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  1. M

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    Fill the gaps Yes, like the rest of you, I'm trying to fill in gaps. My particular bane seems to be Dunnocks as they're missing from a few of my tetrads. Now the weather is warmer, they're starting to sing, so I'm driving round some tetrads and listening for birds that were skulking in...
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    Pied/white wagtail There is a possibility of confusion with this species if you click on the new "My Local Gaps" option. The system tells me that for hectad NZ26, the highest breeding status for Pied/White Wagtail is "H - Seen in suitable nesting habitat". When I click on "Any square summary"...
  3. M

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    Thanks Dawn and Ken. M for migrant it is.
  4. M

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    Use of M - Migrant breeding code On Thursday in NZ29E, I came across a flock of 200 Golden Plover feeding and resting in a ploughed field in lowland Northumberland. I'm tempted to give them a code of M - Migrant as they are probably migrating from their wintering sites on the coast up to their...
  5. M

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    Grey wags Yes, I think you're all right. I have not been seeing enough during TTVs to tell, but on my local patch, I saw 6 during the 2008/9 winter between Christmas and the end of January compared with 2 this winter in the same period. On the up side, I've seen 6 since the middle of February...
  6. M

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    I haven't noticed it before but nine times out of ten, I'd be on autopilot and go straight to the green Log In button at the bottom of the page without reading what's above. Doh.
  7. M

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    I'm sitting on the fence on this one. I'm getting a reasonable number of Goldcrests on my local patch, a wooded valley about 2 miles from the centre of Newcastle. On the other hand, after finishing four breeding tetrads out in rural Northumberland, I've yet to hear or see a Goldcrest. Maybe...
  8. M

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    Yes we have, but I've changed my mind about it. Last year I did all my early breeding tetrads in May, but in case anything went wrong, I also did one in early April, a "banker", to be discarded if I had time to repeat it in May. I did have time and discarded it (but entered it on Bird Track)...
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    The Atlas home page says that ROs are now checking (validating?) all Atlas/Birdtrack records. It makes sense for the system to prevent a set of records being changed once they've been checked, otherwise no one would know where they were. I agree, email your RO/county coordinator. Can't think...
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    Yes, you're quite right. All my tetrads have been on the coastal plain and my problems tend towards deep mud and flooding. I'm only leaving myself 2 tetrads to do in the final year, so if I ask for a few more, the high moors are probably all that will be left, looking at the take up maps. Not...
  11. M

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    Hi Ken, I hate to admit this but I've only just noticed an 'atlas tools' section. Has it always been there in some form or other? I think 'nilnoct' only applies to roving records (I would not fancy doing some of my TTVs in the dark). I agree, there's no separate instruction sheet for roving...
  12. M

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    Sorry Scodger but if you're missing something, so am I. I get round it by viewing my data for a tetrad, highlighting the data table and then copying and pasting into Excel. It probably takes about the same time as re-entering the raw data into Excel by the time I add columns for date and...
  13. M

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    Wow, 50 squares. I thought I was brave, taking 25. Finished NZ29B today, farmland (arable and pasture) at the edge of opencast site. OS Map Reasonable flocks of corvids as usual and a flock of c300 woodpigeons! A charm of 40 goldfinches was nice but they did not hang around. I did get 2...
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    I think you timed your visit to the north east to perfection, Ken. I gather we had the best of the weather this weekend (unusual, but it can happen). I trust you filled in your roving records with a geordie accent! If you've seen the skuas and shearwaters at Big Waters, I think you've done...
  15. M

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    Joan I'm pleased you cracked the problem.:-O Best wishes
  16. M

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    Hi Joan, I give up on this one. I've just created a roving record for 4th April for a Wheatear and it was accepted. (I've since deleted it.) I can't think what the problem is unless Wheatear records are rejected if they are dated before some key date.:C I think an email to Dawn is the next...
  17. M

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    Hi Joan, Not sure what's going on here. Is this a Roving Record or a Timed Tetrad Visit? For a TTV you shouldn't have to enter a name. It should just be there, part way down Page 3, ready for you to enter a count. Can't try myself though as I haven't recorded one yet and I don't know how...
  18. M

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    First spring survey of tetrad NZ29V (provisional) Did my first spring/summer tetrad today, NZ29V comprising a wooded river valley, a village, and agricultural land (all arable). This will hopefully never be entered in the database as it is a 'banker'. I agree with Ken about surveying in May...
  19. M

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    Hi Steve, You're doing well there. All I've got so far is a pair of dippers visiting a nest (in fact a pair of nests about 15m apart :eek!:) and a pair of nuthatches visiting a nest hole. The nuthatches were seen during a February TTV so I'll try and find the same tree when I revisit. Best...
  20. M

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    Just refreshing this thread to push it back near the top ready for the April/May surveys. I'm hoping to get one in the bag by the weekend. Always a bit worrying trying to sort out pairs like Blackcap/Garden Warbler and Sedge Warbler/Reed Warbler when they first arrive, before I've 'got my ear...
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    Revised population estimates Having received the "Bird Atlas 2007-11 February 2008" newsletter, I've just finished updating my population estimates on the basis of extras and roving records. It was not too big a task. For my eight tetrads surveyed so far there were five estimates to add based...
  22. M

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    Easytide I've just checked the Easytide web site and it is now working normally again.:-O
  23. M

    Atlas listing

    Easytide web site I just received the following reply from the UKHO Helpdesk. I must say, I'm impressed by their timely response.
  24. M

    Atlas listing

    James, Thanks for letting me know. I've emailed the UKHO Helpdesk so when I hear from them, I'll post their reply here.
  25. M

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    Easytide web site Having coastal tetrads to display, I have been using the free 7 day tide prediction service on the Admiralty UK Hydrographic Office Easytide web site to plan surveys so the tide is above half way. Admiralty UKHO site When I tried to use it at the weekend, I either got a...
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