This was on the web yesterday: http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/environment/2008/07/30/penguins_wash_up_closer_to_equator?vmsrc=pamread How long before...
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Aug 1, 2008 6:54 pm
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My friend in Ubatuba (what a great name for a place to live!) between Rio and Sao Paulo so south of Rio and exactly on the tropic of Capricorn had one in the...
Hello, I have a Nikon Digiscoping unit, connects Nikon DSLR cameras to Nikon telescopes, for sale. Has been used but is in mint condition and boxed, if...
Hello Here's a selection of news stories from the BBC website this week. None native species damage national waterways: ...
stephen.graham5@...
Aug 16, 2008 11:00 am
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Birdnet pager report 3s Audouins Gull nort of Chapel St Leonards Lincs
showing well 15:53 Graham Smith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Birds and birding in Berkshire, EnglandSorry, posted this by mistake to the alternative berksbirds site yesterday morning and have only just returned home...
There's an Eagle Owl roaming locally in North Hants, it has been at a hotel not far from here for a while and was also at Luton Hoo a while ago. It was in the...
I'm pleased to announce the publishing of the 2004 Berkshire County Report. It's available from me for £6 plus £1.50 P&P but members of the BOC are receiving...
I wonder what the first French bird will be? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7571229.stm Stephen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
stephen.graham5@...
Aug 20, 2008 7:02 pm
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The proceedings of the BOU's 2007 annual conference, Birds as predators and as prey, are now available as a free to view supplement of the BOU's journal, Ibis....
I don't know if others are aware, but I just picked this up from an LGRE e-mail on Bucksbirds e-mail group. A satellite tagged Osprey named 'Beatrice' was...
As we move forward with preparation of the 2005 Report I need to find a good selection of photographs, preferably of rarities occurring in Berks that year, or...
If anyone is looking for a new job in the practical conservation field have a look at this one. The valley stretches from Aldershot in the south to ...
Does anyone have a current email address for Dave Parker (ex-Berks birder now down in Cornwall and finding shed-loads of stuff). His obpipit email seems to be...
Bruce has made the, quite frankly libelous comment that the Rare-ometer is broken! This is clearly not the case. Today was a monster day and the biggie was...
Marek, You make the point, which I often ponder, that only a proportion of rare Berkshire birds are seen and recognised. What proportion do we think this is?...
________________________________ From: Bucksbirders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Bucksbirders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Collard Sent: 10 September 2008...
This was on the BBC website today. Perhaps something to watch out for in the evening: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7596388.stm All...
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Sep 10, 2008 6:49 pm
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Wilson's Snipe admitted to Category A of the British List. Full details can be found at http://newsbou.blogspot.com/. ... Steve P. Dudley Senior Administrator ...
Sad news this morning. I've had a first hand report this morning that the hide at Lower farm was trashed overnight. I don't have a good idea of the damage...
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Sep 20, 2008 11:27 am
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Heads up for you listers, someone needs to check out my sighting this afternoon please, I am familiar with Alpine swifts, but the sighting was by naked eye....
and scoff at Smithies dodgy sighting! Did anyone have chance to visit Bracknell? - idle curiosity only - no skin off my nose if it was verified or not Mike...
... We scoff at anybody who isn't there!!! ... Would have gone myself but having recently moved I'm now on the "wrong" side of the river. I would have thought...
... Sorry too busy yesterday stringing honey-buzzard. Bracknell town centre is difficult for birding anyway ... too many irresponsible (is there any other...
Bad news for European birds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7622904.stm A Bustard must make it this far soon: ...
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Sep 27, 2008 9:10 pm
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With 2 separate sightings of Whooper Swans in the county yesterday, does anyone know the current status of feral birds in the region? Cheers, Adam [Non-text...
I've been told this morning that an attempt was made to ignite an aerosol can in the hide at some point during the week. Due to the poor quality of the...
stephen.graham5@...
Oct 4, 2008 6:53 pm
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... I'd guess it was a gang of pensioners pi**ed off at the lack of heating in the hide (and the poor slipper access)...