Forum: Lists
Saturday 26th October 2019, 13:00
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,573
As you cross the Arnside viaduct and reach the...
As you cross the Arnside viaduct and reach the Grange side there's a stream running parallel with the railway on your right. it's often full of birds. A Green Sandpiper was here during for quite a...
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Forum: Conservation
Tuesday 22nd October 2019, 20:19
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Replies: 8
Views: 609
Sadly I read about a similar case in the...
Sadly I read about a similar case in the Dominican Republic. Haitian wood gatherers were crossing the border to collect wood for cooking and heating, from a protected forest vital for birds and...
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Forum: Conservation
Monday 21st October 2019, 18:42
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,350
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Forum: Bird Behaviour
Saturday 12th October 2019, 11:30
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Replies: 9
Views: 385
I've seen a Merlin hunting for bats in Cuba. It...
I've seen a Merlin hunting for bats in Cuba. It was waiting till dusk and when the bats emerged it was an easy catch. A nightly event apparently. Another birdwatcher had seen it happening and sure...
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Forum: Lists
Friday 11th October 2019, 17:55
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,573
There's a few flocks of Whooper Swan passing...
There's a few flocks of Whooper Swan passing through the Kent estuary.
They eventually head towards the Arnside viaduct and will stop either side generally.
Big numbers of Lapwing between the...
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Forum: Lists
Monday 7th October 2019, 10:17
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,573
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Forum: Spain including the Canary & Balearic Isles
Monday 2nd September 2019, 13:06
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Replies: 847
Views: 156,817
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Monday 2nd September 2019, 11:55
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,580
I record species, number location and grid...
I record species, number location and grid reference then send them off to the County recorder at the end of the year. The submissions are collated in the county records so they can gauge numbers and...
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Thursday 29th August 2019, 17:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 408
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Monday 26th August 2019, 11:10
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Replies: 57
Views: 3,028
How far do birders walk?
In the case of Idle...
How far do birders walk?
In the case of Idle Jack, a local birdwatcher, not very far.
Bumped into him recently viewing a wet field full of birds, stood right next to his car. He said the adjacent...
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Forum: Information Wanted
Monday 26th August 2019, 09:48
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Replies: 0
Views: 133
Mysterious Hawthorne bushes recovery
If there are any plant experts out there perhaps they could explain what happened to the apparently dead hawthorn bushes which came alive again this year.
They are individual bushes spread out over a...
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Sunday 25th August 2019, 13:26
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Replies: 5
Views: 408
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Sunday 25th August 2019, 11:38
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Replies: 5
Views: 408
The Environment Agency have a listening ear
Our local estuary is defended by miles of raised bunds.
Every year the Environment Agency mow them twice.
I asked if they could leave the bottom and edges of the bunds uncut to allow them to grow...
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Wednesday 21st August 2019, 15:56
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Replies: 4
Views: 674
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Wednesday 21st August 2019, 15:15
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Replies: 1
Views: 300
Willow Warblers in the North West
On another thread someone mentioned how many Willow Warblers they saw or heard on a trip up north and compared it with the apparent decrease in the south.
On my travels around my local patches I've...
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Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
Tuesday 20th August 2019, 19:11
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Replies: 6
Views: 468
'Taxonomic question - presume you are using...
'Taxonomic question - presume you are using eBird/Clements taxonomy, as IOC splits Cory's and Scopoli's?[/QUOTE]'
Pass!
Not gone into it in such greater detail.I'll look that one up.I use the older...
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Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
Monday 19th August 2019, 18:08
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Replies: 6
Views: 468
Good question!
Sadly, didn't get a good enough...
Good question!
Sadly, didn't get a good enough view to identify, so I just recorded them as Swift species.
Yes, it was an enjoyable cruise, probably better done next month to see more birds on the...
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Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
Monday 19th August 2019, 18:00
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Replies: 6
Views: 468
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Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
Monday 19th August 2019, 16:48
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Replies: 6
Views: 468
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Forum: Birds Of Prey
Friday 16th August 2019, 21:25
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,564
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Monday 29th July 2019, 19:59
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,142
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Forum: Information Wanted
Tuesday 23rd July 2019, 18:26
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Replies: 21
Views: 973
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Friday 19th July 2019, 16:11
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Replies: 10
Views: 627
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Forum: Bird Behaviour
Thursday 18th July 2019, 17:42
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Replies: 9
Views: 582
That damn Wood Pigeon on our roof. It never...
That damn Wood Pigeon on our roof. It never stops, from morning till night. It goes on and on an and and on.............[ unless it comes down for a feed in the garden, when it temporarily shuts up].
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Forum: Birds & Birding
Monday 15th July 2019, 17:59
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Replies: 10
Views: 627
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