Aldi are selling 20-60/x60 'scopes for £25. At that price Nikons they won't be, but for a 'scope to roll around in the boot of the car for 'emergency'use they are not bad - providing its a sunny day and you do not need the 60x end of the magnification! N.B. This is a 'public service' message - the w...

Brisk walk before tea revealed:_
34 Lapwing + 6 BH Gulls, 18 Wood Pigeons the small flock of L Redpolls still around, counted 28 tonight but at a distance so may have missed some. 4 Rabbits enjoying the late evening sunshine - just like me!

Quick walk around the back of the pond and viewing from road:- 38 Coot!, 2 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swans, pair + single immature GC Grebe, 6m+3f Tufted Lots of Magpies, 28 Woodpigeons, lots of B + G Tits and Chaffinches plus Robins and Blackbirds. 2m + 2f Bullfinches and flushed 1 Woodcock and 1 ...

According to The Bat Conservation Trust it is not unknown for bats to emerge from hibernation on mild winter days during daylight hours. They are in effect stocking up on depleted reserves and afterwards they go back into hibernation! So there you are, you learn something new everyday - however many...

A pleasant morning walk revealed:- Pheasants 6+, lot of display by rival males, Lapwings 72, Small tit flocks, mainly Blue and Great with odd LTT and a couple of Goldcrests. Mallard 8 on river plus 1 Moorhen, several Magpies, Jays, C Crows, Jackdaws, Woodpigeons, 1 Kestrel, 2 Grey Wagtails AND final...

Mine was delivered on Thursday - what do we think? I think it is a superb work - well worth the wait and cheap even at full publication price. C&DNHS fares very well in the book and I can see a lot of hard work has be input by members of the Society - well done and thank you everyone (would I be...

Had to look twice - a Peacock Butterfly in flight on the south facing embankment of the A672 - opposite Gale Moss - what is happenning to the seasons? Also 35 Lapwing on Gale Moss plus 8 Woodpigeons and a GS Pecker heard calling

Forgot to mention it - noticed from the car a small rookery at the end of Tanhouse Lane - opposite the Red Cat, 4 possible 5 nests - one may be a old Magpies. I know we did not record this in the 'old days' but maybe we are aware of it now - anyway worth a look, its probably a break away from the Ho...

Spent a couple of hours on the R Yarrow below the new road at Gillibrand. Birds seen:- Magpies, Jays, C Crows, M Thrushes, Blackbirds, Robins, 10+ W Pigeons, Kestral hovering, small flocks of 3/4 B, G and LT Tits, 4 Goldfinch. 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Dipper - very active, feeding up and down the river an...

Waiting at the interminable trafic lights at Hartwood was entertained by a group of 11 Magpies in the adjacent trees - more entertainig than the real Chorley FC!!

Birds seen on or adjacent to Canal Mallard 124, Canada 24, Moorhen 4 Rooks 30 max flying to and from Howard Arms Rookery with odd Jackdaw, Woodpigeon 12, Magpie 8+, Jay 2, lots of B + G Tits all along plus odd LLT Tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch etc. Also several Robins - some in song - Mistle Thrush in ...

Hi Joyce, pretty certain they are HMs, I also have WM in the garden and do see them from time to time around the rockery running out to get seed off the lawn, but not for some time. For further records I can with absolute certainly confirm they occur in White Coppice meeting rooms, unfortunately we ...

Very quick look over the reservoirs en-route elswhere:- AR 48 Mallard, 8 Canadas, approx 80 BH Gulls YR 4 Mallard, pair of Goosanders URR 12 Mallard, 9 Canadas, approx 120 BH Gulls LR 32 Mallard, 3 Canadas, 2 Moorhen, approx. 140 BH Gulls, 7 Cormorants Back Lane, Heath Charnock, approx 60 Redwings f...

Yesterday - 31 Jan, 5 different mammals in garden. House Mouse in shed - eating my bird seed Grey Squirrel in garden eating the wild bird seed Mole(s) various areas of garden causing chaos! Brown Rat picking up bits of peanut under feeder (not happy about that!!) Hedgehog wandering around the lawn a...

If the call was near the Gilibrand I don't think it would be a SEO, I think it would be a Tawny Owl's contact call which is a sharp 'kewick' SEOs are generally pretty silent except around the nest when I've heard a dog like bark and loud nasel hissings - but you never know - odd birds turn up in the...