Peregrine perched up on North-West corner of BT Tower at 7 40 this morning.It was actually perched on top of the buildimg, rather than on the slightly lower...
Hi Andy I remember seeing this bird with Roy Nye and Martin Palmer and yes it was at one point within 400 yards of the Bedfordshire county boundary. I checked...
Peter Smith
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Feb 1, 2007 8:23 am
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Singing on wires between Eyeworth and Sutton this morning (Buzzard still roosting at Dunton Waterworks) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Message from Jan (of yellow-browed fame!): "I walked for six hours on footpaths and farms between Amptill and Maulden today. Saw two Little Owls, 2 Buzzards,...
Blain, Stephen
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Feb 1, 2007 9:37 am
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Well done, Jan! That's just the sort of constructive birding that will, with patience and perseverance, pay great dividends in due course. You'll be the birder...
At one point we did consider the feasibility of walking it upstream into Beds, but that would hardly have been ethical, would it... Think there were access...
Hi all, Looks like the 1st major gaff of the year. The Bewick's Swan at Broom I am reliably informed (Mark Thomas et all) is really a Whooper, humble ...
A female Merlin hunting a Skylark (unsuccessfully) the highlight from a lunchtime trip. Perched high in tree on Potton Road after missing its quarry. Also: ...
Hi all, In the glorious sunshine this morning, I really couldn't believe it was the 1st of Feb and not April, due to the number of birds in full song - ...
After a short Garden Watch with Green Woodpecker foraging, a first for the garden, fed the tit flock at Stockgrove Bridge but no Marsh Tit this time. Loads of...
Short walk around Bluebell Wood and the surounding newer woodland this morning. Everything seemed to be singing. Highlights: 4 Bullfinches (2 separate pairs),...
I visited Duck End NR this afternoon and met the lovely lady who'd reported the dipper, acknowledging now that it was probably a green sandpiper. For Duck End...
The most exciting feature of this winter for me so far has been the inland influx of GN Divers. While I only managed to see one of the Beds birds (at Elstow),...
2f Red crested Pochard 1m Garganey 3 Goldeneye 4 Shoveler Pr Teal Richard Bashford ps my guess for number of GN Divers is at least 4. Priory - 1 MVCP - 1 ...
Richard - There's either a lot of to-ing and fro-ing or we (I?) miss a lot on every visit. Perhaps both. I often don't see the male Garganey, I've seen the...
One Barn Owl sitting on wires just outside the village at c.17.30 yesterday. Also one Tawny Owl calling. Birds in full song in the village during the day were...
A female this morning, just to the west of the minor road between Gamlingay Great Heath and Potton. Cheers Mark ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Very spring-like at 7am this morning. Birds in full song. Bizzare. A neighbour of mine says they have a pair of Great Tit's already taking nest materials...
And saw a Robin this lunchtime nest building - is this normal during boughts of mild winter weather or is it my CO2 emissions to blame ? Robin ... From:...
My first in Bedfordshire for a few months - over the Lodge Heath at 12.50 and then over the gardens. Richard Bashford ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Red Kite over gardens, fairly low at 1 o'clock. (Derek Niemann, Lindsey Smith, Kate Smith et al.) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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