 Treecreeeper. Steve

__________________
Steve "Make your birdwatching count!"
JSPALDING


Status: Offline
Posts: 122
Date:
Permalink  

Wednesday pm. Still a couple of brambling on the feeders among the usual birds, no sign of any crossbill, a good view of a male wheatear further up the valley.

__________________
Graham Beverley


Status: Offline
Posts: 209
Date:
Permalink  

Anybody visiting dove stone can find a site plan in the main carpark and a limited supply of visitor guides at the toilet notice board 
Did notice some feeders had gone on monday and a lot of noise from the helicopter working just up the road

__________________
Graham
Mike Chorley


Status: Offline
Posts: 1589
Date:
Permalink  

furious.gifI'll second that, Dennis

Greenfield (Clarence) to Binn Green and back 10.40 - 13.00

In addition at Binn Green
Blackbird 4 &
Mistle Thrush 1 feeding in the larches south of the steps
Long-tailed Tit 3+
Green Woodpecker heard

Raven 2 over Dove Stone Rocks - 1 in tumbling display
Peregrine 1 over

Chew Brook
Dipper 1 - ringed - pale green over orange (left): orange over pale green (right) flew upstream towards Fletchers
Grey Heron 1 by the football pitch
ChiffChaff 1 singing - Fletchers
Goldcrest 1 male -same spot.

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Monday 21st of March 2011 10:35:09 PM

__________________
Bus pass birdin' great innit?
Dennis atherton


Status: Offline
Posts: 816
Date:
Permalink  

Again, Bloody disgusting, that permenant marker is a good idea, makes it harder for them to do owt with them, hopefully they might give up now furious.gifblankstare.gifdisbelief.gifno.gif


Lee Griffiths wrote:

1st of all 2 nut feeders pinched from binngreenfurious.gif. hopefully they realized that we have wrote binngreen/dovestones on them in permanent marker so left the rest smile.gif
415 to 6.50.walk from dovestones carpark to heys top along to chew piece plantation seen the following in no order...
blue tit
great tit
coal tit
greenfinch
chaffinch
robin
blackbird
magpie
sparrow hawk
crow
jackdaw
pied wagtail
siskin
nuthatch
curlew
lesser redpoll
pheasant
great spotted woodpecker
meadow pipit
skylark
oster catcher 2 in field facing sail club at 6,35
mallard
canada geese
also seen what i thought was a wheatear sat on a wall but couldnt get a proper id due to light fading no.gif
cheers lee





__________________
Did you see it? It was small and brown and flew that way.........................
Lee Griffiths


Status: Offline
Posts: 42
Date:
Permalink  

1st of all 2 nut feeders pinched from binngreenfurious.gif. hopefully they realized that we have wrote binngreen/dovestones on them in permanent marker so left the rest smile.gif
415 to 6.50.walk from dovestones carpark to heys top along to chew piece plantation seen the following in no order...
blue tit
great tit
coal tit
greenfinch
chaffinch
robin
blackbird
magpie
sparrow hawk
crow
jackdaw
pied wagtail
siskin
nuthatch
curlew
lesser redpoll
pheasant
great spotted woodpecker
meadow pipit
skylark
oster catcher 2 in field facing sail club at 6,35
mallard
canada geese
also seen what i thought was a wheatear sat on a wall but couldnt get a proper id due to light fading no.gif
cheers lee

__________________
Danny Spencer


Status: Offline
Posts: 45
Date:
Permalink  

At Binn Green 10.15-11.30
Plenty going on,
chaffinch
greenfinch
goldfinch
siskin
pheasant
jay
pied wag
tree creeper
g s woodpecker (heard)
redpoll (first)biggrin.gif
brambling
usuals

__________________
Dennis atherton


Status: Offline
Posts: 816
Date:
Permalink  

Hi Mike P,

i hope you have better luck than me, i keep mising um though there is now definatly a male and a female bird both seen over the weekend, only little extra nugget i can pass on that might come in usefull is on the lower level bottom carpark, as you go to the bottom end of the small car park the left hand corner, keep walking straight about 20ft and there is a nice small bolder on the floor there that holds a nice amount of water, a small trough shape if you like, i recently filled it up, take down a few gallon of water and empty there, a great little drinking station, i saw other birds drinking there but no crossbills but i have heard crossbills need to drink a lot and could be a good spot to also keep your eyes on when you visit, the female bird was seen in the large larch tree to the right of the previously mentioned bench with writings carved on it, the same area as the previous male bird,

Good luck, Best Dennis, Ps keep yours eyes open for that mealy to smile.gif

__________________
Did you see it? It was small and brown and flew that way.........................
« First  <  Page 13  >   Last »  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
BACK TO THE MANCHESTER BIRDING WEBSITE HOMEPAGE -> Manchester Birding Forum -> GREATER MANCHESTER BIRD SIGHTINGS -> Dove Stone RSPB (including Binn Green and environs)

RODIS

 

This forum is dedicated to the memory of Eva Janice McKerchar.