The fate of farmland birds is up for grabs again as the shuffle in EU commissioners is due to bring Mrs Fisher-Boel to the influential role of Agriculture and...
I seem to have inadvertently deleted an e-mail from Brain Stretch. If anyone is on touch with him, please could they ask him to resend it, or provide me with...
Hi Andy. I will contact Brian tonight. Andy Warr Andy Mabbett <andy.mabbett@...> wrote: I seem to have inadvertently deleted an e-mail from...
ANDREW WARR
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Jan 7, 2005 12:39 pm
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Hi All, if you really want to get your eye in with 2 - 3 quite vocal 'tristis' try Worcs - Upton upon Severn SW. - about half mile north of town off New...
Hi guys, Just dropping a line to say how well the Waxwings are performing in Kidderminster. Yesterday lunch time (1.30 - 2.00) they were showing down to a...
GREG EVANS
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Jan 13, 2005 9:51 am
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I made a brief visit to Upton Warren, yesterday (and, indeed, a rare visit to Worcestershire) - just the two hides, past the sailing club. The site seemed very...
I have just been told that Birdwatch issue 153 (March 2005) includes an article: Peplow, G. Gem in a finch flock [Pine Bunting in Worcestershire, 15-24 January...
We regret that Tim Appleton's talk, "From Greenfields to Ramsar: The story of Rutland Water Nature Reserve", scheduled for Wednesday 29 March at Birmingham...
Yesterday, I made a brief visit to Hurcott and hear a Cetti's Warbler singing (sic) from near the "Grebe" display board, buy the old boathouse, at about 5pm. ...
I have just added new pages to the West Midland Bird Club's website, about Grimley Gravel Pools (also known as Grimley Gravel Pits and Grimley New Workings),...
"Birds Around the Malverns" 2005 Edition (featuring birds seen in 2004) is now available. Please see: http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/biblio/worcs.htm for...
I have just added a page on the Malvern Hills to our website: http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/worcs/malverns/ please let me knew if you can spot any errors,...
Hi everyone, Although I live in London, since about 1990 I have spent about 35 days walking each year in S078. This is a 10 x 10 km square primarily in Shrops...
Seen in and near a small roadside orchard at Nash End near Upper Arley. I remain unsure whether it is either an escape or a captive which is allowed a great...
Hi Keith and all, with the possibility of a 'county first' on the cards I went to see this bird last April 2004. It is very approachable and in atypical...
Hi Steve, Thanks very much for your reply! Through "Birdwatching", I did notice that at least one other person had been to see it last year. Being a Londoner...
To all with an interest, a Hoopoe flew over Winyates Green estate, Redditch today heading south, may be worth checking Washford area or Mapperley Green. Horse...
Birdwatch issue 154 (April 2005), in the shops now, has an article by Steve Whitehouse on the recent Little Buntings in Worcestershire. -- Andy Mabbett ...
As a non-resident who is largely unfamiliar with the Worcs avifauna (and indeed, for many years, with almost all of Worcs), I've long been intrigued by my...
Hi Keith, I know there have been up to 4 reported around Lodge Hill Farm in the Wyre Forest this winter, from mid Feb - mid March. keith_bates2002...
GREG EVANS
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Apr 14, 2005 1:09 pm
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Weeks out of touch again - magazine was out on 22nd March - three weeks ago! ... From: Andy Mabbett To: WMBC-Worcs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 13,...
Kieth There used to be quite a strong population in Wyre but they seem to have dwindled down to a few birds in the Winter- usually seen around Lodge Hill.(...
Kieth, Also take a look at the Surfbirds web site's "Blast From the Past" of John's cracking photo of Hawfinch at the nest in the Wyre in 1985. Below are...
stephen haycox
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Apr 16, 2005 10:55 pm
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Hello, Thank you for your mail (subject: RE: [WMBC-Worcs] Re: Hawfinches in north-west Worcs?). We now have spam filtering in place, and, unfortunately, your...
Hi all, Thanks very much indeed for all your replies. I would have thanked you all earlier but I'm only on-line at work. What a lot of knowledge there is out...
Unfortunately, it has been necessary, recently, to block a number of messages from these mailing lists; for two reasons: * Requests for information about...
Hi all, Apologies for the delay – I'm only on-line at work. SUN 1/5/5: 1 late Goosander, 35 Sand Martin, 12 House Martin (Upper Arley), 6 Red-Legged...