The Park Rangers for this local reserve in Reading would really appreciate any bird or wildlife records for this local nature reserve. If you have any records...
I'm thinking about replacing my prehistoric Opticron scope with something new, in advance of a trip to the Picos de Europa later this year. Bushnell scopes...
Trevor Lawson
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Feb 8, 2008 3:15 pm
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May be of interest to some - I guess the GR should be SU838610 looking at the map. Bruce. ... From: Graham Stephenson To: hoslist@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
In case there is anybody out there who has not heard about it, a reminder that there is a Birdwatchers' Forum entitled "Putting Birds on the Map" on Saturday...
And this time , its EVIL ! Hi Guys - excuse the advert , I know its a trek for most of you , but we get a good response from the south bucks teams , so if...
1 Little Egret on East Marsh, 800+ Golden Plover with more on the sewage farm. Male Stonechat. Couldn't find the Smew at Bray but I don't know the site very...
1 Little Egret on East Marsh, 800+ Golden Plover with more on the sewage farm. Male Stonechat. Couldn't find the Smew at Bray but I don't know the site very...
Hi all, Saw this bird today. Quite a striking bird (see photos on berksbirds.co.uk). Unfortunately it didn't call once in 3 hours but Jerry O'Brien did have it...
Hi Dave I had no luck seeing the Smew on Friday lunchtime after it was reported on Wednesday and Thursday. Most times I have seen them it has been the on the...
... Have you seen this article? http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=1203 "Absence of olive in the crown and mantle Absence of yellow away from the...
... Marek, To answer your question, the call is not diagnostic (eastern populations of abietinus also call like tristis). Similarly, appearance alone is not...
My daughter witnessed a pair of Blackbirds in her garden displaying. The male had a small stick in it's beak which it repeatedly hit against a stone step then...
Thanks for the comments Chris. Sounds like a bit of a nightmare then! At various stages there has been 2 Sibes there today and a Sibe and a Abietinus-type. The...
Hi Graham, Marek, et al I spent several hours at Sandhurst Sewage Farm this morning (with Robert Fuge, Chris Lamsdell, Brian Bennett, Roger Stansfield, and...
Marek, shame on you! Don't be so pessimistic! I also saw the so called Abietinus-type bird today - quite different from the one we had good views of on Sunday....
Hi Marek, it was me who described one of the birds as "abietinus-type", based on the differences I observed in the two birds (rather than a deep knowledege of...
As Alan Dean has single-handedly taken on the role of 'Siberian Chiffchaff arbiter' in Britain, and has amassed a panel tasked with reviewing records on behalf...
Rushy Mead, Shinfield in the news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7243112.stm Could this happen to QMR, Theal main pit or Moatlands in our...
stephen.graham5@...
Feb 13, 2008 7:00 pm
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Graham I doubt it could happen at QMR due to flight-path restrictions fortunately, but the other sites? Good point. But I suspect the majority of Berks ones ...
I asked Lee to post the following correction to his earlier posting to Berksbirds and other recipients. As this has not appeared I am sending it directly. In...
Alan Dean
alan_r_dean@...
Feb 16, 2008 10:02 am
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An interesting discussion on the `Sandhurst chiffchaffs'. I popped in to try to see them when I was in the area yesterday. After quite a wait one of the birds...
Interesting point - I guess if someone really wanted the tick, they'd cough up for the isotope analysis.... My guess is the birds will stay at the site until...
Andy, If you are absolutely sure that the feather came from one of the two birds in question, then you could try sending it to Greg Conway at the BTO ...
This was on the BBC website this afternoon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7256546.stm Now what % of the UK's Shearwater population would we have...
stephen.graham5@...
Feb 21, 2008 6:31 pm
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Hello I've just received a newspaper cutting on the publication of The Climate Atlas of European Breeding Birds, from January 2008. A document drawn up by the...
stephen.graham5@...
Feb 22, 2008 9:04 am
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There are three grey-ish chiffchaffs showing still at the bend in the river [ http://www.berksbirds.co.uk/map.asp?grid_ref=SU836610 ] I have some pics of the...
