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Recent content by Mark Payne

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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Agreed John that does look small, been watching the ruff on Neumanns recently they are twice the size, even the Reeves.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    It was a Friend of Julian Thomas (Somerset birder) that's all I know. try contacting him first.
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    Red-breast UK

    Nice Linnet picture.
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    Trophy ringing

    Rumour
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Nothing wrong with the Pochard, same credentrials as your one a few years back, you know the one that was over the border ;0)
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    sounded like the Water Pipit on BWPI to me.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Behave yourself Pod. Jane has the power to reject your record so you don't get a patch tick.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Heard a Squeaky call uttered tonight from this bird which I would have put down as a Water pipit, never heard a Rock pipit call like that before. Rock is a species I have about a zillion times more experience of. Doing research and now getting conflicting information (Pipit Helm guide verses...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    There is no way in the world the Cheshire breeding population could account for these number increases, the population isn't that high. These Cormorants are either coming from the Inland UK counties where a considerable increase has occurred, or they are even coming from the near continent when...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Been submitted by the finder as Western Sandpiper per BBRC in circ file. no debate or discussion wanted; I've got bigger nostrils than you etc, I was just pointing out the submission ;)
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Oh well Pod (MC Shitty), you'll have to find another way to get into the Guinness book of Cheshire records.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    15 Waxwing on Wallerscote road Weaverham 3:30pm today. Just past the Owley Wood turning, flycatching from the large oak.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Rich, have you got directions might try for them at weekend. Cheers pal Mark.
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    Hume's Wheatear?

    I normally watch the Cockshall Road Nature Reserve area of Hungerford. We have lots of these see attached. where did you see the bird I might check it out tommorrow.
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    Where to see redpoll?

    Redpoll's are displaying/singing at the back of Blakemere moss Delamere currently and should be quite easy to pick up.
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