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- Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:40 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Siskin flood
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Siskin flood
Yesterday (thursday) produced a flood of siskins in the garden and wood to the rear of the garden with 65+ counted coming in to the feeders of these 65+ siskin 46 were caught and ringed thats 69 siskin caught and ringed in two ringing session in the garden each session lasting just one and half hour...
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:25 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: SISKIN downpour
- Replies: 0
- Views: 824
SISKIN downpour
Yesterday morning (friday) there was a brief weather window am as forecast so the net went up in the garden for an hour and half before work the trees in the wood at the rear of the garden were thronging with siskins at one point I counted 40+. Anyway in the hour and half 23 siskin were caught and r...
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:27 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: B.B.C. one (of each)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 667
B.B.C. one (of each)
Today in the garden bullfinch 7 long tailed tits 9 greenfinch 2 goldfinch 10 siskin 16 and bbc 1 m blackcap 1 m brambling and 1 chiff chaff to windy for the mist nets so traps set instead only siskins bullfinch and nuthatch caught
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:21 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: canal walk
- Replies: 0
- Views: 763
canal walk
Yesterday had a good walk along the leeds liverpool from cowling to adlington and back mallards numerous m mute swan near spring wood grey wag and kingfisher near fredricks siskins in trees near marley court biggest surprise however was 3 goosander 2f 1m on canal near to l and l narrowboat cruises ....
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:27 pm
- Forum: Out of Area Sightings
- Topic: Ring ID
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2345
Re: Ring ID
B.h.g wearing darvic ring seen at preston docks details as follows bto ring number EY02637 ringed at preston docks 17/12/12 re sighted at moore nr warrington 07/01/13. Then subsequently sighted at preston docks early spring jan/feb/mar and from aug/sept every year up to current sighting on 19/11/15 :D
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: pintail
- Replies: 0
- Views: 779
pintail
male pintail seen on adlington res this morning 5 tufties and 2 gcgs all so water rail seen very briefly on arley
- Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Website problem .
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1550
Re: Website problem .
like wise its the same here too
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:39 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: crests in redwings over
- Replies: 0
- Views: 908
crests in redwings over
Over the last week or so good numbers of goldcrests have been turning up at one of my ringing sites . So the though occurred to me how many past though the small wood at the rear of the garden so for a couple of hours yesterday morning from just before first light the mist net was up in the garden a...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:10 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: hic bibi sightings
- Replies: 0
- Views: 777
hic bibi sightings
300+ pinkys over heading sw 30 goldfinches feeding on thistles and knapweed good numbers of reedbunting and yellowhammer several tree sparrow and good numbers of blackbird seen. raptors included buzzard 3 and sprowk 1adult female allso male kestrel finally 2 woodcock and single snipe flushed near on...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:32 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: brambling
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1071
brambling
Yesterday evening adult male brambling in garden at 17:32 with 11 goldfinch 7chaffinch and 6 bullfinch for company
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: grey plover fly over
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- Views: 790
grey plover fly over
at least three grey plover heard calling in flight last night at 23 :20 hr over garden and a dozen plus redwing over garden this morning just before first light chiff chaff blackcap and good numbers of goldfinch bullfinch and long tailed tits caught and ringed in garden today
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Plock Wood balsam removal
- Replies: 17
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Plock Wood balsam removal
It was felt by you (eddie langrish) that the use of the word najpalm was a bit to strong in reference to the removal of the bramble in plock wood. So maybe I should have been a bit more diplomatic with my choice of words (but then again diplomacy was never one of my strong points) so apologies for t...
- Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:17 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Dipper, Common Tern & Reed Buntin: Yarrow Valley CP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1534
Re: Dipper, Common Tern & Reed Buntin: Yarrow Valley CP
Cracking photos especially the dipper. I notice the tern is ringed anyone fancy trying to get a close up photo to try and show the ring number to see if its one of the young from previous years at birkacre or one from elsewhere
- Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:57 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: chorley nats birdrace
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1513
chorley nats birdrace
Thanks to all teams for taking part in the annual birdrace . A very enjoyable weekend was had by all and some cracking species were seen by all teams. and some real good scores achieved with carol and team getting a cracking one day score of 74 species. And the 2nd place team scoring a total of 88 s...
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Plock Wood balsam removal
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12951
Plock Wood balsam removal
Out early doors this morning monitoring nesting birds for the B.T.O nest recording scheme. As is the norm for me at this time of year. A good friend of mine Paul farnworth allso monitors nesting attemps. I spoke to him last night about going out this morning and I may call at plock wood to check on ...