Got a msg on the RBA service late yesterday about an American Robin reported from a Strawberry Hill garden on what would have been Monday??? Amazing if true -...
I've just been told that there's an exhausted Manx Shearwater outside Pembroke House in Bayswater John Archer Mail to: john.archer@... GREATER LONDON...
Received a nice prompt call from Gerry Warne saying that a Manx Shearwater was found near Pembroke House, Bayswater, by Steve Miles. Phoned Steve Miles and the...
Apologies Gary, only just saw this message! another time soon I'm sure, and in the meantime, find some good birds THIS side of the border please (i.e., in...
Hi Des No car so can't help you I am afraid, but I am looking to go out to Brent Res tonight to for the GGShrike, so releasing it there would be ideal from the...
Happy to release it anywhere consensus dictates is best - if at the Brent this eve I could do with a lift there and back, deffo don't want to stress it out on...
Just had a chat with Bob Watts, We're meeting at Edgware Road at 18:30hrs when I'll pass the shearwater over - Bob will then release it out over the Thames ...
What are the London listing rules about ticking released birds which have been in care and are released away from where they were picked up? I don't think I'd...
No idea John, don't see why it shouldn't be tickable once released (though it became my 2nd London Manxie the moment I clapped eyes on it - of course, not...
If only Barry - Yellow-nosed Albatross anyone? Des ... which ... picked up? ... <onebluegull@> ... oX7UtBHHyxp50HGSN2j3LNZ ... email ... privileged materials. ...
I agree with John - surely not tickable when watched flying out of a box! What's the point in that? It's bad enough ticking birds trapped by ringers and...
I'm informed it will now be released at Greenland Pier, Rotherhithe, as that seems a better site for its release - protrudes into the river and better...
Can I please just say a big thank you to the digiscoping birder who rocked up to Brent Res at about 5.30ish, decided the path wasn't close enough, charged off...
Jonathan This sort of selfish behaviour is not unusual these days at rare bird sites I am afraid - I see it happen virtually every week. There seems to be very...
Well that should create a bit of debate Dom. Ticking it: my personal take (with no vested interest in this particular Manx) is that it's a wild bird when it...
Hi Dominic, you seem to have strong opinions on this subject, I remember when you labelled the birders (of whom I was one), that ticked the Red-footed Falcon,...
slightly surprised to see no reports, bar the manxie, of displaced seabirds in the recording area today, esp. from the Thames; John A, David C et al - anything...
... In terms of listing practices (bit of a dark art in some circles), I genuinely don't see see how ringers holding onto birds that should probably be...
Hi all, To tick or not to tick? The answer to this is very simple. If you keep a list that adheres to a particular checklist (BOU, UK400, whatever) then you...
I agree with you John, what to tick and not to put on one's own bird list is entirely up to the individual and frankly I find Dominic's tone paternal. Sorry...
Steve Re: White-cheeked Tern off Dungeness Beach The UK400 Club Advisory Panel and Committee pondered over the identification of this bird for a long, long...
Hi Lee, I don't for a moment expect any belated acceptance of the tern, or for those who did not see it to suppose than it was anything other than NOT a...
Err ... just to second Stephen's final point and say well done to all concerned - binmen, coppers, Des & Bob especially, and the little blighter itself for...
... Likewise Mark, but more surprised that I didn't see any reports of inland birds anywhere else either (though I could've overlooked). Keep looking, Puffin...
Thanks Keir, I'm sure you would've done the same. Must admit, I was quite surprised, and heartened, at the strength of the bird. On initially picking it up...
