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  1. Mary

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    The main bird I wanted to get nesting evidence for this year was swift! There's plenty flying about, but I could never spot them going to their nest sites. So I went out round the town on my bike, morning and evening, standing around looking up at the sky and getting some very strange looks! I...
  2. Mary

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    If the nest site for local swifts is not easy to find, what other evidence of breeding is there? It's not possible to see food carrying, and to my eye, the juvs as they wizz past are indistinguishable from the adults! Are the 'close formation' groups that fly around screaming likely to be mixed...
  3. Mary

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    Today's winter map for Raven is interesting, I reckon. Certainly more widespread than I expected. http://www.bto.org/birdatlas/birdoftheday.htm
  4. Mary

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    I was meaning Roving Records, Alan. I'm concentrating on getting breeding evidence of the 'easier' species this year, to get into the swing of it. Then can concentrate on others in future years. What you say does apply to Timed visits, as far as I know.
  5. Mary

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    Having felt pretty much the same, I understand what you mean, Amelia1730. Even now, I wouldn't call myself any sort of expert, and am still learning all the time, and seeing new species. But you have 4 years to see as many as possible in the tetrad, so each year you'll becoming more experienced...
  6. Mary

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    Good point, Mike - consistency is the key. No, I've not noted that robins etc are singing; like you I'll wait for the stronger evidence for their breeding, which probably won't be long.
  7. Mary

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    I heard our winter visiting blackcap singing this morning - the males did this last year before leaving for summer quarters. As they are not likely to be nesting here, would I still record the male singing?
  8. Mary

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    I'm doing the same, Alan, as I can't commit to doing TTVs for sure. I think one of the main features of TTVs and Birdtrack lists is the timed element. Although I don't understand the mathematics, I think there are tried and tested formulae for each species that can mean e.g. if 5 robins are...
  9. Mary

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    Brilliant, Andy! Hope it will have a GBW and GBFS section!:clap:
  10. Mary

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    It certainly makes your head spin! I've only been recording numbers of 'easy' species like Buzzard for BirdTrack, and noting species only for more numerous birds - a bit lazy, really. This morning's count required much more concentration! Fortunately, lots of wrens were singing, which helped...
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