Hi, The observant of you will have seen that the rare-ometer has swung to "rare" meaning rares will be available this weekend, even in Berkshire!. I will...
Hello I was speaking to a chap at Moor Green at lunchtime, who said he had seen 3 Dotterel, a male and 2 females, on Bury down this morning. Has anybody been...
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May 5, 2008 4:37 pm
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Told you. White Stork over West Ilsley on Saturday........
I'll post you the two Black-winged Stilts I saw at the weekend - should keep the rare numbers up... Tony ... -- ___________________________ Dr Tony Keene ...
Hi there, If anybody has emailed me to sponsor me I might not have got it owing to a technical problem. Please resend to marek.walford@... Good luck to...
This was on the BBC Website this afternoon: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7390109.stm Stephen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
stephen.graham5@...
May 8, 2008 7:14 pm
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In case anyone is planning to head from the Brightwalton area towards Lambourn (or vice versa), the A338 Wantage to Hungerford road is closed in Great Shefford...
I hope some other Bugger gets it. Norma and I heard the call as we walked the square. She said Corncrake, remembering it from trips to Mull in a previous life....
You are a shower and you disapoint.Marek excluded ... walked the square. She said Corncrake, remembering it from trips to Mull in a previous life. I had never...
What? I spent FOUR hours there looking/listening for it and, no, I am NOT a shower SGS ... http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/ ... ...
We're in between stages at present as a new planning application is awaited from the consortium. I was at Burghfield pits this morning recording Nightingales...
Well done Colin; your efforts are appreciated, I am sure. I'll do a trawl of the recent BBB in case there other records which will not have reached County...
There do seem a lot this year. A stack of 16 + at Woolhampton on Saturday 10th May was quite impressive for Spring. Renton [Non-text portions of this message...
At the extreme east end of Greenham Common late afternoon, the two spring-plumaged WOOD SANDPIPERS were showing very well on the 'Crookley Common' series of...
Adam is referring to the fact that Hobby was our most howling "miss" on bird race day ... we scanned hard at most obvious sites from Woolhampton to Burnthouse...
The results are on www.berksbirds.co.uk, but they didn't mention that our team's apparently pathetic score of 93 was obtained by cycling!! We had at least 16...
I am reviewing once again the feral status of Australian Black Swan in Britain and am requesting records from around the country. In my last review (2006), I...
The BirdTrack online survey (www.birdtrack.net) is organised by the BTO on behalf of BTO, RSPB and BirdWatch Ireland, and basically collates bird lists from...
... Hi Paul In Bucks , you will struggle to see a Hobby at any of the normal locations between 16:00 - 20:00 , they just seem to vanish ! we only check during...
Anybody fancy this as a bird table experiment? http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11326211 Stephen [Non-text portions of this message...
stephen.graham5@...
May 15, 2008 6:26 pm
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Hi Lee As I'm sure you're aware, volunteer counters for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) record Black Swans and other non-native/feral waterbirds during their...
Anyone happen to know who originated the Black Kite record on the Jubilee River yesterday? There have of course been lots of records of late around the...
I don't know anything about the Black Kite but I would agree about House Martins and Swifts, but neither seem numerous. It still seems a good year for Hobbies,...
Probably not of much use to you all, but I've also noticed very few House Martins here. Black Redstarts also appear to be fewer in number than last year, too....
I will be out of the office starting 21/05/2008 and will not return until 22/05/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. If your message is urgent ...
Colin - I agree on the Hobbies. There were 6 on the Jubilee River at the weekend (but I'd still have preferred them to be Red-footed Falcons!) I am beginning...