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  1. J

    Chris Packham Speaks on Red Grouse

    Chris Packham has featured in a short video ow.ly/MpSu302Zg0m0 Please take a look if you are a UK citizen Joan
  2. J

    Hen Harriers

    We all like to see Hen Harriers but over the years I am seeing less and less of them as their numbers have fallen due to illegal persecution. Dr Mark Avery has started a petition on the uk government petition page petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003 In 7 weeks the number signing has...
  3. J

    Roe Deer

    Hi, Whilst out atlassing for the BTO survey early yesterday morning I saw a female Roe deer with 3 gavorting and frolicing fawns. I looked around and I was viewing through a telescope across to a distant field hoping to find Red Legged Partridge. There was no other female in sight but they were...
  4. J

    Manfrotto Service

    Hi, I have a Manfrotto head 128RC and the wing nut for the up/down tilt has gone AWOL. I rang Manfrotto and have been informed that there is noone who can even help me until the middle of next week. Considering it is a simple part I find this staggeringly poor on their part and not the service...
  5. J

    British Butterflies and Moths by Furneaux

    Just bringing your attention to this book which is on E-bay at the moment. It is a 1907 edition. Joan
  6. J

    Swimming Grey Squirrel

    Last Friday at Whacker Quay Cornwall, near Plymouth Devon I was amazed to find a grey squirrel swimming across the channel from the wooded island to the mainland. For those that do not know the site it is an estuary with a small wooded island and the squirrel swam the equivalent of approximately...
  7. J

    Ficedula Flycatcher Spain

    Hi, The photo's are taken by my friend as record shots of a bird we saw in an Olive grove last week. Would welcome views as to which one Not obvious on photo's but there was a slight second wing bar not as obvious as that shown in Collins on a semi-collared but slightly more prominant than...
  8. J

    Colour Ringed Common Cranes (Grus grus)

    Hi, On 22 April 3 common Cranes were located at Tyttenhanger GP Herts during the evening. All of these birds were ringed by very small colour rings just above the ankle on the right leg. There was an adult and 2 near adults. The adult had a blue ring and one of the other ones was red and the...
  9. J

    RFI Quick Indexes

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows of a quick index to the Helm Field Guide Birds of Kenya and NorthernTanzania by Zimmerman that is available on the WEB. Joan
  10. J

    UK Whereabouts of Monk Parakeets

    I am aware of the population in Herts at Borehamwood and have seen a guaranteed minimum of 40 there within the last year. Has anyone else definately recorded more there? In British Birds in 2004 it mentioned a small population numbering 8 in Wiltshire. Does anyone know numbers for this...
  11. J

    RFI Barnacle Movements 12 December

    5 Barnacle Geese arrived at Wilstone Res Tring Herts early Monday afternoon and I am wondering if anyone else saw any Barnacle Geese in places where they do not usually occur on that day or subsequently. They were wary and flew around quite a bit before finally settling on the perimeter of the...
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