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Recent content by navybloke

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    Ptarmigan this Month

    Thanks, that’s a really useful reply - I appreciate it. I’m looking forward to the trip, a combination of big hills and Western Isles.
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    Ptarmigan this Month

    Evening all, I’d appreciate some advice. I’m traveling round Scotland for a week this month on a mini ‘grand tour’ - I’ve come back to birding after 30 years off and have got some catching up to do! I’m hoping to see Ptarmigan while I’m there and was planning a hike up Cairn Gorm, but I’ve heard...
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    Pallid Harrier - Warham Greens/Stiffkey

    Evening all. As I’m not a Norfolk regular can anyone give me an idea of where exactly to plant myself if I’m looking for the Pallid Harrier? I know where North Point Pools and the ‘concrete pad’ are, but where do I go from there? Thanks in advance!
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    BROADWATER LAKE: Threat to SSSI

    Morning all. I'll keep this brief: Broadwater Lake (my patch) is a SSSI in the Colne Valley which holds nationally important numbers of wintering birds. It's one of only two lakes in the Colne Valley where wildlife is prioritised over other uses. There is a proposal to build an outdoor...
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    Pochard feeding behaviour

    What a great response - thank you so much, that's really informative and interesting. Much appreciated.
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    Pochard feeding behaviour

    I visited Abberton Reservoir (southern England) today to see a drake Canvasback which was associating with a flock of several hundred Pochard. The flock’s feeding behaviour - at least, I presume it was feeding behaviour - was like nothing I’ve seen before. For periods of 10-15 minutes the...
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    London Gulls

    Many thanks for the response, Reesyd. Some of the best winter spots in the country for Caspian and Yellow-Legged are within an hour of my doorstep so I know there are committed gull-watchers in the area. I guess they’re just shy! I’d spotted that BTO two-part course and will be doing it this...
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    London Gulls

    Afternoon all. I’ve recently returned to birding after a three-decade layoff, and after another morning struggling with juvenile and 1st-winter Herring Gulls on my local patch (Ruislip Lido) I’ve realised that I need some help. I’ve read about London’s status as a hotspot for Caspian and...
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    Hello, finally.

    Hi all, I’ve been lurking for long enough so an introduction is overdue. I was a very keen birder in my teenage years in Liverpool - a Seaforth regular and a hypothermic wader counter on the Alt estuary - but lapsed for the three decades of my Royal Navy career. I’m now a civilian and birding...
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    Newbie Hello

    Hi all, from a lapsed-but-returning UK birder. A teenage birder and sometime twitcher, distracted by life/work/family/other hobbies, coming back to what was a real passion in my younger days. I live near London and have the Colne Valley on my doorstep, so my local patch is above average. Looking...
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