Silvio Davison said:
....sorry but I just wanted to add more things to this thread.
Hi Silvio. Roger's comment appropriately reminds us of one of the Birdforum guidelines, which I quote here:
Please stay on topic as far as possible. If you want to discuss a different subject, start a new thread - don't hijack someone else’s thread.
Hint: If your comments don't match the title of the thread, you are probably off topic.
After all, this thread is in the 'Your Local Patch' forum, so posts ought to relate basically to birding in the dismal backwater that is Seaton. We do occasionally wander off-topic, it's true, but I guess most readers tune in because they are curious about the latest antics of the local birders etc...
Incidentally, the full, unexpurgated BF guidelines can be read here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=29155
Right then -
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. This species is officially extinct in E Devon. If you hear one calling or drumming you'll need to track it down before rashly ticking it off, because you will UNDOUBTEDLY find that the noise is coming from a cd and loudspeaker, not a bird, as a would-be
LSW spotter gets desperate. No records will be accepted without photographic evidence and corroboration from at least 5 other birders.
Karen - you're right. Forget all this marching about in the woods! Transfer that time and effort to the coast and keep your mobile fully charged!! And when you find a male
melanoleuca Black-eared Wheatear please make sure I'm not at the top of a ladder before you tell me what you've got!
Colin Bushell said:
Gavin,
Something wrong here. When we lived in London weren't all the Iceland Gulls in the north and the wintering Spotted Red's and Greenshanks in the south-west?
Hi Colin. The many hundreds of
Iceland Gulls that have been visiting the Axe this winter are only here because they were all issued with faulty GPS units - they actually think this is the Ribble! |=)|