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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Ring Necked Parakeet
- Replies: 0
- Views: 95
Ring Necked Parakeet
Very surprised to see one in my garden today, although ony briefly as two crows chased it off. But it is still around the end of Firbank as I can still hear it.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Siskins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 102
Siskins
A large number of siskins in the trees in my garden today. Two separate flocks with 20-30 in each, coming down to the seed feeder, sometimes 5 at a time
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tawny Owl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 751
Re: Tawny Owl
I live just at the end of Firbank so possibly the same owl
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tawny Owl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 751
Tawny Owl
Captured on a trail cam in my back garden, right at the moment of strike.
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Purple Hairstreaks
- Replies: 0
- Views: 127
Purple Hairstreaks
At this time of year I can always see plenty of purple hairstreaks buzzing round the tops of my oak trees. Today for some reason a lot more than I've seen before have been coming down to my lawn, onto the clover. Also more butterflies on the buddleia than there's been for several years. The photo is...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Peregrine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 327
Peregrine
I had a good view of a peregrine on Sunday, wheeling above my daughters house in Clayton le Woods - very close to Whittle.
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:59 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Moth id please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 295
Re: Moth id please
Thank you both
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Moth id please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 295
Re: Moth id please
Thanks Ian. I've only ever seen tham flying too and all of the pictures online show it flying. The stripes on this one don't seem to quite fit with the more mottled body of the hummingbird hawk moth so I'm still not sure.
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Moth id please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 295
Moth id please
Anyone know what this is?
- Thu May 25, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Holly Blue
- Replies: 0
- Views: 98
Holly Blue
One female in my garden on Tuesday, not a great shot taken with the phone. Stayed for quite a while feeding on a garden plant that I haven't identified - white flowers, red berries, sharp thorns.
- Wed May 17, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Demise of a duckling
- Replies: 0
- Views: 160
Demise of a duckling
Along the dead end Walton Summit branch of the canal, I'd noticed a mallard pair with 4 ducklings. Suddenly there was a commotion and all I saw was a brown creature retreating into the undergrowth, but now there was only 3 ducklings. Mink maybe.
- Mon May 15, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Cetti's warbler
- Replies: 0
- Views: 162
Cetti's warbler
On a walk up to Rivington Pike on Saturday, via the left path past Spring Cottage. One singing in the valley to the right.
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:11 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Eagle Owl
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1160
Re: Eagle Owl
Are we sure this is an escapee? A few years ago a pair nested near Dunsop Bridge. I saw them with 3 young when I went up there, but I heard that a farmer shot some or all of them.
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 12:02 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Greenfinch
- Replies: 0
- Views: 134
Greenfinch
First greenfinch on the feeders this winter, sadly it seemed to be suffering from the parasite, trichomoniasis. Other than that, blue, great and coal tits in abundance, but very few other finches.
- Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:23 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Mushroom ID Please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 295
Re: Mushroom ID Please
Thank you both. I'll stick to mushrooms from Tesco