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  1. simon1930

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    Where I've counted a rookery in my first visit I haven't entered anything for the colony count on the second visit. Not only have the birds fledged but the trees are now fully leaved! I'm sure that once you've entered the count, it is logged and it doesn't matter that you don't record it again...
  2. simon1930

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    I did one of my Derbyshire Peak District squares this morning - lovely day for it! Pretty productive in terms of number of species - 51 and then another 6 extras after the end of the 2 hours. And very pleasing to get confirmed breeding for 14 species. Garden Warblers now well in - 5 singing -...
  3. simon1930

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    Ken, I agree - Jays are very diffcult to prove. I've only even seen one nest and that was in Poland! There was a photo in the papers a few weeks ago of one nest-building in Downing Street - sitting out in the open with a twig in its beak! Pretty untypical behaviour, I'd say (but I hope someone...
  4. simon1930

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    To pick up on Surreybirder's mention of Little Owl, I've got the impression over the last few weeks that these cold, frosty or snowy mornings we're having encourage them to sit out a bit more openly than usual. On 1st Jan, which was a very frosty morning in Derbyshire, I had 4 in one tetrad...
  5. simon1930

    Atlas listing

    Dave, I asked more or less the same question to the RO for Derbyshire and he went back to the guidelines which just say to extrapolate based on the numbers you counted in the TTVs. I agree that this can give a result which you know is wrong - so you could leave the estimate blank, and I would...
  6. simon1930

    Atlas listing

    Hi all, I've just found this thread and thought I'd say hello to fellow atlassers. I'm doing several squares in Derbyshire, now half way through my second visits for this winter. My squares are mostly rural, a mixture of habitats including woodland, farmland, moorland, stretches of river...
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