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    Manx shearwater voice recordings

    Can anyone give me a link to some Manx shearwater call recordings.. there's a short one on the Manx shrearwater page on Opus, but I'd like to hear more! A rather unusual (sound only) garden tick depends on it! ;)
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    Guillemots nesting.. or not!

    Last week on "Les Autelets" guillemot nesting Stack, on Sark CI, there were about 200 guillemots, crowded onto the ledges... this week I returned and there were none at all. Is it normal for them to come and go like that!
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    First Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)

    The First Blackthorn blossum is out here on Sark (Channel Islands) Post your first sightings here and see if we can track the arrival of Spring! If I remember right, it's usually out in the Midlands by the middle of March... so it must be late this year.
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    Primary projection.

    In layman's terms, and words of less than one syllable.. what is it? ;)
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    French birding websites?

    Are there any websites reporting bird sightings in France? The reason I'm asking is living in the Channel Islands I'm keen to see which migrants are heading this way.... and by the time they get reported on the English web-sites, they will have past though here. I know about various Channel...
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    Web sites on migration, English Channel

    Can you recommend any websites that track migration in the English Channel areas. With Spring coming soon (!) I'm looking for websites on either side of the Channel giving up-to-date reports about what's moving through... and what I can expect to be looking out for here (Channel Islands)...
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    Big Garden Birdwatch (UK)

    It's that weekend again http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ Any unusual, strange or unexpected sightings this year!
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    Snowed off and stuck indoors

    It's a good day for a garden birdwatch! 1, Blue Tit 2, Chaffinch 3, House sparrow 4, Robin, 5, Herring gull 6, Dunnock Feel free to add your list!
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    Give the birds some water

    .. if you live somewhere iced over! I'm sure you all do..but there's no harm in reminding!
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    Black rat

    Sark is known to be one of the last Brittish refuges of the Black rat, Rattus rattus. I can't find out if we have brown rats as well. The Question is... How can I tell the difference! I've seen several rats, scurrying across cliff top paths, they seem smaller and darker than normal rats.
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    Finding rare birds.. tips please!

    I've never pretended to be an expert birder... more of an extreme dogwalker with binoculars... but I think I know what's what (and BWP is my bedtime reading!) Now that I live somewhere that vagrants are to be expected, has any one got any tips on how I might best find them. I'm getting to...
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    In an Island garden

    On the 1st of November I moved to the Island of Sark. I'm Head gardener in a private garden on the Island, so I'm out and about all day, everyday, (but not neccessarily birding). The Garden is in two parts. the main Garden is perched atop a cliff on the more sheltered Eastern coast, about three...
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    spam from my self?????

    I've started receiving spam adressed from my own account... I wont open them... any advice? I have contacted my ISP
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    Ramblings, Radio 4

    Radio 4 at it's absolute best, nothing happens, no shouting, no music (no birds!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xrr2 Have half an hour in the company of the lovely Clare Balding, you're there with her every step of the way.
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    Southern Uplands, climate!

    Not really a bird related question... but I'm applying for a job near Biggar, in the Southern Uplands... and don't really know the area... ... two questions How bad is the weather there? (compared to anywhere else in Scotland) Is it midgey? ( I used to be in Argyll) Thanks in advance.
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    Somerset UK Grass/flower

    Any ideas? The grass has a very flat profile! Both found on edge of ploughed field on calcareous soil.... today.
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    Blind birding, radio4, ramblings

    I've just finished listening to a fabulous Radio 4 programme....Ramblings... the Lovely Claire Balding went birding with blind people... classic radio at it's best. It'll be on I-player.(in a bit.. for a short period only).. so the whole World can listen www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xrr2...
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    In a Somerset Garden

    I've never made a proper list before.... but here goes....... This week I move into a new home and job, I'm a professional gardener, I'm going to be looking after a large country garden, surrounded by it's own pastures, around 30 acres in all. I have my own 1/2 acre garden, tucked away in the...
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    Fungi uk

    Any ideas? Feb 2009, Dartmoor UK
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    Scottish Crossbills in Argyll

    Today's Atlas "bird or the day" on the BTO website shows a record of Scottish Crossbills in Argyll, (and one near Glasgow.) www.bto.org/birdatlas/birdoftheday.htm Do they really get that far south? I'm particularly interested as I used to live in the Square shown, and contributed to that...
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    Bush's legacy?

    www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/george-bush-conservation-climate-change Look what that nice Mr Bush is up to now!
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    Hybrid goose/Scotland/29-04-08

    I saw this on Loch Fyne today.... i'm assuming it's a Canada x Greylag
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    Beavers In Scotland??????

    BBC Scotland are reporting that "damage" to trees which could be atributable to beavers has been found in the Forfar/Angus area. No legal releases have taken place, but has someone lost a few or accidentally released some? Does anyone know any more?
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    White Blackbird Uk

    Back in October, I had a white blackbird in the garden. I just wondered, as it has distinctive wing marks, has any one seen it since (or before). It arrived, here in Argyll with a noticable fall of blackbirds and other thrushes, stayed for about a week, then moved on.
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    Bare-faced go-away bird

    I see from the updates to OPUS that there's a bird called the "Bare-faced go-away bird" All I can say is... "I'm speechless!" I need to know more details!.... why? where? what?
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