... cemetery. ... Went Friday pm to the Catholic Church after sneaking out of work and no sign then either, only a lot of relieved looking Feral Pigeons. Chris...
Now 2 Great Northern Divers this afternoon. The usual juvenile off the north end of dam, and another between Hill Farm and Savages creek. Not much else seen,...
Joining fieldwork a year late (for my 4th atlas, too) enjoyed a splendid hour on my tetrad south of the A14 opposite Hemingford Abbots. Highlights were a flock...
Mike Everett
mike@...
Dec 1, 2008 11:30 pm
23125
Thanks to some sterling detective work by Duncan McNiven (RSPB), Jez Blackburn, Diana De Palacio and Graham Roberts (BTO), the origin of the ringed Peregrine...
... Subject: bird sighting Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:24:06 +0000 From: Saimon Clark As with Richard Hall's sighting - Cambridge - Peregrine on Our Lady and the...
... Subject: Fen Drayton Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:08:13 -0000 From: Dave Anderson Hi Fen Drayton today, 2 red head smew moore lake, r b merganser still s w...
A walk at Eldernell this afternoon produced an early hunting SEO. Also seen were Barn Owl, two Buzzards together, a female Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel...
Richard H. Alas the fox possibly the one seen in college or Trumpington St Is no longer. We think we found the corpse behind our compost heaps along the...
I have been asked where the name Martin (House Martin, Sand Martin etc) comes from/ what it means. None of my bird books helps but in a dictionary I found the...
From another Martin! Hi Peter, Don't know if this helps. This is what is says in "A Dictionary of English & Folk Names of British Birds" by H Kirke Swann. ...
Peregrine at Catholic church seen on Hills road side of spire at 15.00. Lots of preening activity before flying off in direction of Botanical Gardens....
Peter, Another book worth reading is "British Birds their Folklore, Names and Literature" by Francesca Greenoak (I have a copy at home). There is a lot of...
I do love a question that doesn't have an answer. The general concensus is that "Martin" is a person's name, cf Robin Redbreast, Jackdaw, Magpie, etc. The...
Jake's summary is broadly agreed with by two of my books, Lockwood's "The Oxford Book of British Bird Names" and Macleod's "Key to the Names of British Birds"....
Mike Everett
mike@...
Dec 3, 2008 7:45 pm
23137
... wrote: Hi all Max Catterwell has just called (0855) to say that he has just driven past a Crane in the field opposite the Peterborough power station off ...
As I returned from my hospital appointment at approximately 9.45 there was no sign of the bird. I did a search of the surrounding fields and then drove out...
A walk down to just beyond Lord's Holt before lunch, was mainly to see if the crane had drifted into the area. It was the obvious place with the wind direction...
Found a Shag on Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton, this afternoon - 1st winter bird - superb views. Was in NW corner but by the ttime Andy Cotton arrived to add it to...
Mike Everett
mike@...
Dec 4, 2008 3:24 pm
23141
Thanks to Mike & Dennis Hall, I got there just in time. After Mike left, it swam back into the north-west corner and then seemed to swim into Ferry Mere,...
... From: DAVID RICHARDSON To: cambirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:33 PM Subject: Peregrine at Eldernell This afternoon 04/12 watched...
My office is on the Hichingbrooke Business Park overlooking the A14 and Spittals Roundabout. This does not immediately suggest a good spot for wildlife,...
Female scaup on Whomping Willow lake with 5 tufties, presumably the one Mark Hawkes saw there recently. Also a Kingfisher over Redgrave water and also lots of...
Louise - Where is Whomping Willow lake? Kevin ... one Mark Hawkes saw there recently. ... thrushes and some linnets, Meadow Pipits, Corn and Reed buntings...
Whomping willow lake is at the far south-west of Cambourne, probably about 20 minutes walk from a carpark or easily accessible by bike. approx grid ref would...
At Offord D'Arcy this morning to see a splendid steam train (and met a sort of trainspotting equivalent to a twitcher .... amazing) - Little Owl calling ...
Mike Everett
mike@...
Dec 5, 2008 8:34 pm
23148
he must have left by now - 315 - as the pigeons were being quite relaxed lower down the structure as I just cycled by? Or do they think that they 'sanctuary'...
Louise has inadvertantly given me a good idea for a trail of names of out of the way places for cambirders to list with intriguing names. Although its not a...
A non-birding friend of mine is convinced he saw a White-tailed Eagle on the Washes near the Jolly Banker's Bridge north of Earith last Wednesday (3rd). He...
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