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Recent content by cheshirebirder

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    Uganda and Rwanda: 1 to 22 June 2024

    There must be some seriously well off folk about to pay those prices for three weeks birding but they’re certainly not of my acquaintance and I know a fair few birders . Who goes on these trips - wealthy retirees with more money than sense or experienced birders with no family commitments ?
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    Common frog uk

    It’s been a milder and wetter than average winter round here so getting to March with no sign seems odd. They had a successful season last year with certainly more than the usual number of young leaving the pond too.
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    Common frog uk

    I’ve had a small garden pond for many years and frogs have always returned every spring to produce plenty of frogspawn. This year there’s no sign of them and I know they are mating locally elsewhere ( I’m in East Cheshire ). Hopefully, they’ll turn up soon, but is anyone else experiencing the same ?
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    Britain's most prolific egg collector, reoffends again.

    Given his previous convictions ( so no doubt about his guilt ) , can’t his image be circulated around all the nature agencies and displayed to the general birdwatching public at reserve visitor centres ? Then we could all keep an eye out for him while out birding . Pictures of criminals are...
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    Red-billed Tropicbird (finally) and other musings

    Bit strange really. There’s a record on ebird for the bwt 12th Feb but I’m sure there was at least one record ( including a photo ) during mid January which doesn’t appear on ebird now. Whether the record’s been withdrawn I’ve no idea. When I was there in late January there were three teal , a...
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    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    Hard to imagine how much money ( and time) it would need to get to 10k. Can’t imagine doing it with family commitments either. My world list isn’t greatly over 2k after 50years birding but then again I had a family and most foreign birding was done on package holidays with the family to Europe...
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    Red-billed Tropicbird (finally) and other musings

    There were three teal, a garganey and the blue-winged teal on that pool in January .
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    What’s your nemesis bird?

    Grey - headed bush shrike in the Gambia a few years ago in woodland near Marakissa. Was one of the target birds I asked the guide for .
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Have the parakeets become pretty much resident in the Poynton area ? Certainly well established across south Manchester now but I’ve only seen them a couple of times here in Macc. They seem regular now at Dunham Massey and also saw some at Quarry Bank this year.
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    Is Slimbridge wetlands the Mecca of bird spotting in the Uk?😄

    For variety of habitat ( including the immediate surrounding area ) , Minsmere is always a great place to visit, although I take John’s point about the crowds.
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    More IDs for Sal Cape Verde

    Would agree with sandwich terns .
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    mystery duck/ goose the second, Iwakuni Japan, 25th December

    Maybe the poster was thinking possible scaup with the right-hand bird showing quite a bit of white around the base of the bill ? Still think tufted duck myself.
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    Sequoia planting scheme in the uk

    Looks similar but I think the one on tv was in south wales .
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    Sequoia planting scheme in the uk

    Think they said that sequoia grow three times faster hence the great capacity for removing carbon from the atmosphere. What I can’t find out is how useful or not they are to our native insects,fungi,birds etc. Even in the states all I can remember around them were chipmunks and kinglets .
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    Sequoia planting scheme in the uk

    Just watched an article on tv about this . The main aim is carbon capture from the atmosphere as the trees grow to huge heights and particularly rapidly. Fabulous trees that I’ve had the privilege to see out in their native home in western America. We also have them in a number of our parks and...
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