Neil Burke has drawn my attention to a message on the Greater Manchester Bird Forum pointing out that there is an active group of egg-thieves operating from the Heywood area and that they trawl forums such as these to get clues as to the location of ...
If anyone is looking for a relatively simple way of storing their bird notes electronically, I've posted a sticky in the General Discussion section on this topic. ... ... ...
Just before the breeding season, it may be worth reminding users that, being a public forum, not everyone reading these messages will have the welfare of the birds at heart. ... ... Please take care not to put at risk the nest sites of sensitive sp...
Those of you who also use the East Lancashire forum will have seen an announcement about a new facility for entering birds records online via the ELOC website.
Tony Cooper of ELOC emailed me during December 2006 kindly inviting ROC to make u...
... Welcome to the Rossendale Birds and Wildlife Forum
... The forums within this site are provided for the purpose of recording sightings of the various groups within the Rossendale Borough boundary.
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A report from Arthur Jones at Clowbridge of c40 dead gulls yesterday morning. Most were Common Gull with a few Black Heads. A.J. reported this to the authorities who in turn presumably informed Defra. A Defra representative was later seen collect...
Have Just spotted a parrott outside spodden cotages Whitwoth. ... Does anybody know of anybody that has lost one. ... Have been hearing it for several days just spotted it. Colours red and Blue. ... Not a parraket....
Pair of Dippers singing and displaying this morning and showing an interest in an old nest site, Woodpeckers still tapping for mates and the Tawny was calling loudly last night....
cormorant - 1 flew over Gaghills this morning ... mute swan - 6 Wallbank Lodge ... mallard - 7 at Spring Mill Res ... tufted duck - 1f Wallbank Lodge ... goosander - 3 over Gaghills this morning & 13 at Spring mill Res ... sparrowhawk - 1 at Wart...
We are hoping to achieve complete coverage of ALL 300 tetrads (2x2km squares) in the Lancashire East BTO Region for the Lancashire Atlas. At this half...
... Afternoon. ... 1 pr Raven over to the E. ... 2m Goldeneye ... 12 Mallard ... 16 Goosander ... 1 Collared Dove ... House Sparrows & tits on feeders - little else. ... ... Bob & Archie....
No sudden drop in numbers at the feeding stations,all seemed to have survived the cold spell amazingly well. ... ... Unusual for here a 10/15 flock of Goldfinch have been around for a couple of days. ... A G s woodpecker was tapping on a BT junction...
New Line Res ... ... Teal 1m first at this site for John and myself. ... Goosander 1pr ... Moorhen 4 ... Mallard 26 ... B.H.Gull 40 ... Common Gull 3 ... ... Cowm Res ... ... Gossander 12 [4m 8f] ... Mandarin Duck 1m ... Tufted Duck 1pr ... Golden...
10:30-11:00 ... A quick walk around the res as it was cold and misty! ... Mallard, 4 flew off south, ... Stock Dove, pair, ... Goldcrest, c4, ... Coal Tit, c4, ... Carrion Crow, c20 ... Regards, ... Sarah Nuttall. ... ... P.S. Tawny Owl calling at h...
I'm back from foreign parts where I found my Moussier's Redstart without looking too hard, plus other stuff........ most of it Roman. ... ... Back to a snowfree garden with Dunnock singing and some of the marauding hordes of Collard Doves picking up...
