Winsford Soul

Andy. The one I have is from Aldi at £55 seems ok for the money . Colours are quite natural, sound is clear, . Infrared works fine, only black and white though. 3 years warranty supplied with various bits of kit to fix it to tree's, walls, fences etc plus memory card, batteries and USB to C type cable.

Looks like a Kestrel mate. Its got the characteristic perch out in the open ,looking for mice, voles etc. Sparrowhawk are much more of a ambush predator. Seals do quite often venture up rivers normally looking for a easy meal of fish that are a lot more restricted than fish out in the sea. Seen them eating Dace and roach above the tidal weir in Chester City centre on the river Dee and as far up river as Eccleston which is probably 4 miles upstream in fresh water . Same in the river Mersey at Warrington. Kingfisher will move to the coast in bad winters when the normal canals, lakes and even some rivers are frozen just to survive

A short clip of the female greater spotted woodpecker that visits my garden on a daily basis. It was taken on my new trail cam. Still trying to work out the best position for it and second guessing where the birds will actually land on the tree 2022491961_Woodpeckertrailcam(1).mp4

This looks interesting https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/malaco-records-book-last-soul-company-1119026/

Mal. Joe Dunlop had one about 2 weeks ago Ste

Hope you got the send off you deserved my friend. Sleep well and may your soul be at peace. God bless. Ste and Lou. XX

Waiting on delivery. Was hoping for it to arrive yesterday as it is a birthday present but postman Pat must have been busy elsewhere

Roy Roberts far superior to Rufus Wood in my humble opinion

Got no likes left Mark. Yeah just don't see the attraction mate

Oh yeah I had forgotten about the Roy Roberts. I Like that , can't stand Rufus Woods though . Tin hat time

Thanks for posting/ sharing as always mate. That must be the worst auction list John has ever put out. Only one worthy of the title auction record and I personally think its rubbish

They still roost in the same place unless its Reed beds which they flatten then move on to the next suitable area. But they will fly directly in to roost if there's no Peregrine Falcon , Sparrowhawk about, its only when there's predators about do they actually mermurate to confuse them.. At Marbury Park nr Northwich the Bitterns that migrate from Eastern Europe to spend the winter here have actually learnt to catch the Starlings as they come into roost. Unbelievable to see but its to dark at dusk to manage a photograph as it takes place about 60 metres away across the western bay of the mere

Only very recently found out that Starlings only murmurate when there's predators about or they have recently been disturbed by them. 20201110_161416.mp4

Brilliant Russell. You couldn't make it up. There's some amazing local names for birds for example the Scribble lark which is the Yellowhammer, or more correctly its eggs are patterned like someone has scribbled in ink on the shell, and that's what it was actually known as in the North East, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk area's Bronxie or Boxie. Scottish Islands names for a Skua. I'm sure there will be plenty more added to the list

No mate. I was lucky enough to play a few tunes at their wedding reception, I really can't remember if it was the night before or the week before Winsford nighter. Knowing tight arse Dave it was probably sparkling wine and a present of someone

River is well down now Andy. I used to draw that section of the canal on the boats far to often to win much, always won further back towards the M60 at Dane Road basin

Russell. We can blame Tattoo dave for all this then

Thanks Chris . I think

That was Dave n Sarah's 2nd night out for there wedding. There actual wedding reception was at Alsager civic centre . Can't remember if it was the night before but Sarah turned up at Winsford on the Saturday night in her wedding dress ( glad it wasn't Dave ) Was the champagne . Flat .

A red breasted Merganser . Which no one mentioned Is a totally different bird than a Merganser or a Goosander. Dave ( not Tattoodave ) was saying Merganser and Goosander are different which they are not. Think there is crossed wires somehow

Just been going through my photographs and unfortunately I've only got a picture of the male Goosander and not the red headed female

I'm envious Dave and I'm not a twitcher mate. Sure they are the same bird UK.-Goosander . US- Merganser just got different names either side of the Atlantic

Looks like Goosander Dave. Merganser is the American name ?

Had to share this. A friend of mine Karl took this at a place where I've been visiting for years to see one of these rare birds that is the size of a house sparrow. Unfortunately they are still elusive to me. Lesser spotted woodpecker ( male )