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    Scottish Independence

    Good point....not Great Britain, but part of British Isles?
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    Scottish Independence

    Exactly.....easy to leave political entity (UK) but impossible to leave Britain as it refers to the whole island and is therefore a geographical entity
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    unknown raptor cleveland?

    we get various harriers around Saltholme (about 10 miles from Margrove), as well as smaller hawks, but the description the guy gave doesn't ring any bells with me..so just looking for possibles
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    unknown raptor cleveland?

    "6/7/13 afternoon, margrove. i saw a bird circle the lake several times, at one point it passed very close, and very fast, and low, dived into the reeds,and out again, and passed me again, quite close.could have been barn owl size, all black body, small white head, and hawk-like beak, with...
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    info needed to settle "discussion"

    Dave...the "great and the good" are not as great or as good as they think they are.....I was told that I had not seen a Red Grouse, but had seen a Partridge because "Grouse have NEVER been seen where you saw it and you live on a council estate and I drive a Morgan"...the fact that I was 20 with...
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    info needed to settle "discussion"

    Yeah..me neither........it would be like the pair of Rollers shot near Skelton around the same time and when they prepared the female for mounting, they found eggs.....Have they ever bred here since .but that was the way of things at the time...glad things have moved on
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    info needed to settle "discussion"

    checked out rare birds site, but seems to be mainly modern records and these species may be in process of colonising, whereas she meant species that were unexpected and more or less random.....seem to remember talk of Moustached Warbler some years ago, but Gull-billed Tern is the sort of thing...
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    info needed to settle "discussion"

    Is there a list anywhere of the fewest number of times a species has nested in UK...? was talking to wife about bee eaters breeding near here a few years ago and said it very rarely happens and when she asked if there was any species that had only bred in UK once, I had to admit "I don't...
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    Buzzards

    Game Birds vs BoP It's how the world works, sadly.....until someone makes Buzzards profitable, the "powers that be" will always ensure that their income from the shooting fraternity is maintained..that's one of the main reasons we are banned from many pieces of land that would be otherwise...
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