Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Cheers Bob.
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Cheers Bob.
Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Storm Petrel ringing on Filey Brigg tonight. Meet on Carr Naze at 9:30PM. Anyone fancy it?
liverpool_bob
scarce migrant to yorkshire
Another, this time from 2006 and much more detail. Looks like Yorks is a good area... Environment Agency
KnockerNorton
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there is very little data indeed, compared to birds. Very few people go out trapping and finding shrews or small mammals - you need a licence (for shrews), the traps (Longworth) are expensive, not many people know where to submit casual records, not many people can identify them.
Water Shrews strike me as being a bit like moorhens in their habitat choices - if it's got a hint of dampness they'll likely be there. It doesn't have to be clean and running water.
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darrenward
Ace's High
Mike Richardson
Formerly known as Skink1978
Probably the best Water Shrew pic I've seen. Nice one.
Chris-Leeds
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Came across a water shrew a couple of years ago on a bike ride. Nearly picked it up to shift it out of danger, didn't know then about the toxic bite so it's a good thing I didn't.
Chris.
Chris.
KnockerNorton
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I got nipped when i was a kid, after catching one that ran out of a tussock in front of me. Had a numb tingly arm for about half an hour, up to the elbow.
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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please can someone PM me the HB gen. thanks.
bitterntwisted
Graham Howard Shortt
And me. Failed again at Wykeham on Saturday despite being there when three were reported. Is the 2nd car-park, and not the designated watchpoint, the place to be? May try again this weekend.
Graham
James Thomas
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Marcus Conway - ebirder
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yeah, but on gardening leave at the mo
markstenton
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[QUOTE Is the 2nd car-park, and not the designated watchpoint, the place to be?
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I too would be grateful for a PM about this as planning a trip soon . As previously mentioned the instructions on the Forestry Commission website are a bit vague. According to Birdguides lunchtime seems to be good - would you all share this view? Presumably a warm day helps too?
Regards
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I too would be grateful for a PM about this as planning a trip soon . As previously mentioned the instructions on the Forestry Commission website are a bit vague. According to Birdguides lunchtime seems to be good - would you all share this view? Presumably a warm day helps too?
Regards
loiner
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Following a record of three birds over Swillington Ings back in May, an enquiry to the Bird garden resulted in the admission that there are currently three free-flying birds from there.
I have seen up to four free-flying birds at Harewood and at present regularly see two birds around the lake on WEBS visit in the winter (when they probable get extra food from the enclosure) but rarely in summer, when they are presumably on their travels (if not breeding ferally). They have been traced to various counties both north and south of Yorkshire, and will travel considerable distances. One of these two birds is ringed but the other is unringed, making judging the provenance of a single straggler virtually impossible.
Pete Mella
Getting there...
Yeah, I've got an email back from Harewood today saying there's three free-flyers from there, plus two more in the area they're aware of - a "large male" and one wearing a red ring. Their birds were "home" at the weekend, but they couldn't rule out one having a pop across to Donny and back!
God help anyone who sees a genuine white stork in Yorkshire and tries to get it accepted...
If you're going for HB's, the designated raptor viewpoint is where I watch from, as it gives the best visibility of the valley and therefore the best chance of seeing one - the air space viewable from the first car park is very restricted.
They are less than a minutes drive from each other, so nothing to stop you doing both.
If I was going, I'd be there from 9.00am onwards. Tried yesterday for 1.5 hours, and didn't get any, but the weather was far from ideal.
At the end of the day you'll need luck, but the more people there the better - usually someone will pick one up.
They are less than a minutes drive from each other, so nothing to stop you doing both.
If I was going, I'd be there from 9.00am onwards. Tried yesterday for 1.5 hours, and didn't get any, but the weather was far from ideal.
At the end of the day you'll need luck, but the more people there the better - usually someone will pick one up.
Hotspur
James Spencer
I scored at about 11.30 looking westward up the valley from the raptor watchpoint. Ringing this morning about 1 mile inland from Filey Dams, not alot caught (2 Dunnocks, 1 Robin and a Willow Warbler) but loads of potential with a large mixed copse against a quarry face and some standing water. I imagine it will be crawling in Pied Fly's and phylloscs in the right conditions. Had a female Redstart there today sat on the net loops taunting us actually inside the pole but not the net. Next time!
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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New website including full account of recent trip to the Farbes. It would be the best birding place on earth, if it was in Yorkshire that is.
It's taken a while to develop, but I hope you like it!!
www.ebirder.net
It's taken a while to develop, but I hope you like it!!
www.ebirder.net
Marcus Conway - ebirder
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EDIT - please update links if you link to the other site!!
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