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Bird ringing demonstration at Padworth Common

Posted 08-11-2009 at 06:51 PM by rolf

Spent a damp Sunday morning watching an informative demonstration of Bird ringing, see a detailed account HERE

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Exe Estury

Posted 23-10-2009 at 02:53 AM by Chocky

October 2009
I recently moved house. I swapped my main road flat for a nice penthouse apartment with Exe estuary views.

My work station now is in the recess of my lounge which is a dormer and looks out over the Exe estuary. I can sit here and work on my PC and hear the Wigeon whistling and the Geese honking and glance out of the window to view the estuary

I have a little visitor every morning. I call him Waggy. He is a pied Wagtail and sits on the corner of...

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Scrape filling with water at Lavell's Lake

Posted 28-09-2009 at 07:55 PM by rolf

Visited the Bittern Hide at Lavell's lake today, glad to see that the pump is now starting to fill the scrape to the right. Was being well used by the Mallards and Moorhens. There were a fair number of Gadwall and Wigeon, the latter being heard before seen.

http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/p...html#post35306

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Tea time at the Common Tern household

Posted 26-09-2009 at 11:24 PM by rolf

Taken from a forum thread, summer last year

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It is rather an unruly affair, as the adults want feeding the same time as the kids.

The second shows the Tern coming in for what turned out to be many approaches to avoid the other adults on the raft.

Both photos taken a Thatcham lakes, a first visit for me, but certainly won't be my last.

http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/a....html#post2065

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Tufted Puffin in Kent

Posted 26-09-2009 at 11:10 PM by rolf

News story referred by Ross.

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Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Anyone been to have a look for the ultra rare Pacific Tufted Puffin which turned up in Kent this week?? First ever for the UK!

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Rare bird gets twitchers flocking

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