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    SPARROWS Ornithologically challenged questioner

    I have flocks of up to 40 house sparrows in my garden everyday and have occasionaly seen flocks of up to 30 tree sparrows visit the garden in summer. Found this on the BTO website: House Sparrow populations in farmland have declined by nearly 50% since 1968, while those in urban and suburban...
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    Waxwings

    Well Done! I've been looking out for them for a couple of weeks now but still no luck. :-(
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    Another Thrush Id

    The second bird is definitley a fieldfare, as for the first one, it looks like a redwing but i'm not sure.
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    Mistle Thrush

    I had a Song Thrush visit the garden last week but no Mistle Thrushes recently. I see the Song Thrush atleast once a month though. I found this on the BTO site. It says that the Mistle Thrush has been moved from the green to the amber llist (population status in the UK)...
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    Waxwings

    Nice one, :t: Theres been heaps of sightings up here recently but I still haven't seen any. :-C
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    Ring-billed Gull in Dingwall.

    I saw a RB Gull feeding with common and herring gulls a few years back at the duck pond (at the park in dingwall).
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    hello

    Thanks for the welcome everyone. Look forward to using the forum. |=)|
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    Bird ID??

    Thanks john and bert. Much appreciated. James
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    St Mary's Lighthouse Seawatch

    sounds like a great spot. theres alot of great birds on the list - and in one day :t: James Scotland
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    Bird ID??

    Can any one help out on this bird's id please?? I'm not sure but at the moment i'm thinking an imm. stonechat. Thanks in advance for any help. James
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    Are Dunnocks territorial?

    The robins in my garden are always chasing the Dunnocks away. Robins are territorial all year round. During the spring and summer this territoriality is for breeding. But at other times of the year individual robins hold territories for feeding. A Dunnocks diet is very similar to that of a...
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    UK bird with crest

    Nice one. Last autumn 700 waxwings were sighted in scotland. In the past couple of weeks there has been 1,000 seen in Inverness and 1,300 in aberdeenshire. I still haven't seen any |:(| Still time yet James Scotland
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    Tree Sparrows

    Up here in the north of scotland (easter-ross) i've seen up to 30 tree sparrows. They have been using nest boxes for at least three years. Theres another colony about the same size about ten miles up the road. The tree sparrow population in the UK has been on the decline since the mid 70s but...
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    Puffins in Orkneys and Shetland

    hi Theres not many details out on the internet yet but I found this on the rspb site. Its got a summary of breeding seabirds at specific sites for orkney and shetland. Any good? http://www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/action/disaster/index.asp James
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    hello

    hi everyone, just signed up, james scotland
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