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    Geese, Surrey

    Hi, sorry can't post pics direct as I'm on my phone on the bus but I've quickly whacked a couple of shots of a pair of small grey geese that flew over my patch today on here http://devilbirder.blogspot.com/2012/03/geese.html - I have my suspicions but would like to hear some thoughts first. Bit...
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    Redpoll, Surrey

    Hi Following a report of 2 Mealy Redpolls on my patch yesterday I headed down to have a look. The birds were apparently with a flock of 20 Lesser Redpolls and there was certainly no big flock around but two of the three redpolls that were present did look Mealy-ish to be (links to photographs...
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    Most efficient way to carry gear?

    Hi there I've always had problems in terms of balancing comfort and taking the necessary gear when I'm out in the field. For quite some time I used a rucksack but gave up with this when my feeble shoulders couldn't take it anymore - I had to pause and take it off every ten minutes. Basically...
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    Patch listing ethics

    Hello all I've been thinking a lot lately about patch listing and how to do it. The question I pose is this: Should you count birds seen from your patch recording area that are not actually on your patch? Many people do it and of course it is completely a matter of personal choice but there...
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    White and Pied Wagtails pairing up and mating

    At Canons Farm in Surrey, my local patch there is a female White Wagtail that is paired up with a male yarrellii and the pair has been observed mating on two occasions. Judging by the alba's daily routine (1 brief feeding expedition onto a freshly sown oilseed rape field late morning, daily) I...
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    Birding by Points 2010

    formerly known as Bird Points Game. Version 7. Welcome to the 2010 edition of the game. For new players, the concept of the game is that for every species you see in 2010 you get a number of points, depending on its overall rarity/ease-of-seeing in Britain (although players from other parts of...
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    pipit sp. call. surrey england.

    Hi all. Today at Epsom Downs, Surrey I observed briefly, and heard a (apparently large) pipit sp. fly c.NNE at 1626. At least, I'm almost certain it was a pipit, it had a pretty short tail and I think I saw some streaking on the breast. Views were very brief. It just really did have much more...
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    BOU category B change

    Hi I noticed that recenty BOU's number of species on category B of the British list has gone down from 10 to 9. Does anyone know any further details? thanks David.
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    Phylloscopus Warbler, Beddington SF, Greater London

    At 1015 this morning I found a warbler at the aforementioned site that struck me as odd in the following ways: It appeared larger than a Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler Its breast was fairly dark It had a relatively inconspicuous, neat, thin buff supercillium It had a fairly uniform head all over...
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    Can you count feral Barnacle Geese?

    Hi, Just wondering if it is generally acceptable to count feral Barnacle Geese, especially the East Anglian and Kent birds? Thanks in advance.
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    Bird Points Game 2009

    Welcome to the 2009 version of Bird Points Game. This year will run almost exactly the same as last year's game but with a slight change to the self-found bonus part. For new players, this is basically a fun and mildly competitive game which represents the value/rarity of the birds you see, not...
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    Arctic Tern(?)Bough Beech 24th aug 08

    Saw this juv Tern today at Bough Beech. Pretty sure its an arctic; white rump, small size in comparison to nearby common etc etc but like to be sure. Thanks in advance
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    Old quarry use poll

    Please take a second to vote on this to turn these no longer used sites into nature reserves: http://www.qpa.org/voting.php
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    Bird Egg ID UK

    A friend has just shown me a bird egg that we found in his garden. I'm not sure whether its alive or not. Its basically the size of Blackbird's egg but more or less uniform ivory white, and there's not much more to say other than that. Any help wold be much appreciated, thanks much, tdb
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    Cool new birding webcam game

    Sorry if this has been posting before but the new Texas Cone Sutro webcam is now up on http://cone.berkeley.edu/. Basically, you can navigate around the screen, looking for birds on the live webcam and you take pics of them, you then identify your/other people's birds to get points and get...
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    Pagham Harbour BF bash report 2008

    Today, Sunday 27th April 2008 Deborah4;, Epsomsalt;(Chris) (and wife Jen), Baggy2508 (John), Den21 (Denise) and I met up at Pagham Harbour for a day's birding. We started meeting at 9:30am but got going when I finally arrived after a lot of confusion as to where I was meant to be. Before I...
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    Wing length difference in male and female blackbirds?

    I was doing some maths homework when I came across a question asking about median inter quartile ranges and stuff of wing length of male and female Blackbirds turdus merula. From the chart males generally have longer wings. I'm just wondering if this is true and they got the info from the BTO or...
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    White Wagtail? UK

    A couple of Pied/White Wagtails at the London Wetlands Centre today, pale back, defined line between hood and back. My first impression is White, and I can't see why they aren't but another birder there said they were just Pied. Any comments? Sorry for quality of the pic, phonescoped
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    New website names

    Hi, Due to problems with my website constantly breaking down and generally being slow to upload, I am thinking of moving it onto freewebs and paying for a custom name with no ads etc. It is currently www.birdnut.me.uk but I'm getting a bit sick of the phrase 'birdnut' so would like to change it...
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    3rd Winter Caspian Gull?

    Today at the London Wetlands Centre. Didn't have the best views so just snapped this. Black on bill could be due to age of Herring? What do you think?
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    Fly like a bird 2

    Hi, found this game on the mighty gamevial, its far better than the original. Multiplayer is great, if you go on multiplayer, I am always in the room with the most people, currently under the name 'BF Dcampbell' ;). If you put BF at the beginning of your name then I'll know who to go for ;)...
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    Gulls and Shearwaters BBCR4

    Hello, I was just told by a family member that there was a programme on last night about Gulls and Shearwaters on BBC radio 4, that's all I know and I can't find a podcast on their site.. am I looking in the right place? Does anyone know where I can get hold of this show? Thanks, David
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    Female Scaup Snettisham

    Hi all, Sorry if this has been posted before I had a quick search and couldn't find anything. In April 07 and August 06 I saw the female Scaup on the pools at Snettisham- I am busy cleaning my list of all probables, possible and escapes at the moment because I am nearing 200 and want it to be...
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    Strange Gull South-East England

    My friend sent me this today- I thought it was maybe a Yellow-legged but the bill is pale with a black tip- I myself have no idea- I notice it has a short primary projection and a short bill but this may be the angle. Looks like the 2nd generation feathers on the back are quite dark
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    Bird 'personality' quiz

    Now I have just come up with another random idea! You know how kids go round doing quizzes like xbox 360 or ps3 and I'm a celeb or big brother (meaning which they prefer), well I thought I could create a rarity version (UK rarities). I will ask a series of .... or .... questions and you will...
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