The darvic ringed peregrine seen on the chimney on the 28th feb 2010 [thought by some to be a female ] is actually a male bird ring no gc47822 ringed as a nestling on 29 may 08 1 of 4 at hutch bank quarry haslingden lancs with pink darvic g2 time since ringing 640 days distance 20k direction 254deg ...

hi dave it may speed up the reply if you log on to B T O website and report it via the site as its a BTO ring cheers andy

on sunday evening whilst sorting out the animals on are smallholding a twitering call filled the air above and i looked up to see 4 swallows passing over head heading nne @18.08 bst

ARE YOU SURE THEY WERE FOX HOUNDS SINCE HUNTING WITH HOUNDS HAS BEEN BANNED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND THE MAX YOU CAN HAVE IS TWO DOGS AND RIFLE AS THE FOX NEEDS TO BE CLEANLY KILLED NOT PULLED TO BITS

hi chris did you manage to get a good look at the letters/numbers on the darvic it could be one of the youngsters from city centre manchester colour ringing scheme can you let me know and ill try and get more details for you cheers andy

hi paul good to have you back in the gods own county maybe we could resurect the flamborough trips too

sun 17th birkacre kingfisher flying upstream over weir mixed flock through the ivy covered trees near wier contained 3 nuthatch 7 lottis and a good mix of other titmice

quite a few redwing and fieldfare close to the road in fields near to charnock richard crem this morning {sun} you may be able to get some shots if they are still there

the garden today {sat 16th} the snow has gone but alas so to have the male brambling and male fieldfare m+f gs wood and single song thrush brightened up the very wet day

tues 12th unfortunatly due to the presents of the fieldfare the redwings from yesterday were regularly chased away as were all members of the turdus family

MON 11TH A FIELDFARE WAS IN THE GARDEN FEEDING ON WINDFALL APPLES GOING OFF THE PLUMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A MALE WITH TAIL FEATHERS BLACKISH TO BLACK WITH PARTS OF CENTRAL TAIL FEATHERS DARK GREY

LATE SUNDAY PM {10TH} 4 REDWI IN GARDEN FEEDING ON WINDFALL APPLES

GARDEN up date for the last few days sat9th 7 greti 6 bluti 9 coati 12 lotti 5 robin 4 dunno 6 blabi 3 redwing 3 coldo 7chafi 3 grefi 2 golfi 9 bulfi 3 nuthatch m+f gs wood oh and not forgeting the m brambling sun 10th all of the above in greater or lesser numbers plus f grey wag and 2 pied wag

hi keith i think the most likely cause at this time of year is a very close encounter with a predator could have been a cat small passerines have the ability to shed feathers as a reaction to attempted predation the lotti goes through a tail feather and wing feather moult during august and september...

fri am single m brambling 6chafi 4grefi 8bulfi 6 bluti 6 greti 7 coati 6 blabi 3 robin 1 wren 2dunno 1coldo 1jay 3 nuthatch and m+f gs wood