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Hi, took things easy last night so I'd be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for Jan 1st. Got to Walthamstow Res. at 9am only to find that the site was closed for...
Happy New Year everyone, late start at the Chase, spent all P.M. birding with a monster hangover. 53 species recorded. Little Grebe,Great Crested Grebe,...
Jan 1st 2006. Happy New Year ... I saw the New Year in at my brother's in Yiewsley so didn't get out to Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens until fairly late by which...
Happy New Year everyone, I don't know if the wiki site was set up for me to do this, but on the patchlist page, there is a monthly highlights link. When you go...
Here is my lists for 2006 so far Rainham Great Cormorant Grey Heron Common Shelduck Eurasian Wigeon Gadwall Eurasian Teal Mallard Eurasian Sparrowhawk Common...
Hi all I also managed a quick visit to my patch, Bushy Park.... I saw 33 species - nothing spectacular, but its good to get started. Rich. BlueGull65...
Managed to see 43 species on the isle of dogs on new years day, missed the ring-billed gull by 15 minutes and also didn't see sparrowhawk, kestrel, song...
A brief visit to Fishers Green this morning yielded the following: - Great Crested Grebe Cormorant (Great) Mute Swan Canada Goose Gadwall Mallard Tufted Duck ...
Hello to all and good luck for the coming year. I visited my main patchlist site today (Canon's Farm) and managed 45 species. A full count and list can be...
Happy New Year to all London Birders. A total of just 35 species seen yesterday morning at the London Wetland Centre in rather gloomy and damp conditions....
Hello and happy new year from the distant edge of the Kent sector. I've been lucky enough to manage two visits to my Swanscombe Marsh patch so far this year -...
Dear All Made my first 'proper' local patch visit of the year today, notching 45 species for the patch list competition. This is almost half of the total I...
Happy New Year! Spent Jan 1st travelling around London so didn't have too much time to bird my patches. Still managed to get 42 species at both Brent Res &...
Hi, Happy New Year to everyone. I managed to get out this morning,ended up with 66 species the highlights being a Bittern at Berwick Ponds which I had blanked...
Does anyone know anything about the reported American Wigeon at Staines Res today? David Darrell-Lambert LNHS Ornithological Section Chair & Inner London...
Several list members have commented on the problem of comparing patch scores in the above competition, as in terms of annual totals sites like St James's Park...
Im easy on this.Im not that bothered about the competitive side of the competition.If we leave it as it is then fine,introduce a league or handicap system then...
Dominic I think the idea of a tiered system of sites is a very good one although as you have pointed out I can see some disputes over certain sites of which '...
good ideas Dom and one way in which any competetive aspects could be resolved, but as you highlight there could be some (mild) dispute as to what sites would...
Hi, When I pinched the idea from other Counties for London to have a patch competition, it was really only to get people out doing some patch work and finding...
I don't think we need worry about ammending any Patchwatch/list rules for 2006. The number of observers accepting the challenge has been impressive and most of...
I agree with Steve - the fun for me is seeing how many birds I can see in my own patch - if others get loads more then great for them - I'm still expecting the...
Jill Bracey
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Jan 2, 2006 11:21 pm
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Like Mark I have no strong feelings either way on this and will go with the majority. If the competition gets people out seeing birds and at the same time, ...
I suggested grouping broadly similar patches together in the competition only in response to posts pointing out the imbalance between major and minor sites in...
Happy New Year all A nice start to the New Year - on 1 January I walked along the River Ravensbourne through Ladywell Fields and then the River Pool to Lower ...
Hi All, A brief visit to the res today to kick my patchlist off. The only really notable bird was a single Common Sand on the west warwick also c10 goldeneye...
Hi all, does anyone know anything about a 'resident imm Pom Skua' at Hanningfield Res? Is it viewable from public areas? A friend of mine needs Pom as a lifer...
