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  1. Farnboro John

    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Worth remembering that birds have wings and Northern Ireland is not far from mainland Britain. One reason we have to be careful about escapes is that ducks in particular are devils for going long distance for seemingly no reason: British Mandarins in Iceland for instance. You might be safe...
  2. Farnboro John

    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Much birding language doesn't have scientific justification. Why would it need it? Birding is a hobby. Plastic is excellent shorthand for uncountable escapes and unescaped collection birds, is applicable to the vast majority of waterfowl in St James's Park and Regents Park, and gives an easily...
  3. Farnboro John

    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    I wouldn't normally bird in Central London parks and this thread illustrates the reason perfectly. That said I've twitched birds in them either when it's obvious they are wild (Iberian Chiffchaff last year) or on the assurance of a relevant authority (Lesser Scaup in Regents Park declared wild...
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