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  1. T0ny

    Jackdaws in S.E.England

    I used to live in SW London (Surbiton) until 8 months ago, and they were locally common - lots in Kingston, Surbiton, Tolworth & Malden Manor, but very few in some of the intervening districts. Tony
  2. T0ny

    Pager slaves - doncha hate 'em?

    Thank you for that, Peter - I think I also felt more than a little sorry for them, having just shared half-an-hour or so with a group of kids to whom every bird was an excitement, and who couldn't wait to share their joy at what they'd seen. Tony PS if any of you were there today, and didn't...
  3. T0ny

    Pager slaves - doncha hate 'em?

    In a (probably vain) attempt to raise the focus of this thread above its present level ; today, while I did my GGBC (80 species, on my own) at Cley, a Pectoral Sandpiper turned up. In the way of such arrivals, it made a tour of the places, stopping briefly on each pool before continuing...
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    At last theyre here.....

    Nina, In the deeds to my house, there is a clause stating I must not brew or distill alcohol on the premises, nor may I invite parties of ten or more people to any function at which alcohol is served or otherwise made available AND for which an entrance fee is charged. Curiously, I had no...
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    At last theyre here.....

    That is good news, Nina - on Thursday, before the wind & rain that greeted May 1, I saw some prospecting on a house two doors away from me, and they've been flying overhead twittering, but no arrivals yet at the other local colony - very near a pub ! Tony
  6. T0ny

    Babies! We have BABIES!

    You sound as if you're happy about something, Beverly - why not share it with the rest of us ? Seriously, that is really great news - please keep us informed of all progress of chicks and parents. Tony
  7. T0ny

    Black Redstart

    Very nice, Karl - good sighting. In London (so I've been told) they liked bomb-sites after the war, but most of those have now been built on, ready to provide targets for next time ... Tony
  8. T0ny

    Can I add this to my list

    Polygon ? Oh, no, we've had that one. Where's Polygon ? Up a geometree. Marcel Proust
  9. T0ny

    Barbaric practices in France

    'Paris restaurant serves millionth strangled duck PARIS (Reuters) - Select guests have gathered at a top Paris restaurant to sample the one millionth duck to be snatched from grassy marshland, carefully strangled and ritually cooked with its own blood. The legendary Tour d'Argent has been...
  10. T0ny

    Can I add this to my list

    I Wish To Register A Complaint !
  11. T0ny

    Osprey Horror Story

    Simon, there's dumb and there's viciously abusive. Deportation is expensive, though - why not provide him with transport to the US 50-mile limit, and let him make his own way, unassisted, from there ? Tony
  12. T0ny

    Can I add this to my list

    If anyone 'splits their sides' laughing at this lot (unlikely I know) it could be a parrotschism of laughter. Tony
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    Can I add this to my list

    If they leave the parrot in the car when it's raining, it'll be polyunsaturated. If it makes the tea, it'll be polyputheketalon. If it speaks many languages, it must be a polyglot. Tony PS if it says 'sorry' to horses, it's apollygees
  14. T0ny

    My Week at The Reseve

    Glad you're doing so well - how long before they make you manager ? Tony
  15. T0ny

    How do I start?

    One final point (from me, anyway) - please keep us up to date with all your trips, sightings and frustrations - and keep asking questions, we'll do our best to help. Since you're not on-line at present, I assume you and the kids are out looking for owls ? Tony
  16. T0ny

    albino birds

    For a second, I read that as 'White's Thrush' ! Tony
  17. T0ny

    How do I start?

    If you're happy going out with a group, great - if not, but you don't want to be alone, there are various Further Education (Evening Classes) opportunities - ask at the local library. The RSPB publish a book with the most common 200 or so species in the UK (though I doubt you'll find Waxwing in...
  18. T0ny

    Cranes

    They're resident, Ashley - best place to see them (Although others may not agree !) is from Stubbs Mill - park at Hickling NWT Reserve, and walk along track to Mill - stand on raised bank overlooking Horsey Mere, and they should either fly in over head (magic) or appear to the left, near the...
  19. T0ny

    Pager slaves - doncha hate 'em?

    I agree about a hide full of chirping pagers - I put mine on vibrate mode for when I'm in company (explains the occasional grin and shiver). Tony
  20. T0ny

    Newbie question bird identification

    Well done Michael - I don't have any books on Chinese birds - yet ! Tony
  21. T0ny

    Newbie question bird identification

    Just looking in books now - nearest I've found so far is Pratincole spp. - highly unlikely, I know. Can't find anything in cage bird line, but I'll keep looking. This is intriguing ! Tony
  22. T0ny

    what did you see first this year?

    Also dipped on Alpine Swift today. Tony
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    Pager slaves - doncha hate 'em?

    Reformed ? Me ? ''He don't know me vewwy well, do he ? '' (Bugs Bunny). No, Peter, I still have a pager, and occasionally I will act on the info given if I think it's worth going to see what's around at a site - it did, after all, help me get the Sardinian Warbler at Holme the other week, but I...
  24. T0ny

    Pager slaves - doncha hate 'em?

    They have their amusing side, Peter. A few years ago, I was with a friend on Holme Dunes, looking for an elusive Wryneck, along with about 70-odd (very odd !) other birders. Suddenly the air was rent with an hideous cacophany of electronic shrieks, everyone grabbed their pagers (including me...
  25. T0ny

    Going,going,gone!

    Ditto also likewise. Tony
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