I've just been informed by Karen Sutton, the Crossness NR warden, that the Squacco might well feature on this evening's BBC London News at 6pm. John Archer ...
As I left the Squacco site with Pete Lowman at 1.00 this afternoon two guys from the Beeb drove up and we gave them directions to the screen. Squacco seen well...
Hope they do show it, London recording area punching above its apparent weight ... yet again. Des. ... evening. ... Karen Sutton, the Crossness NR warden, that...
Des et al yes the Crossness article was on London News If the weather holds and the bird doesn't fly should be a good turn out for the weekend. I got down...
To Dave Morrison, John Archer, and Pete Langsdon for arranging an out- of-hours Quail hunt at Rainham. We dipped. But luckily the one at Crossness today...
Hi! Thanks to everyone who provided directions to the Squacco Heron. Saw it this morning (10:15) having brilliant views. Could not locate the Quail ... but...
Hi Reg The Teal is an interesting record - there are hundreds there in the winter, but I've not seen one there since early April. Cheers, John Archer Mail to:...
One Crossness addition (and a London tick) on Friday 106: Quail - heard singing and seen twice in flight. Two London ticks on my local patch in a week can't be...
Hi John, I had to check several times! It was with a group of Mallard and looked small even for a Teal. It was about 100 yds east of the jetty thing coming out...
Noticed the Marsh Warbler went from being locally hush-hush to blatently public domain within a matter of hours (despite the the wishes of the locals, from...
Apologies for the rant but I came home last night to an email, a text message and a phone call relating to this ... the bird/site has nothing to do with me per...
Des I'm not sure what happened, but I heard the warden on Saturday evening discussing with a couple of volunteers whether or not to release the news - he said...
John, if it is holding territory then the news definitely should not have been released. I personally know of a colony of Marsh Warblers wiped out by eggers....
On a lighter note, this made it to the front page of the BBC website today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6721103.stm Has a few of the typical...
Tony Point taken, though it would be quite a feat for eggers to get to where the bird is singing from, with a wide ditch of unknown depth in the way. As to...
The SQuacco in 1997 was at Walton Reservoirs which, although in the LNHS Area, is not actually in Greater London, so the BBC article is correct, (although I...
I genuinely have no interest in causing ructions over this and I haven't visited the bird so I don't know 'lie of the land'. The info I was greeted with...
John, I have to agree with Tony on this. A Marsh Warbler was found on Walthamstow Marshes and was only present for two or three days, despite this being ...
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I can't remember the exact date of the 19th Century Squacco but in case people were wondering where Kingsbury Reservoir is - it's the original name of Brent...
Fair enough. If there is a strong consensus that Marsh Warblers are at serious risk from eggers, let's promote a policy of not releasing news on any spring...
Hi John, it is not just in London and not just Marsh Warblers. We seriously underestimate the potential damage eggers can and are doing. I honestly feel that...
HI Chaps , just trying to shed a bit of light on the marsh warbler saga, Howard asked the pager people to please not put the news of this bird out , and they...
to clarify the previous Squacco records, the Crossness bird is the 3rd in London since 1900, the previous ones are: 1997: Stain Hill Res (seen from Walton Res)...
To my knowledge the 1997 Squacco was only ever seen at Walton Res. When it left I think it flew north over the river towards Stain Hill Res, but was never seen...
On the subject of older London Area records of Squacco Heron, I note that in 'Birds of Brent Reservoir', published by the Welsh Harp Conservation Group in...
