Again not much to report this week, but noted: Mixed blue and great tits, and 1 heron at Lower Healey, Large group of 100+ fieldfares, several crows, 3 jays, 1 GS Wood, group of 10 or so LT tits. Earlier in the morning a group of 8 Pinkfoots flew over the house heading east towards the Nab.

Very wet today on the Nab and I think most of the wildlife had stayed indoors! Nothing much to report apart from: Several Crows, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, a small mixed flock of tits, 1 Jay. 15 Wood Pigeon, 1 Blackbird, 2 Magpie, and from a reliable source 1 Buzzard at Lower Healey. Roll on Spring!

Mainly quiet on the Nab today, but still managed to record: small groups of blue and great tits, 1 GS Woodpecker, several crows and woodpigeons, a small group of 20 fieldfares and 2 redwings. One (F) Roe deer and 1 brown hare.

Hi Ian and Dianne, and happy posting. I also use a 100 - 400 lens which as already suggested is very versitile, but my friend from Scotland has been using a fixed 300 F2.8 for many years and has produced some fantastic pictures. Light is of course critical, and the 300 comes into its own in low ligh...

Barn Owl still around on Wednesday evening 16:30 but at a distance

Fairly quiet on the Nab today, but I still had 15 or so LT Tits, a mixed flock of Blue and Great Tits, at least 6 Jays (making a racket), mixed crows and rooks in the fileds on the west side, 3 GS Woodpeckers, a small group of 5 or 6 Coal Tits, 1 Blackbird and a few Chaffinches. Also 1 Grey Squirrel...

I'm sure the Robin will be well fed in there, Bryan. And of course in these cold depths of winter, every little helps!!

Andy R

Not been out much over the last few days, but observations from the house have seen wren, magpie, woodpigeons, a couple of lonely lapwings and a constant stream of passing gulls. But how about this - one of my friends, who works for the Ambulance Service in Standish, had an unusual patient in the ba...

A winter wonderland today, but still some wild life around. Lower Healey - 30+ Fieldfares, 4 Blackbirds, 1 Robin, 1 Wren. And on the Nab there was a flock of 50+ mixed birds consiting of Goldfinches, Blue and Great Tits, Long Tailed Tits, and a couple of Linnets. By the quarry there was a small grou...

Lower Healey: 50+ Fieldfare mixed in with as many Starlings, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Song Thrush, 1 Kestrel, several Robins, Blackbirds and Cahffinches, and the odd Crow here and there. Healey Nab: GS Woodpecker, 10 LTT, 5 (F) Linnets, 1 Reed Bunting. Also throughout the day, a large passage o...

Excellent pic, Leonard. Saw them in the same place earlier in the week.

Andy R

This morning at around 10:45 there were a group of 12 Waxwings in a tree just at the side of the rundabout at the Eaves Lane and its junction with Botany Brow. I abandoned the car just as they flew off towards the rear of the old laundry. I eventually caught up with them on Willow Road where they th...

Cold again this morning on the Nab and not much activity. Several Robins, Blue and Great Tits, a group of 20 or so LT Tits, 1 Sparrowhawk which whistled past within a few feet of me, a couple of Magpies, 6 Crows, and a solitary Lapwing. At Lower Healey there was a group of 10 Filedfares, 1 Nuthatch,...

Bitterly cold first thing, so not a great deal around, but I recorded 2 Robins, 2 Wrens, small groups of Great and Blue tits, Great Spotted Woodpecker, passing mixed gulls (between the Nab and Stronstrey Bank) several Crows and Jays, 3 Magpies and .... a single Roe Deer! Also recorded similar sighti...

A little cool on the Nab today, but still had usual mixture of Blue, Great and LT Tits, several groups of around 20+ Starlings in various places, passing Crows, 3 Magpies, GS Woodpecker, Wren, Blackbird, Kestrel, and the day's highlight - 4 Roe Deer early this morning. Also present yesterday - 2 Buz...