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Recent content by Alan Tilmouth

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    Northumbrian Birding

    "used to be" - in the last three years it's had a 5th and 12th for Britain. The majority of rarities over the years have been found by a small group of regular visitors, several of which are less active at the moment for a variety of reasons but there are probably few days when there isn't...
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    Sparrow Numbers on the rise at feeders

    Results from the BTO Garden Birdwatch scheme suggest sparrows of both species are increasingly using garden feeders. http://bit.ly/1MdnN8V
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    harrier id east coast

    It's interesting how individuals with an axe to grind can twist the facts. So let's take this slowly.. A photograph was posted on Facebook, the photographer did not post the location. I was tagged and asked to offer an opinion on the identification. On the basis of the image posted I suggested...
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    Recommend me some food please

    National Trust Wild Bird Food is great quality and surprisingly reasonably priced compared to say RSPB/WWT. Their feeder mix is £17.95/12.75kgs, buy two bags and you get free delivery. Sunflower Hearts £19.95/12.75 kgs and suet blocks £5 for four 320g blocks (so £1.25 each). You can buy online here
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    Free Feeder Offer

    I see the National Trust wild bird food site is offering a free feeder on all orders over £30 until end of May see here. They have also reduced their prices for Spring so all their mixes are £17.95 for 12.75kg
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    Sparrowhawks and House Sparrows

    New study of 40 years of data suggests either Sparrowhawks may impact on House Sparrow visits to garden feeders or may influence behaviour in relation to them. http://bit.ly/1NO0mmh
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    Help Farmland Birds Through the Hungry Gap

    This week sees teh start of the 'hungry gap' for many finches and buntings as early ploughing of fields starts. You can help some birds make it through the hungry gap with supplementary feeding either in the garden or dropping small quantities of seed as you walk in the country. More about the...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Topped up the bird table with National Trust's Tasty Table Mix this morning and had the first Brambling of the year within an hour along with a Tree Sparrow and a decent number of Greenfinches.
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    Red Kites and Urban Gardens

    Strikes me it just replicates the niches they used to exploit back when Robin Hood was just a lad. Maybe there's a niche there @Nutcracker ;)
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    Red Kites and Urban Gardens

    Surveys of garden feeding in Reading have revealed the reason for the high numbers of Red Kites in the city see here but is it a good thing, simply replicating their urban roots of the Middle Ages or should we be discouraging garden feeding?
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    Female Great Tits Have Better Memories

    According to new Swedish research female Great Tits have better memories than males and they make better thieves! full story
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    TRees attract birds to feed on larvae by smell

    New Dutch research suggests trees give off chemicals to alert birds to larvae infestations. http://bit.ly/1vj3mes
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    Crows and Magpies Off the Hook on declining Bird Populations

    New study points to crows, magpies and corvids generally not being responsible for declining bird populations (common sense) and raises questions about the continued removal of them across Britain, read here and full study here.
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    Offers on New National Trust Bird Food site

    The new National Trust wild bird food website (wildlifehabits.co.uk) has various offers on at the moment. If you're a National Trust member and get the monthly email newsletter there will be a 10% off discount code in the January edition. For non-National Trust Members the site is currently...
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    City Blackbirds stay up later?

    New study suggests Blackbirds in cities tend to feed later and longer due to artificial lights - http://wildlifehabits.co.uk/blackbirds-adopt-a-city-lifestyle/
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