I've added Rainham and Staines to the Site Lists table http://editthis.info/londonbirders/Site_List_2009#League_Table (using 136 as the Staines total, if Ken...
Hi All I attended yesterdays meeting and if the planned proposals go ahead, then yes, it is the end for the nature reserve. London Thames Gateway and Thames 21...
Gary I think the copse at East India Dock Basin is the only mature woodland immediately beside the Thames between Kew and Thamesmead. Cheers, John Archer Mail...
Sorry, I forgot the Hurlingham Club in Fulham, so it's the only mature woodland beside the Thames between Fulham and Thamesmead - that's about 30km of river! ...
Gary, any leverage on Schedule 1 bird protection to delay preliminary work? I believe this covers protection of the young of such species who may forage in the...
And another. Green Sandpiper on the foreshore in Fulham this lunchtime. A peachy 59 for the year. Cheers Michael ... -- http://countingcoots.blogspot.com/ ...
0842 hrs and a Crossbill heads north over my garden calling as I head off on the school run. Nice start to the day David Darrell-Lambert Bird Brain UK Mobile...
Hi All There are still a few places left on a workshop being run by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust on Saturday 4th July, at Hudnall Common, near Great...
Just a reminder that the next birders bevvy is tomorrow (Friday) at the Mad Bishop in Paddington Station (upper concourse, above the shops) from 6pm onwards....
I don't know if anyone else keeps a mammal list but I guess there must be a few who do. I didn't really want to pay £25 for a book version of a checklist so I...
hi Andrew, I do, so count me in, and thanks (not for distribution though, I'll let you know when I've a couple of years to spare). Deleting extinctions - now...
Have fun all - have to rehearse tmw eve for a show in Cambridge the following night. Recommended for all newcomers - the vast majority of London birders are...
One addition yesterday, when Roger Taylor of the Dartford Ringing Group trapped a juvenile Redstart - total now 119, which was last year's final total! The...
Very interesting about such an early Redstart at Crossness, I did notice that Portland Bill had its first Redstart of Autumn the same day 5th July. Looks like...
Summer-plumaged Black-necked grebe on East Warwick today. Also 975 Tufted ducks (plus 4 broods), 84 Pochard and (sadly) a Common tern caught on a fishing rod. ...
Evening, all - Larophobes please switch off now... At Staines Res this evening, Ken Purdey and I watched a near-adult Caspian Gull (a 5CY-type) on the E pier...
Hi Rob, All the Caspian Gulls I have seen in London and I could probably count them on one hand, have not associated with Yellow-legged Gulls. Normally in with...
Hi all Nice find, Rob - any pics? Like Rob and Dave, I haven't seen Caspian Gulls directly associating with Yellow-legged Gulls either. All the 10 or so...
Hi all - Thanks to David and Dominic for Caspian Gull info - any further info from other observers welcome. I now remember that Chris Heard wrote a paper in...
Hi all, Like previous comments, Ive never seen a caspian associating with YLGulls although have seen them in the same area. I have heard of birds returning in...
Hi Rob et al, I have never seen Caspian Gulls associating with Yellow-legged Gulls at Beddington. We have suspected that we have had returning birds but no...
Morning, all - Thanks for the Beddington info, Johnny. From the feedback received it does sound as though association with YLG is unusual, so I'll cling to my...
Evening, all - Tuesday's near-adult Caspian Gull was again on the east pier at KGVI Res, viewable from the Staines Res causeway, from 1920hrs onwards this...
Evening all, and apologies for cross-posting we made it out to Broxbourne this morning, and scored wonderfully with the specialities (50/50 on a day's birding...
A young Cuckoo at the reservoirs today, being fed by Reed warblers in the area of scrub at the corners of Res's 2,3,4 & 5. Also 3 Common sandpipers and 1092...
Hi Rob I've also just looked at the images, and noticed that in photo 8 of 8, the closest Yellow-legged Gull is sporting an interesting collection of rings on...
Dominic Mitchell
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Jul 10, 2009 4:42 pm
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Evening all - Blimey, well spotted, Dominic! I hadn't even noticed the rings on the YLG in the photo, let alone in the field. I'll look out for any ringed ones...
