Jerry At the time I was in Spain picking oranges (no joke, I can tell you) Also had to use fly-swat to keep B Redstarts Mellie and Ollie Warbs from obscuring...
Of course if anyone does sign up then my glory of being at the top of the Berkshire county listing rankings will definitely be short-lived! And my chances of...
My bubo list has been suffering somewhat since I moved to Switzerland... Tony ... -- ___________________________ Dr Tony Keene Department for Chemistry and...
There has been a small Canada Goose at Lower Farm for a few days. Nigel Cleere found it on Saturday 8 December and Ken Moore and I spent some time watching it...
HI ALL I HAVE A COMPLETE TELESCOPE/DIGISCOPING KIT FOR SALE, ALL ITEMS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND RARELY USED. NO SCRATCHES OR MARKS ALTHOUGH THE REMOTE CABLE...
It must be the time of year. With Ashley selling his digiscoping kit and me selling this fantastic DSLR kit ... Canon 10D Canon 400mm 4.6 L (white lens) Canon...
Sorry for the apparent duplication of messages. My message didn't seem to have got through, so Mike Prince sent his, then mine arrived subsequently. We'll...
Following records at Windsor Great Park and Padworth, 2 Ravens at Sheepdrove this afternoon and a handful of Brambling around the farm buildings there. A ...
Brian SPOONBILL is a mega in Bucks and I only managed to finally see one at Milton Keynes a few years back. It sounds like it is the juvenile that visited ...
Meadow Pipits are common breeding birds in the UK but surveys indicate the population has declined by around 38% between 1970 and 2005. They are relatively...
I will be along to see it shortly. This is a most unusual location for such a rare bird, but I photographed a very confiding individual there a few years ago....
I just passed Cookham Rise Cricket Club (Berks side of the river) and had 16 Kite and 1 Buzzard all swooping low over what transpired to be a turkey carcass at...
... LGRE has informed me that the grebe is in fact a Dabchick (& that the finder has agreed with the corrected i.d). I should also take this opportunity to...
Hi Kathy, It's on the River Thames in Maidenhead, next to the A4094 road. For a map, search for "boulters lock, maidenhead" in Google Maps. Regards Mike ... ...
Hi Kathy, ... It might be worth a visit anyway but, as I understand it, the reported r-n grebe has been re-identified, by the finder, as a little grebe SGS...
As I understand it, it was re-identified by Lee Evans (& the finder - who returned to the scene of the crime;) - agreed with the correction). Chris Heard ... ...
Happy new year This was on the BBC this afternoon http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7166536.stm All the best Stephen [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Hi Mike, Thanks for the directions!! Kathy On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:13:54 +0000...
Yes, I saw the revised posting on the bird. However, being new I need to learn about where all these places are, especially those close by, which this sounds...
Must be the time of year! Another report of a Red-necked Grebe came on the pager this morning – this time at Wraysbury village pit. I looked at the pit from...
Depsite the frequent bashings against dog walkers, once again the year listers of the local birding community (Berks Bucks and Oxon are probably all guilty)...
... year ... Quite agree. Of the 6 people I saw yesterday walking thorugh the SEO area, 4 were definitely "serious" birders(i.e. kitted out with scopes and...
Sadly many of the so called listers would have no idea where Short Eared Owls roost, their only interest lies in getting a better score than their puerile...
I think this has more to do with people wanting to see birds rather than just listing. Their desire to see the bird overcomes any regard for the well being and...
Hi everyone, Somewhat cheeky to ask here as my last Berkshire birdwatching was in August, but I was hoping to get this gull identified so I can post it on the...
