I was trying to find an article on Geese in the Science section of the Economist last night. A generic/DNA study into Hawaii Geese has shown that they are...
stephen.graham5
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Jan 1, 2004 10:18 am
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According to RBA there has been no sign of the Bearded Tit up to 10.20 today, but there were Bramblings in the area.. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Was still present at around 2pm today (1st) although was back in the reeds around the main Burghfield Mill pit. Excellent bird. Of interest this is exactly the...
Dear all, Happy New Year. Ičve been having an office clear out. I have a variety of interesting books, CDs and videos for sale in mint condition. Some are ...
Trevor Lawson
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Jan 1, 2004 5:18 pm
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Hi, Lee also mailed me and said he knows of a number of escapes at large in various partsof the country ... even some of the birds in the Hebirdes with other...
Bit peeved about the Bearded Reedling (nice on the name, Jerry ... sometimes even called "Parrotbill"!) .... I had a hunch while I was at Moatlands on Tuesday...
... sometimes even called "Parrotbill"!) < Yes, I've always wondered why we call a bird that isn't a tit and doesn't have a beard, a Bearded Tit!! Surely it's...
My bookseller just rang to advise that the earliest date for the replacement volume is now put at March.. Bren McCartney [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi, Scaup reported at Moatlands today is almost certainly the Aythya hybrid (presumed Tufted Duck x Pochard) present since November, and probably a returning...
Hi all, Hard to tell from Rik's photo but the Scaup-type bird at the end of 2003 was a hybrid (extensive black tip to the bill, much darker back than flanks)...
hi all, i wrote a bit back that my burnt xmas pudding in the garden was ignored by most birds using the feeders, except for a robin. today, however, a female...
Hmmm- never heard a female Blackcap described as vivacious before. Perhaps she thought the burnt, blackened pudding was a large male Blackcap? Or perhaps she...
I have up to 7 Blackcaps, 3 male and 4 female in the garden at the moment. Although I ate all the Christmas pud, they eat fat cakes that I make. It seems that...
adrian lawson
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Jan 4, 2004 9:59 pm
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In a message dated 04/01/2004 22:00:51 GMT Standard Time, ... I don't know if anyone else uses the bird pud recipe from the Berkshire Birding web site but it...
The photo posted on the berksbirds website is not a Greater Scaup. Presumably we would be aging this `Scaup' type plumage as a 1st W female? The list of why it...
My comments are - it is not a hybrid Tufted x Pochard (the bird present today), the white area on the face around the bill is too large. Also the bill is...
Walking along the ridgeway from Streatley I encountered a most unusual Corvid, but having only binoculars I did not get very good views. I think it is an...
Hi Mike, ... I saw what was presumably the same bird at the same site in the summer - aberrant Carrion Crow. There was another very similar looking bird at...
I too saw in fact two very brown crows, one extremely pale, in this area in autumn. And they were not just juvs with the usual light flight feathers. The...
Chris, I have to say that Rik's photo does look superficially Scaup-like, but I have seen the mystery Aythya well on Moatlands in a variety of conditions, and...
Mike, there was a leucistic Rook on Lambourn Downs last year, seen by several people, which was "Buzzard-coloured" - a fairly uniform mid-brown. Perhaps your...
Mike, I have also seen a brown "Crow" in the area, back in Sep 2002. I assumed, like you, that it was a Carrion Crow because it was with other Crows and had...
Hi all, Rik's uploaded two slightly better photos to my website. Interesting that in the second pic the head profile looks more like a Pochard while in the...
why not Scaup hybrid - the white is, I would suggest too large for a Tufted hybrid, plus some of the birds structure leans towards some Scaup I would agree...
I saw the bird this afternoon and, like MW & PB-T, I'm sure it's a hybrid. I'm also convinced that it is the same bird that I saw in the same spot on Oct 16th ...
I don't know if anyone else uses the bird pud recipe from the Berkshire Birding web site but it sure works for us. Bren M I prefer to feed it to the birds Dave...
Aythya ducks are notorious for hybridisation. The example duck at Moatlands GP just accentuates the need to consider AGE AND SEX APPROPRIATE features. Aythya...
Jon, given the presence of a very similar bird in 2002 at Moatlands (Oct and Nov at least) this is probably an adult bird. PochardxScaup works for me .... when...
Towards close of play yesterday there were c50 Golden Plover on Switchback Rd, Cookham, (SU882835) but they, and c400 Lapwing, had just been spooked by ...
I haven't been out as much as normal so far this winter but when I have it has been mostly on local farmland. I don't know if it is just a local situation but...
