Hi Ernest, Like you, I've been unable to find much definitive info on the northern Bullfinch subspecies. The picture at the website below is allegedly one of...
Hi Ernie. In one of my bird books, The Birds of Britain & Europe with North Africa & the Middle East. by Hermann Heinzel - Richard Fitter & John Parslow. It...
Hi Nigel Thanks for the reply to my query, about the above mentioned bird, I clicked on the link http://www.hughharrop.com/rarities/bullfinch.html as suggested...
Interesting piontsbrought up there. Northen Bullfinches have a slighty different call and also like different habbitats, I.E. silver birch trees seem to be...
Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Susie and I live in Hayes, North West London. I am new to birding, and wondered if you could recommend...
Hi Sussie, The best book for a beginner and most birders is the Collins bird Guide, by Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterstrom & Peter J. Grant. If...
Hi Susie, I agree with Chris - the Mullarney book definitely has the best illustrations. For information on distribution of birds in & around London, I...
Thanks for that, Chris. I am hoping to get membership of the RSPB for Christmas, so I look forward to getting the book then. Optics? Do you mean like...
Hi Chris, I wouldn't flatter myself to say that I have been "birding" as such but I am a lover of nature in general and so keep my eyes open when i go for...
... Can someone tell me how the presence of parakeets are impacting on the indiginous bird population? Their rapidly expanding numbers must be having some...
A recent York Uni/MAFF study into the Ring Necked Parakeets said "parakeets do not appear to be causing significant damage to crops, but potential for conflict...
Thanks for the reply, that's very interesting. I would have thought that there would have to be an impact, because there is only a finite supply of food at...
I've personally heard anecdotes about Ring-necked Parakeets evicting native hole nesters and have seen them do so to a couple of pairs of Starling (though not...
I too have seen a ring-neck investigating a hole previously nested in by Stock Doves at Kenwood, Hampstead heath. Lack of dead-wood in the UK to provide nest...
Hello, Thank you for your answers about the parakeets. I've come to pick your brains again on another subject. I've got a query from an acquaintance about...
Hi Susie, Black Headed Gulls actually have brown heads. I would imagine, this would be a late moult bird, but really could be either, was the hood complete or...
Well, I am a novice at all this by the person who posted the query is far more experienced than I. I would guess, as he didn't say otherwise, that it was a...
Hi to all, Haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd post my patch sightings from today. Whenever I've gone to my patch, it was in the morning. So today I...
... And here is my little bit. I went on a guided walk yesterday, and so did my first proper bit of birding. Skylarks (approx 12) Greater spotted woodpecker ...
Hi all, Had the highlight of my winter so far on the 19th at Walthamstow Reservoirs: 10 Bewick's Swans! I first found a group of 7 swimming but not feeding on...
Nice one! If you see any more, have a close look - there seems to be quite a few Firecrests around this winter. wassail (as the Ango-Saxons used to say) Nigel ...
Hi All, The White Fronts were back at Fishers on the 23rd, while i was at work :S :(. Have a good Christmas and good birding if your not to hungover! Chris...
