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Unity

It's not for me to make apologies for 'Mr Woodhorn' :C BUT his sentiment is not one universally held north of the river (Tyne, that is) :-C, I mean I am from Liverpool and we're even lower down the food chain :-O
 
lets keep football rivalry off this site....plenty of Sunderland supporters in Northumberland...and plenty of Newcastle supporters in Durham...
 
STill plenty time to lure it in with a packet of chips at newbiggin )

btw the word mackem isnt a football(rivalry) term, its a historical word for an inhabitant of sunderland area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackem

"Ville (French pronunciation: [vil]) is the modern French word of Latin origin now meaning city or town, but the first meaning in the middle-ages was farm (from Latin villa rustica) and then village. The derivative suffix "-ville" is commonly used in English in names of cities, towns and villages."

Therefore the bird was indeed in `mackemville.` ALthough some might split hairs and say whitburn isnt in sunderland.....
 
woodhornbirder said:
STill plenty time to lure it in with a packet of chips at newbiggin )

btw the word mackem isnt a football(rivalry) term, its a historical word for an inhabitant of sunderland area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackem

"Ville (French pronunciation: [vil]) is the modern French word of Latin origin now meaning city or town, but the first meaning in the middle-ages was farm (from Latin villa rustica) and then village. The derivative suffix "-ville" is commonly used in English in names of cities, towns and villages."

Therefore the bird was indeed in `mackemville.` ALthough some might split hairs and say whitburn isnt in sunderland.....
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Whitburn isn't in Sunderland.Whitburn is in South Tynside.Sunderland has nothing to do what so ever with Styneside it's in Tyne and Wear.
 
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woodhornbirder said:
STill plenty time to lure it in with a packet of chips at newbiggin )

btw the word mackem isnt a football(rivalry) term, its a historical word for an inhabitant of sunderland area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackem

"Ville (French pronunciation: [vil]) is the modern French word of Latin origin now meaning city or town, but the first meaning in the middle-ages was farm (from Latin villa rustica) and then village. The derivative suffix "-ville" is commonly used in English in names of cities, towns and villages."

Therefore the bird was indeed in `mackemville.` ALthough some might split hairs and say whitburn isnt in sunderland.....
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Ya diggin ya self a hole!;)
 
Hi Brian

There will be ;) August 12th pelagic has been rearranged to this coming Friday, September 3rd, and then we're out again on Saturday 4th.

There's one place left for Friday 3rd. £60. First come (either by PM, e-mail or 'phone O167O 827465), first served.

Trip report will be posted at www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk/blog

cheers
martin

Brian Bullough said:
Hi Martin ,is there any info or link to trip reports for the pelagics.
Brian
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St Mary's

Greenish Warbler showed, but for barely 5 seconds in 5 hours watching, at 12.30 today at St Mary's.

Merlin did 3 air displays and landed on top of the lighthouse.
 
Thanks Martin I have had a look and so far can't find the pelagic reports I have found some here though, link here for those interested.
http://dustybins.blogspot.com/2009/08/ntbcnewt-pelagic-7-aug-3.html
Brian





martin kitching said:
Hi Brian

There will be ;) August 12th pelagic has been rearranged to this coming Friday, September 3rd, and then we're out again on Saturday 4th.

There's one place left for Friday 3rd. £60. First come (either by PM, e-mail or 'phone O167O 827465), first served.

Trip report will be posted at www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk/blog

cheers
martin
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Hi Brian

Here are a few (including some of our winter pelagic survey work, shorter pelagics and links to video footage of White-beaked Dolphins from one of our pelagics in 2005);

http://pterodroma.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/newt-pelagic-050909/

http://www.northernexperiencewildli.../a-swell-weekend-for-a-survey-or-two-or-three

http://www.northernexperiencewildli...dex.php/birdwatching/masters-of-all-we-survey

http://www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk/blog/index.php/birdwatching/seal-of-approval

http://www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk/blog/index.php/uncategorized/eye-of-the-storm

http://northeastcetaceans.blogspot.com/2009/07/white-beaked-dolphins.html

cheers
martin

Brian Bullough said:
Thanks Martin I have had a look and so far can't find the pelagic reports
Brian
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I went to St Mary's this afternoon with my four year old daughter. As we got to the Northeast corner, I was told by a couple of birders that the Greenish Warbler hadn't been seen since this morning. So having a four year old that loves climbing, to entertain. We climbed over the first stile, as a small bird flew into the willows in front of us. I got the bins on it, as it flitted around the edge of the willows. It had a bright Greyish looking supersilium and a single wing bar. By the time I got the attention of the other birders there, it had disappeared into the willows again.

And that is how it is done Mr M. 8-P ;)
 
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