A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
A quick wander onto Barlow Tip to see if any more warblers have returned. Plenty of Willow Warblers, Chiff Chaffs, Blackcaps and Common Whitethroats. Still no sign of the Grasshopper Warblers, Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers or a returning Spotted Flycatcher last seen a couple of years ago. Read More …
Following a change in wind direction our local population of Blackcaps have arrived en masse. This one appeared in our back garden clearly exhausted and unable to fly. Read More …
Long-tailed Tit gathering moss at Sale Water Park. After what seems like several months a couple of days of sunshine created an ideal opportunity to dust the bike off and head off down the Trans-Pennine Trail towards Sale Water Park. Feeling a little bit unsure of Read More …
Yet again, another cloudy day. The lack of sunshine this winter is remarkable even for Manchester. Hopefully the weather will soon begin to improve… Read More …
There may be trouble ahead. One of the local Buzzards sets a course to intercept one of four intruders looking for an easy meal over Kenworthy Wood. Due to a combination of a Myxamatosis outbreak and a healthy population of foxes we now have the Read More …
A few highlights from the past week. Fortunately we missed the worst of the snow whilst Bolton and Wigan were hit by blizzards we received a couple of inches of slush. By mid-day on Saturday most of it was gone. There now appears to Read More …