Saw a very dark coloured Pheasant along wood end lane (Kempston/Wootton?) this morning. Thought it was black at first but when I got closer is was a very dark...
Thursday 31st March early afternoon Brog Lake - 318 LBB's, under 15 GBB's, just over 100 HGulls, no small gulls, no Glaucous Gull but still 4m10f Goldeneye ...
Martin Palmer
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Apr 1, 2005 8:54 am
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Mick & everyone - Yesterday, Judy Knight and I found a narrow (15-cm wide) but very clearly demarcated muddy track leading from a small lake through some low...
I've just read the recently published 'Hobby' which included Graham White's article and results of his breeding bird survey of Marston Vale Country Park. Never...
34 again between Chaul End village and the Griffin Golf Club Caddington John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Apr 1, 2005 10:31 am
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Small party of Sus scrofa reported to be flying low over Sandy, beginning to spiral in a thermal and moving gradually west. I guess that they could be over...
WILD BOARS ????? Dave ... From: Tim Sharrock To: bedsbirds@yahoogroups.com ; bnhs news group Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: [BedsBirds] Alert! ...
Frank - Personally, I doubt a French origin (far more likely to have been local and domesticated). The EXCELLENT news concerning the RSPB's new Squirrel...
Dave - No, it was reported that there was a rosy flush as the sun caught their underparts, so I think that they were probably domesticated. - Tim * ... From:...
Tim,et al You may think it is funny to post such messages to this newsgroup, not all of us are laughing, I spent a considerable amount of time and effort...
Visitors to The Lodge are arriving via the flock of waxwings in the housing estate off Sunderland Road - they don't all seem like hoaxers! Neil ... [Non-text...
Penny Sowter is organising a pairing study of the seven birds present on 17th April. She is looking for a few more observers. Start at 10am, morning and...
One male Yellow Wagtail at Harrold Odell this lunchtime, also several Goldeneyes on the main lake. Cheers, Tony [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Apr 1, 2005 1:19 pm
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Dave, Around this neck of the woods, (The Upper Lea Valley) many wierd and wonderfully coloured Pheasants are regularly released for their contributions in...
1 at 8.52 this morning per Birdguides but they don't mention the Rookery bird. Does this mean when it left Rookery it went straight to Brog or have birdguides...
Hello Tim I would not rule out badger going to the waters edge for a drink though there paths tend to be more direct.They can squeeze through fairly small gaps...
I tried that area at about 1-1.30 today. No luck, but did find my boss' house.... could be useful come review time... Martin ... From: Renwick, Neil To:...
News from Birguides, While not beds news - There is apparently a BELTED KINGFISHER in Staffs today-it is said that the finder is reliable and it is NOT a...
2 red kites soaring in thermal(s) together for about a quarter of an hour over the Swifts Green Road area of Stopsley from 4:30-4:45 this afternoon. They...
The good: 2 green sand. 5 redshank. 2 dunlin (thanks to the birder who put me on to them). Sand martins. 2 great crested grebe. Shoveler displaying. Pair...
That will pretty certainly be a Japanese Green Pheasant, sometimes treated as a separate species (Phasianus versicolor) rather than just a race of Ring-necked....
Have had Mallard, Moorhen, Mandarin Duck, Grey Heron, Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail at my tiny garden pond in the past, but this morning's visitor was completely...
2 cm scoter Stewartby per S northwood R Bashford Thank you for using the M-Mail service from Connectotel Ltd For more information about M-Mail and SMS-based...
Hi 34-35 waxwings on Sunderland Road, Sandy, Saturday morning, feeding on catkins on the road bend by the Scout hut - the advantage of birding by bicycle is...
forgot to say in my last message, a flock of 150-200 GPs on the north side of the Barton-le-Clay to Hexton road last night, about 6.40pm, on the Bedfordshire...
Hi all Not much on Blows this morning - 2 or 3 Willow Warbler singing and a single Brambling in the scrub on Kingsbury slope - that's all. Actually a...
Today is national pampas grass day for the birds in my garden, so it seems .......... I've always had pampas grass - inherited it at both homes I've had. A...