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    Durham Birding

    Do you (or anyone else for that matter) know where we can get a decent ammount of "wild bird quality" grain/corn for DBC winter feeding projects ? Have you tried The Corn Warehouse on Leechmere Ind Est (as advertised in The Lek autumn 2005)? Their prices are quite good and they deliver free.
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    Northumberland in mid-December?

    The coast from Holy island down to Seahouses is good at that time of year, try Fenham flats and Budle bay for Geese and waders and Stag rocks will give you a good chance of Slav grebe and Long-tailed duck as well as good numbers of Divers If you can stretch the couple of hours in the morning a...
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Nice one. Sandra saw one on the boardwalk at Druridge pools last month they must be commoner than we think :@)
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    Durham Birding

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    How many pixels do you need... (VI)

    Smew?
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    Durham Birding

    Can anyone going on the DBC trip to blacktoft tomorrow please remember the clocks go forward tonight!
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    Northumbrian Birding

    The remark you are refering to was an ill thought out statment by one person and not representative of the vast majority of the club members. I know several of the present commity members and all of them were saddened and surprised when Keith decided to leave. They all had nothing but praise for...
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    Gateshead birding

    saw a notice at thornley a couple of weeks ago i'm fairly sure it said the key for the other hides would fit the new one.
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    How do you avoid biting insects while birding?

    I take my wife with me they much prefer her to me:@)
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    Expressions involving birds

    Eagle eyed :
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    Gateshead birding

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    Less than 1/3 of 1% have voted.

    There are some really excellent shots ...so good in fact that I can't choose between them! Its not apathy its just to hard to make a choice:@)
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    Northumbrian Birding

    I forgot to include the Red head smew and the Short eared owl we also saw Razorbill ,Shag ,Fulmar and all the common waders you would expect except Ringed plover the list goes on ..WHAT A DAY!
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Yes we checked, no Bewicks
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    Gateshead birding

    Thats it the next one gets a swift kick in the codpiece...oops
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    Northumbrian Birding

    4 Hawfinch at Huln park this morning at 8:30 2 Buzzard perched in trees in a field just north of Alnwick Stag rocks..60+ Long tailed ducks 2 Great northern divers 4 Slav grebe 2 Red necked grebe Budle bay..Avocet Buzzard Greenshank ,Barwit by the dozen Back to Alnwick on the way home 4...
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    109 Added Hawfinch Buzzard Greenshank Barwit Avocet Common Crane Slav Grebe Red necked Grebe Great northern Diver Long tailed duck Razorbill Short eared owl Pinkfoot goose Redpoll and...Song thrush All in Northumberland
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Yea looks like rt to me as well m8
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    Durham Birding

    77 for the day spoiled by a trip to Low barnes wasted an hour and a half round trip got there and no food at the feeding station, do these people not realise that if you are going to feed the birds it has to be constant! one guy with us is resigning from the trust because of this.
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    So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?

    Not a bad start to the year 77 compared with 78 last year. Ended last year with 228 a new record by 14:@)
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    Durham Birding

    Had a walk along the blast beach cliff-tops today not the numbers reported the other day but still a few redwings about. Also 100+ scoter spread from noses point to Hawthorn hive 2 Red throated divers and a Drake Scaup.
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    Durham Birding

    Was along the blast yesterday morning large numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare and a flock of 200+ Skylark with more arriving as I left (about 1:30 )so I must have just missed the action. Peregrine falcon at the same location they overwintered last year so not such a bad day after all:@)
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    Durham Birding

    Nice one Steve one of the most interesting and informative posts you have ever written try and keep the standard up will you!
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    Historical Impossibility?

    I watched a remake of Spartacus the other day there is a scene where they are in southern italy at night with a great northern diver calling in the background.
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    Durham Birding

    Barn owl across the road at Lambton bridge this morning
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