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US equivalent of Tit family?
I do mean chickadees. Thank you so much.- florall
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- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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US equivalent of Tit family?
It's driving me round the bend, I have known this, can anyone help? What is the name of the bird family in the US that is similar to our tit family here in the UK?- florall
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- Forum: Bird Name Etymology
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Gatwick Airport
I was wondering why I had 57 species of bird logged onto Birdtrack, but I've only listed 56 here. I've just checked and the species I missed, ages ago, was: No. 57 Feral Pigeon. Exciting. -
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Florall's 2007 List
Just three more to add, from Wakehurst Place yesterday: 46 nuthatch 47 marsh tit 48 great spotted woodpecker.- florall
- Post #3
- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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Gatwick Airport
Wakehurst Place, Monday 22nd January I managed to spend an hour and a half here yesterday morning, walking past the Mansion, through the Pinetum to the Himalayan Glade. There the birds were all waiting for us, with masses of tits poking their heads out of the surrounding rhododendrons... -
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Gatwick Airport
I had a quick visit this morning before the rain started (the river is incredibly high. I would love to be able to make daily visits this week to monitor how high it eventually gets - I think we could be in for a record height). Anyway, most of the walk was across the fields towards... -
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Gatwick Airport
Yesterday, we had planned to go a little bit further away to look for two firecrests that have been around for a few weeks. However, once it started raining heavily, we couldn't get any enthusiasm up for wandering round somewhere we didn't know looking for a tiny bird in such horrible... -
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Florall's 2007 List
Yesterday at Wakehurst Place, Sussex 38 coal tit 39 chaffinch 40 brambling (still two there, they've been there for over a month now). 41 redwing 42 mistle thrush 43 song thrush At Redhill, Surrey 44 rose-ringed parakeet (at least 600 of them in the roost there) This morning at home, Surrey...- florall
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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Florall's 2007 List
Last year I had a really good year and saw about 40 more species than in 2005, ending up with something like 161 species. I would be surprised if I see so many in 2007, because I’m not planning to holiday in such good places as I chose last year, and we won’t be able to get up to Norfolk this...- florall
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2007
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Gatwick Airport
New Year’s Day - Gatwick, River Mole On Monday morning we arrived here at first light (7.30), mainly staying in the plantation near the car. The river was very high, in fact the highest we’ve ever seen it, starting to spill out of its channel. There was a shower just before we arrived, but as... -
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Gatwick Airport
A gentle morning's birding. First of all to Weir Wood Reservoir, south of East Grinstead. Ever since we've been birdwatching (three and a half years), the water levels at the western (viewable) end have been very low. Now they're about as high as they can go, coming right up through the... -
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Florall's 2006 list
Although I've done a lot of birdwatching since September, it's been mainly close to home so, although I've enjoyed the birds I've seen, there's been nothing new until: 161 Peregrine falcon, Elmley on 17th December. I'd counted the ducks and was going through the grass to see if there were any...- florall
- Post #12
- Forum: Member's Lists 2006
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Gatwick Airport
Thanks for your kind comments - they're magical gardens to visit, aren't they?I would have thought there were tawny owls there as well - that I would love to see. I've only ever heard them before. Funnily enough, we were talking about the possibility of little owls a few weeks ago. We... -
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Gatwick Airport
Wakehurst Place Today we walked through the Pinetum down to the Himalayan Glade, which is a viewpoint looking out over one of the steeply sided valley. Nowadays, this area is popular with birdwatchers - people bring bird seed and put it on the fence posts, stand back a bit and watch many... -
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Gatwick Airport
A Parakeet… We spent an hour at the River Mole by Gatwick Airport at first light this morning. We had quite a good bird list of all the to-be expected species, but as we were sitting on the bench in the plantation, we had a surprise - a Ring necked Parakeet flew over - species no. 56 for the... -
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Gatwick Airport
Wakehurst Place We had a lovely time here this morning, despite the lingering rain. I’d heard reports of two brambling, got here before the garden opened, wandered up to the fence around the car park and found four of them feeding with chaffinches. This was really exciting for me because the... -
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Autumn in the Lake District
This is a bit late, because it’s three weeks since we returned from a holiday in the Lake District, but better late than never. We didn’t go there specifically to birdwatch, but simply because we love the area at this time of year. The tree colour was magnificent. There was lots of beech...- florall
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- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Gatwick Airport
River Mole Through a combination of illness and holiday, it's been a couple of months since we've been here to do some birdwatching (and more like four months since we saw anything really productive). Anyway, we've just got back from a half hour walk, quite late in the morning, so I wasn't... -
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Gatwick Airport
Horley A noisy party (well, noisy in a cute, teddy-bearish sort of way) of long tailed tits passed through some nearby gardens today. It seems incredibly early in the season for them to be near the town centre, I usually only ever see them in harsh winter weather. Does this indicate that food... -
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Bird Watching Magazine - new layout
I liked the changes the previous editor, David Cromack made a year or two ago. When there was a new editor, I was nervous that he would make too many changes, remove parts that I really enjoyed, but neither of these things. He's kept all the good bits, and added others that I'm going to enjoy...- florall
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- Forum: Books, Magazines, Publications, Video & DVD
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Camargue - September 2006
Thanks. We have actually got the Birdwatching Guide for north of the Loire, and we found that very useful next year, so if we ever get to go to the Camargue, I'll definitely get the south one.- florall
- Post #4
- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Camargue - September 2006
An interesting report. It's somewhere I've fancied going to. Can you recommend any books/websites that you used to help plan your trip?- florall
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- Forum: Vacational Trip Reports
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Canada Geese being flushed from Nature Reserve and shot - is this legal?
I don't suppose she did get a chance to ask - it would be a brave person indeed to confront someone holding a gun. Not a nice experience for you Deborah.- florall
- Post #10
- Forum: Your Birding Day
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Gatwick Airport
Holmethorpe Sand Pit Today we walked all around Spynes Mere, right up to the motorway. It was very misty with a slight breeze, 13 degrees celsius when we set out, and we thought the conditions might be good for migrants, but surprisingly, there was very little around. Even on the water... -
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Gatwick Airport
Not been out very much the last couple of weeks, not been well enough, so on Saturday, we decided to make a quick trip down to Pulborough Brooks, where I could use the electric wheelchair. (Not exactly local, 30 miles sw of the airport, but using the motorway and dual carriageway as far as...