I have now uploaded my completed trip report, onto my website. Incredibly I've already had one request for a copy of this. The URL is as follows. ...
stephen.graham5
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May 3, 2003 11:23 am
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I used to see a lot of Kingfishers flying very fast along the Grand Union Canal near Hayes and the business park. Never more than a fast disappearing blue...
Leif GOODWIN
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May 3, 2003 7:11 pm
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Could have been a Redshank which can make a metallic peep not unlike a dog whistle. It is described as a piping call. It is a medum size bird too. NB: I...
Leif GOODWIN
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May 3, 2003 7:12 pm
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Max Nicholson, co-editor of the Birds of the Western Palearctic, died on the 26th April aged 98. Guy Mountfort, from the trio Peterson, Hollom, and Mountford,...
stephen.graham5
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May 4, 2003 1:53 pm
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Could anybody with access to the BBRC annual rarity reports tell me when the last Continental Coat Tit and Great Bustard were recorded in Britain please? The...
stephen.graham5
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May 4, 2003 1:54 pm
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... when the last Continental Coat Tit and Great Bustard were recorded in Britain please? ... Continental Coal Tit is pretty much annual somewhere in Britain...
Stephen, this summary is taken from Birdguides "past records" section listing all BBRC accepted records in the last 25 years: 1987 Norfolk New Buckenham, two...
Bob, Going through older e-mails I found your one about siskins. We still have a pair in our Crowthorne garden. They seem to especially enjoy feeding on ...
Ian Twyford
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May 5, 2003 7:49 pm
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If you haven't already submitted any sightings to Migration Watch this year, then now is a good time to start! Many migrants are still yet to arrive in large...
Hi All Over the weekend I noticed 3 Terrapins sunbathing on the raft on Hurst pond. They looked to be at least 9 inches long and presumably had been thrown out...
roy alliss
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May 6, 2003 9:59 am
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Great to see so many Berks birders at the 'First' Audouin's yesterday, cracking bird and worth all the panic. An excellent round off to the long weekend. Frase...
In a message dated 06/05/2003 12:05:40 GMT Daylight Time, ... Sure was! We got back from Scotland late Sunday so went for the Alpine Swift first thing Monday...
I'm very pleased for you!! The ROC trip to Dungeness on Sunday got off to a slow start at Dunge, but we thought we had done really well when we finished the...
Hi Roy, I doubt if the RSPCA would be too fussed. Although it is probably illegal to release them, I suspect it would be difficult to find the person(s)...
Hi all, According to the Berksbirds database, Paul Bright-Thomas has just (1605) seen 2 1st summer Spoonbills fly South over Finchamstead. Apparently they ...
... (1605) ... Apparently they ... Moor Green ... This means our bird race team is the only team where all members have found Spoonbills in Berks! Best of luck...
I received this email alert today, 8th May, at 10.45. Other email alerts in the last few days have been reasonably on time. Anyone know why this was ...
Some people get all the luck ;-) [Well done, Paul!] (I've been to Lower Farm GP a few times this spring, and something good seems to get found the day after...
Well, I can only speculate, but what about the following scenario? The person finding the bird is a non-birder; a few days later he happens to meet someone...
... alerts in ... this was ... It isn't a delay in the email. The sighting wasn't entered onto the database until today. The emails are formatted with the date...
In a message dated 08/05/2003 11:20:03 GMT Daylight Time, ... OK, thanks Marek. I do get some problems with the email alerts. Eg the Spoonbills - I saw the...
... It's complicated because... 1. The observer might not enter the sighting the same day. 2. The email might get sent but delayed by my ISP where the website...
I believe Mike most probably got the Spoonbill news via email from berksbirds.co.uk, since I only notified Marek directly. It was on the pager services well...
Hi Bren I too did not get the posting about the Hoopoe till lunchtime today. So I can confirm that some of the email alerts from Mareks database can sometimes...
Paul and all, I just happened to be looking at the Berksbirds sightings page soon after you put it on! Since I hadn't received a text alert yet (some days...
For anyone who may be interested, the UK County list on the UK400 web site includes a number of Berkshire county year listers ers who do not participate in the...
Get the messages sent to your mobile ... often when I put sightings in to the database my mobile rings with the text message before the screen has recycled! ...
