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12-11-2006, 11:01 PM
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I travelled through west Europe and was distressed to be aware of how few birds were to be seen!  |
12-11-2006, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jemma  I travelled through west Europe and was distressed to be aware of how few birds were to be seen! | Hello jemma, welcome to WAB you should find lots of answers here. When were you travelling? What time of year? Not sure why I am asking.. cos I wont know the answers... but I am sure someone else will. 
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01-03-2007, 08:00 PM
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Have reported and asked for photo from Jesslove to be removed |
01-03-2007, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jemma I travelled through west Europe and was distressed to be aware of how few birds were to be seen! | Welcome to WAB jemma. Where did you go. I did Turkey in September and had in excess of 200 species.
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01-03-2007, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by John Welcome to WAB jemma. Where did you go. I did Turkey in September and had in excess of 200 species.
John | so in addition to turkey , you also had duck , goose , chicken mcnuggets.... - you'll get fat you know 
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01-03-2007, 08:45 PM
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We have a VW campervan that we travel all over England in.. mainly hampshire, Devon and cornwall.. Hoping to broaden our horizons and risk going North sometime soon |
01-03-2007, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jemma I travelled through west Europe and was distressed to be aware of how few birds were to be seen! | I have done France X 2, Spain X 2, and England X 4XX+ over the last few years and have been amazed at the amount of bird species and numbers I have seen.
It is not always obvious, but if you stop and look "you will find"
just ask the membership for info and you will get answers
OSCAR
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01-03-2007, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by eeyore so in addition to turkey , you also had duck , goose , chicken mcnuggets.... - you'll get fat you know | What do you mean, I'll GET fat, I thought I was already.
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01-03-2007, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Oscar2006 I have done France X 2, Spain X 2, and England X 4XX+ over the last few years and have been amazed at the amount of bird species and numbers I have seen.
It is not always obvious, but if you stop and look "you will find"
just ask the membership for info and you will get answers
OSCAR |
I have also done Spain, Turkey, mainland Greece and various islands as well as Majorca and Portugal. I can't recall having less than 120 species in any of those places. As Oscar says, you really have to look to see a lot of species. Driving by and just giving it a quick look probably won't yield much.
Having said that there were areas in Turkey that we struggled in and if you were stuck in a fairly restricted area like that then I can understand why you struggled.
I am still curious where you went though.
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08-03-2007, 07:14 PM
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About 20 years ago, I had the privilege of making several trips to East Germany before reunification (not birding trips, more sort of semi-official "cultural" visits). Each time, we drove almost non-stop from the Channel to the East German border, and hardly saw a single bird. As soon as we got over the border though, the skies suddenly filled with Buzzards, Red and Black Kites, and Harriers (Montagu's, I believe, + the occasional Marsh). Everywhere you looked there were up to a dozen birds in view at any one time. Quite spectacular. They disappeared PDQ if you stopped to look at them though.
I wonder if it's still that good?
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25-09-2008, 09:19 PM
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Hi Jemma.
That must have been very dissapointing for you,it's quite a mystery. I'm
going to Portugal (Eastern) next week birdwatching, so I'll be in bits if I don't
see anything. I'm really hoping to see a Hoopoe as we don't get them in
Ireland. My husband saw one in Italy last year but I wasn't with him that
morning and I'm listening to him since going on about how beautifut it was.
Anyway here's hoping.
Slán. |
26-09-2008, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by carraun That must have been very dissapointing for you,it's quite a mystery. I'm
going to Portugal (Eastern) next week birdwatching, so I'll be in bits if I don't
see anything. | Hmm, my understanding is that they shoot anything that moves in the Iberian peninsula!
Jim |
26-09-2008, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Kymba Have reported and asked for photo from Jesslove to be removed | Huh??
Jim |
26-09-2008, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Huh??
Jim | I am confused by that posting as well Jim?! What photo?
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26-09-2008, 01:52 PM
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The answer may be due to the fact that the original starting post was in 2006 !!!
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