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  1. Jeff Taylor

    Birds use sunset to find their way home!

    :eat: Hi All. Migrating songbirds use sunsets to help them navigate the hundreds of miles between their summer and winter habitats,according to research published today. Scientists in the US fitted thrushes with radio transmitters and followed them for up to 700 miles as they moved from...
  2. Jeff Taylor

    The sneaky little devil!

    :clap: Hi all. Here is a classic tale off a snatch and grab. A Goshawk flushes a woodcock,gives chase for a good few hundred yards,in and out off tree's,bushes,no more than a couple off feet above the ground,the woodcock is doing all it can to loose the goshawk,but the goshawk won't give...
  3. Jeff Taylor

    Winter Survival!

    :clap: Hi All. Is it possible for a swallow to over-winter in the UK. :frog: I have my Doubts! People have been reporting to have seen swallows in:November-December,and also in January-February. Regards Jeff Taylor
  4. Jeff Taylor

    Buzzards(a record for me)

    :clap: Hi All. I encounted a wonderful sight today,the sighting off five buzzards together.This is the first time i have ever witnessed this on Merseyside since i have been bird-watching(at least fifteen years).These buzzards where together soaring not too high up,you could easily see...
  5. Jeff Taylor

    National nestbox week

    :clap: Hello Members. Just a quick reminder to let you all know that from the 14th February to 21st February,it is National nestbox week.Where many birds investigate suitable nesting boxes,for the coming nesting season.Please help by cleaning,repairing or supplying suitable...
  6. Jeff Taylor

    A blast from the past!

    :bounce: Hi all. Just a short message Are all the Birdwatchers at birdforum in the UK ready for the Arctic Blast. I think the birds can already sense it,with the amount off fly-overs i have seen today.What ever you are doing this weekend & the beginning off next week, be sure to wrap up well...
  7. Jeff Taylor

    Watch-Out Micheal Frankis!

    :clap: Hi There Micheal Frankis watch out matey,you're amazing number of threads,looks under threat by Jane Turner.This is what it's all about the more the merrior.God bless Birdforum! ;) Regards Jeff Taylor
  8. Jeff Taylor

    Would it be accepted today!

    :eat: Hi all Just recently i saw a menu,that had been saved from the ill-fated ship the titanic.This menu list was auctioned for Twenty-Six Thousand pounds. On the menu list along with other delights was,(wait for it): :C Golden Plover on toast.Imagine that kind off menu appearing on a...
  9. Jeff Taylor

    Funny Behaviour!

    :frog: Hi There. While watching birds feeding in my garden,i kept a close eye on this first time vistor to my garden.The bird in question was a coal tit.I watched this bird closely it would go to the feeder,which had sunflower hearts in,take one seed then fly to a tree hide the seed in a crevice...
  10. Jeff Taylor

    Un-usually coloured blackbird!

    :eat:Hi there. Spotted a unusual coloured blackbird at the weekend.It had a black body, spotted white breast & it's head and beak where white.Probably this bird was part albino.As common it was being chased by other blackbirds. Regards Jeff Taylor
  11. Jeff Taylor

    Pink Feet Two!

    :bounce: Hello All Must say that ColinD,has seen Pink Footed Geese this last week. I would like to say that i have seen flocks off Pink Footed Geese for the past two-weeks,each morning on my way to work.I have to stop and look at these birds because their numbers in the flocks are hugh.It really...
  12. Jeff Taylor

    Honey Buzzards

    :bounce: Hi All Well birdforum,it has finally happened.Two young Honey Buzzards have been Satelite tagged this year.The initial thought was that it would not happen,because off the poor breeding season.But it has.Two young where located down south. These where tagged in...
  13. Jeff Taylor

    Dutch Thrills!

    3:-) Hello All Autumn rarity began early in Europe with a White- throated Robin in the Netherlands on August 30th.See pictures of it at:www.dutchbirding.nl Regards Jeff Taylor
  14. Jeff Taylor

    The high Life

    3:-) Hi all Here's a puzzler for you.Twite which normally nest at or close to ground level is puzzling a researcher. 60% of nests on South Uist in the Outer-Hebrides were in conifers which is quite bizarre. They need to nest near good feeding areas,providing abundant seeds.So why...
  15. Jeff Taylor

    Peregrines

    :t: Hi There UK & Isle of man,peregrine falcon numbers have increased by 9% to a new high of:1,402 pairs since 1991. See Octobers issue of Bird-Watching magazine for more info. Regards Jeff Taylor
  16. Jeff Taylor

    Biscay goes ballistic

    :bounce: Hi all P&O's Portsmouth-Bilbao Pride of Bilbao enjoyed an historical double-header in early September.The world's second-ever sighting of a True's beaked whale at sea(Sept1)was followed (Sept3)by perhaps the second Masked Booby ever in European waters. More information in Octobers...
  17. Jeff Taylor

    The joy's of birding

    3:-) Hello there. Sitting there on a calm sunny autumn sunday morning,in my front living room,with the back kitchen door open, waiting for my friend to call round,so we could go out on are weekly birdwatching trip.To are local patch.I will sit down for ten minutes while...
  18. Jeff Taylor

    Is it possible!

    :t: Hello there. I am after some info,on taking digital photos. The infomation i would like to know is,would it be possible to take digital photographs using a pair off binoculars(nikon 7x50). You're suggestions would be welcome. Regards Jeff Taylor
  19. Jeff Taylor

    Very BAD Season!

    3:-) Hi all. It's been a very bad season for Honey Buzzards. The Highland Foundation has failed this year to locate any nests or breeding Honey Buzzards,for this years Satelite tracking programme.More details can be found on this very important project by...
  20. Jeff Taylor

    Avocets!

    3:-) Hi all. Two well known breeding sites for Avocets had disaster breeding results this year,compared to previous years.Two examples:Firstly-Leighton Moss:Several counts of birds in the high twenties,only managed to raise four young.Secondly-Reade's island in Lincolnshire:Over a...
  21. Jeff Taylor

    Swallows Lost

    :t: Hi to All. Britain has lost Three-quarters of its breeding swallows this summer.A staggering 750,000 birds failed to make it to our shores from their African wintering grounds.The reasons for them remaining in Africa is open to debate.Climate change or insufficent insect...
  22. Jeff Taylor

    True or False!

    3:-) Hi All. While out birding over the weekend,i got talking to a know person on my local patch.We got into discussion about raptors.He told me a story that he witnessed not long ago. While out birdwatching he witnessed a scene that he had not saw in 35 years off...
  23. Jeff Taylor

    Will HE or Won't HE

    :t: Hi all. Will Michael Frankis be one off the first to make it to one thousand posts.He's already on 746 and he only joined BirdForum in April 03.If he doe's make the one thousand mark by the end of August then i think BirdForum should give he a prize, for his dedication,time &...
  24. Jeff Taylor

    Some miles under the wing!

    :t: Hi All. Just heard an amazing piece off information.On Bardsey Island,ringers trapped a 52 year old Manx Shearwater in the early hours off the morning.I think to myself,i wonder how many miles this individual has flown in it's life time.I reckon many thousands off miles...
  25. Jeff Taylor

    Buzzards

    :t: Hi all. I just want to say how all off a sudden i am seeing buzzards.This year i have seen five buzzards in my local patch.I have even seen them fly over my back garden.The latest one being mobbed by a gull & a corvid.The reason i am telling you this is because where i live it...
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