Welcome to Manchester Birding, a site first published in September 2006 all about birds, birders and birding in the county of Greater Manchester and which is owned, designed, built and maintained by me, Ian McKerchar. Since those early days the site has evolved into a resource for way beyond those county boundaries and in January 2017 underwent a complete redesigned from the original Manchester Birding website into the site you are on today. Manchester Birding also includes the Manchester Birding Forum, one of the UK's top birding forums. 

Besides running this website and associated forum I am (for my sins) also the County Bird Recorder for Greater Manchester, Chairman (voting) for the Greater Manchester County Rarities Committee and one of the two administrators for the Greater Manchester Bird Recording Group.

Note that views, opinions and comments on this website are my own unless otherwise stated and are not necessarily those of the Greater Manchester Bird Recording Group or County Rarities Committee.

Please feel free to contact me with any regards to birds and birding anywhere, not only in Greater Manchester. I welcome submissions of photos, articles or trip reports but unfortunately cannot guarantee their inclusion on this site. Anyone interested in submitting anything for possible inclusion should contact me first to discuss requirements by using the contact for below.

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ADVERTISE ON MANCHESTER BIRDING

The Manchester Birding website welcomes advertising, all the proceeds of which go to the running of it and the Manchester Birding Forum, both of which are privately funded by myself. Anyone wishing to place an advert should contact Ian with their details and requirements on the form above.