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

    Well no not normal. Hyde park is quite well watched by (iirc) Des Mackenzie & others. It attracts lots of plastics like white-winged tern, white-fronted goose and bearded tits ...all feral of course. I didn't see any mention of nightingales on the London birders site but perhaps I was away.
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Seriously? Didn't see that report. But they're back at Cheshunt at least
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    No that's Berkeley Square...
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Or indeed anything else. Your list, your rules... (Have I seen a wild takahe or Madagascar teal? No, but I count myself lucky to have seen live captive ones)
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    (elsewhere we've discussed ebird's somewhat idiosyncratic choices as to what is introduced vs native. According to their maps, birds are very able to observe and understand human country borders, such that what's native to one immediately becomes introduced in an adjacent realm. I must admit...
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Would you tick northern populations of white-throated magpie-jay in Mexico or Northern bobwhite in Cuba?
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Let's jump on one of several terms I used and not address the others... ...Never said things had to be scientific. It's not true that everyone has the same definition of "plastic" (i.e. it's subjective), also not the case that everyone views ornamental waterfowl as junk. I don't: not when the...
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Totally disagree. And this ignores the fact that those parks are the most accessible places for many of us. ("Plastic" is a bizarre, largely indefensible and subjective term which has no scientific justification.)
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    But it's a "nice" distinction. As ebird was so keen to point out (at least until recently) many of our birds like mute swans probably mostly derive from populations with some form of human intervention. So greylags are found in truly wild forum only in Scotland etc. how can you tell which is...
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    St. James Park in London: What is wild and what isnt?

    Difficult with some of these. Ruddy shelduck no. Goldeneye unlikely. Red-crested pochard perhaps. Basic q is, is it pinioned or not? (How many full wings does it have?) Some of these have established feral populations in the area now. Obviously mandarin but also red-crested pochard...
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