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06-04-2010, 09:21 AM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton  Lovely photographs! I especially like Neil's starlings on the fence and Dave's red-crested pochard!
BTW Mandarin nest in tree hollows so Mr Mandarin may just have been keeping an eye on his missus? | Thanks Gill 
The mandarin was next to a (owl?) nest box (it had a large round entrance hole) and Tony said they had been checking it out if I remeber correctly |
06-04-2010, 10:27 AM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
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Originally Posted by pressld2
I've been looking at the gulls we saw in the Serpentine. The ones we couldn't decide if they were common or herring. I'm starting to think yellow-legged - am I completely mad?Dave P.
| They are both Lesser Black-backed Gulls Dave.
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Adam |
06-04-2010, 08:32 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
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Originally Posted by pressld2 | This is a method that is sometimes used to mark wildfowl so that individuals can be identified in the field (similar to wing tags or colour rings). If you report the sighting via the BTO website you should receive information on the birds past (I will PM you a link).
Sounds like you all had a good day! |
06-04-2010, 09:38 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
Many thanks for that Roy and also for the PM with the link. I've just filled in the details and will post the results back here when I get them.
I was wondering if the bird had damaged his bill and it was some sort of veterinary dressing.  Nice to know it's nothing like that!
Dave P.
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12-04-2010, 02:09 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
Great photos looks like I missed out on a good day out.
I remember as a kid the Ring Ouzel was the holy grail in our bird spotting gang...Still haven't seen one yet. |
12-04-2010, 04:16 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
Only just found this post, doh!
I would've have been able to come along if I'd known..oh well, next time. |
07-05-2010, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
Shame you missed it Dave - I'll tip you off about any future meets around London.
A quick update on the tuftie with the nasal saddle. He was captured and the saddle fitted at Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, France, on 27th January 2009. But then there are no records of him until 30 March 2010 when he was first spotted on the Serpentine in Hyde Park. He was reported there again on 1st April and then by me on 3rd April.
Not so much a tufted duck, more a "canard de tuft"! 
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21-07-2010, 10:30 PM
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| | | Re: Regents Park Heronry Meet, Sat 3rd April 2010
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Originally Posted by pressld2 Shame you missed it Dave - I'll tip you off about any future meets around London.
A quick update on the tuftie with the nasal saddle. He was captured and the saddle fitted at Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, France, on 27th January 2009. But then there are no records of him until 30 March 2010 when he was first spotted on the Serpentine in Hyde Park. He was reported there again on 1st April and then by me on 3rd April.
Not so much a tufted duck, more a "canard de tuft"!
Dave P. | I may have aphoto of him from before the 2009 record so I'll have to see if I can dig it out! | | | |
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