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  1. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    OK, but what is there at Bempton apart from seabirds and Tree Sparrows (what have the Romans done for us? ;) ) John
  2. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    You can even make a case for that: no two Springs are alike, and contrasting two makes for additional interest and education. A change will definitely be good after that though. Where would you suggest? John
  3. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Yes but they report from other locations during every series, and I think they are also keen to run a whole year at each site they use now, which makes a good deal of sense. The main site has to have a wider selection of stuff than most of the fringes of the UK: look at back issues on here and...
  4. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    The only bright side is that Chris's pronunciation prevents him from having to emphasise in the British fashion "man-da- TORY" which I think would be complete anathema to him..... John
  5. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    The BBC used to have a pronunciation department but judging from output across the Corporation it is either gone or no longer compulsory to consult it.... However I got the impression from other words that Megan mispronounced that I am fairly sure were familiar to her, that what we have been...
  6. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    My experience is you can't prevent hunters or other undesirables making technological advances: all you can do is turn them to your own advantage. The Watches do that admirably and reach a significant portion of the population with their presentations. Welcome to the 21st century! John
  7. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Programme opener: Fox predates Stoat in the dead of night, courtesy of thermal camers. Sterile? I don't think so! (Full marks to a cameraman with an eye for action and Wyatt Earp reactions, too.) John
  8. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    With you on that. Anything but sterile. Indeed there is something quite magical about what the technology achieves in deep darkness. John
  9. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Good show last night, maximum wildlife with minimum tweeness. John
  10. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    When you study groups of animals for any time - higher vertebrates we're talking here - you quickly discover that where you can consistently identify individuals they have personalities. So while I agree you can take the trait things too far, you can also argue that mentioning personality...
  11. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Yes, I also enjoyed the Jack Snipe and Woodcock. It struck me while dipping Bittern this afternoon at Blashford that a thermal imager might have done the trick in seconds. Oystercatchers though... flippin eck. A thousand things they could show us (how about Purple Sandpipers or the Sanderlings...
  12. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Michaela and Chris on Zoe Ball's R2 prog this morning. I'm getting hacked off by continual vegan propaganda now (Chris was pushing the vegan options at the WWT Welney cafe), might start enumerating all the lovely meat fish and eggs I eat in my accounts of birding days. I'll still be watching...
  13. Farnboro John

    Winterwatch 2022

    Thanks Euan, I will keep an eye out for this. Cheers John
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