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  1. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Hopefully there'll be enough patch regulars to cover likely areas on and around 'Greater Grimley'. My patch is not that far as the Crow flies so I'm hoping it heads this way 🤞
  2. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    For me the drawn out squeaky motifs are pretty characteristic - never personally heard Reed or Sedge mimic them with quite the same quality - but quite reminiscent of Icterine and some Hippolais congeners. Would be interesting to get a sonograph of the recording if possible.
  3. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    FWIW I've listened to Josh's video and I'd say it bears all the necessary hallmarks of GRW - no doubt in my mind. The low volume most likely to do with imperceivable distance and/or wind conditions than anything else I expect. On my trips to Lesvos they were particularly common, even in...
  4. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Yes - Bramblings can also feed in trees - I've watched a few doing that this week 👍
  5. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Ian, that would be a significant find for the Grimley area I would have thought.
  6. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    This might help: https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/the-spring-plumage-of-the-cormorant/ The white head plumage is a trait that affects up to 15% of adults in spring - the extent depends on age and sex. They may also develop square white patches on their thighs at this time of year. There is...
  7. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    You're not wrong. It seems to be tacit government policy to fill the whole of England with more and more people and turn this once green and pleasant land into a great big housing estate! All in the name of economic progress - that's a laugh - GDP per capita (the important metric in terms of...
  8. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Hi Brian, You may be right. I was told that the geology of the area meant that a new bridge would require uprated foundations and that the total cost of the bridge alone would be in excess of £100 million (and that was some years back). For the foreseeable future, they seem to be concentrating...
  9. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Is this definitely going ahead? The last I heard (from someone who is involved in one of the local councils) is that the proposed new bridge would be prohibitively expensive. Perhaps this has been reviewed since then.
  10. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Err....newsflash, Laurie!! I'm not interested in your CV or anything you've done in the dim and distant past. The fact that you think I would be just illustrates the level of your conceit as far as I'm concerned. Instead of offering up endless criticisms ('constructive' or otherwise) why don't...
  11. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Sure some things are not ideal but bitching from the sidelines ain't helping anyone. If you were to suggest some positive alternative solutions then the decision makers might take them seriously. However, that would obviously take some kind of effort and a modicum of diplomacy. Much easier...
  12. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Surely most people realise that, without management interventions, all eutrophic wetlands will eventually revert to woodland via scrub, pioneer woodland (usually Birch and Willow) and then, through progressive drying out via transpiration and litter accumulation, to climax woodland. While I...
  13. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    I don't think anyone doubts the level of Lee's experience but it is his use of the adjective 'duff' that is inflammatory as far as I'm concerned. Personally, I'm more impressed by the humility of his statement in his 400 club write-up where he concedes that it is a difficult one to call.
  14. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Well I hope those who were so dismissive are prepared to eat their words if it does prove to be kosher in the end. The problem I see with these 'high and mighty' types is that their overbearance is likely to make ordinary birders more risk-averse and, therefore, more potentially good finds could...
  15. Woodchat

    Grimley and Holt

    Brian, I wouldn't take any cr@p from people who dismiss your find as a 'duff duck'. The truth is it is an interesting bird even if it isn't quite a thoroughbred. We've all had instances in the field where we have had to make a judgement call - sometimes they turn out good, sometimes not so...
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