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20-04-2006, 09:12 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lincolnshire
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| | | Greetings from Lincolnshire Hi everyone, my real name is David, my wife Leslie (yes the boys way  ) and I live out in the Fens of Lincolnshire, I'm an RSPB member and do some reports on migratory birds. We have two ponds, a dyke with the normal Moorhens, but occassionally Swans nest and rear their young there. We get Mallards on the ponds, you can always tell by the oil traces on the surface. The Herons visit, but they are too deep for wading. We have a resident Marsh Harrier and a Sparrow Hawk who seems to love our trees and nooks and crannies. Being surrounded by fields means we get to see the numbers of visitors, the first House Martins are in, the number of Hares are up this year, after a long decline.
I'm mostly into Owls and have done a few rescues, I just wish people would release their home bred owls at dusk, any other Owlers out there? | 
20-04-2006, 09:32 AM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Hello David, Leslie, welcome to the WAB forum. You seem to live in a very nice place by the sounds of it.
Isn't it dodgy releasing captive bred owls, when they haven't learnt how to hunt, and don't you need a license for this? Just curious.
Hope to hear more from you both  | 
20-04-2006, 09:32 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stoke on Trent
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Probably quite a few David. Welcome to WAB. Put your feet up and make yourself at home!
Carl | 
20-04-2006, 10:04 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Leicestershire
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire A warm welcome to WAB David. It sounds like you have a lot of interesting wildlife on your doorstep and I look forward to hearing more about it in due course.
Matt | 
20-04-2006, 11:06 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N.E.SOMERSET
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Hello David,welcome to WAB sounds like a nice place to live 
__________________ You cannot maintain an ecology, if you lose any of the pieces. | 
20-04-2006, 12:11 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire [IMG]  [/IMG]
Thanks for the welcome, here's a bit of the view.And I'll do the garden next. With Owls, yes you should get a licence from your Local Authority, but so many simply don't bother, there have loads of Barn Owls that survive a bad flight experience and break a wing that are then taken to well meaning souls that have a similar owl and if the sexes are ok, then they breed from them. After the Harry Potter films young birds were taken from nests etc. | 
20-04-2006, 12:14 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire
Two ponds, loads of trees newly planted - I know Euks are not indiginous but we like them  | 
20-04-2006, 02:41 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Hello David & Leslie and welcome to WAB
No shortage of photo opportunities here by the looks
Enjoy
John | 
20-04-2006, 07:27 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nottingham
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Welcome from me to! Quite a site you've got there, hope to see some images from you in the gallery..  | 
20-04-2006, 08:05 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Crawley,Sussex
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire Welcome to WAB David and Leslie
Nice looking garden i have to say  | 
20-04-2006, 10:26 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
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| | | Re: Greetings from Lincolnshire David and Leslie .... a warm welcome to WAB.
I look forward to hearing more about the Lincs Fens and seeing some photos in the gallery.
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