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Stephen Wolstenholme
Jul 19, 2014, 10:09:27 AM7/19/14
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Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
slice of toast!
Steve
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a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
slice of toast!
Steve
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Mike
Jul 19, 2014, 10:20:27 AM7/19/14
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End of a 'Sparrow Sandwich Toasty' ?
Mike
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End of a 'Sparrow Sandwich Toasty' ?
Mike
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Gordon H
Jul 19, 2014, 12:25:45 PM7/19/14
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On 19/07/2014 15:09, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
> Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
> slice of toast!
>
> Steve
>
Maybe she should head over this way, I have a surfeit of sparrows in and
> Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
> slice of toast!
>
> Steve
>
around my garden. :-)
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Mike
Jul 19, 2014, 12:36:09 PM7/19/14
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"Gordon H" wrote in message news:8_wyv.167074$Px.1...@fx04.fr7...
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Better Sparrows to what we have got, the Nation's supply of noisy, messy
Seagulls, made worse by lots of people around us feeding them with great
wodges of bread chucked up onto any convenient flat roof :-(
Better Sparrows to what we have got, the Nation's supply of noisy, messy
Seagulls, made worse by lots of people around us feeding them with great
wodges of bread chucked up onto any convenient flat roof :-(
Mike Coon
Jul 19, 2014, 1:46:31 PM7/19/14
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On 19/07/2014 17:36, 'Mike' wrote:
> "Gordon H" wrote in message news:8_wyv.167074$Px.1...@fx04.fr7...
>
> On 19/07/2014 15:09, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
>> Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
>> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
>> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
>> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
>> slice of toast!
>>
>> Steve
>>
> Maybe she should head over this way, I have a surfeit of sparrows in and
> around my garden. :-)
You are probably not providing the right accompaniments!
> "Gordon H" wrote in message news:8_wyv.167074$Px.1...@fx04.fr7...
>
> On 19/07/2014 15:09, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
>> Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
>> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
>> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
>> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
>> slice of toast!
>>
>> Steve
>>
> Maybe she should head over this way, I have a surfeit of sparrows in and
> around my garden. :-)
Mike.
Gordon H
Jul 19, 2014, 4:07:12 PM7/19/14
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Anne Burgess
Jul 19, 2014, 4:28:33 PM7/19/14
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> Better Sparrows to what we have got, the Nation's supply of
> noisy, messy Seagulls, made worse by lots of people around us
> feeding them with great wodges of bread chucked up onto any
> convenient flat roof :-(
> Mike
You can't have the Nation's supply, because we've got a
> noisy, messy Seagulls, made worse by lots of people around us
> feeding them with great wodges of bread chucked up onto any
> convenient flat roof :-(
> Mike
streetful of them* as well. And in midsummer it is only dark for
an hour or so here, so they never shut up. No-one throws bread
for them, but they swoop down and steal sandwiches from people's
hands if you don't watch out.
*In our case, Common Gulls, but I gather there are places with a
similar plague of Herring Gulls.
Anne
Mike
Jul 19, 2014, 4:46:56 PM7/19/14
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We've got the great big ones which I think are the Herring Gulls
Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight
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We've got the great big ones which I think are the Herring Gulls
Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight
Alf King
Jul 20, 2014, 3:48:13 AM7/20/14
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Alf King
Mike
Jul 20, 2014, 4:28:00 AM7/20/14
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"Alf King" wrote in message
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I don't think you can get much more of an 'urban breeder' than the Gulls who
have, for the second year, raised birds from a nest on the Dormer window of
a bungalow at the back of us!!
Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight
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I don't think you can get much more of an 'urban breeder' than the Gulls who
have, for the second year, raised birds from a nest on the Dormer window of
a bungalow at the back of us!!
Mike
South East Coast of the Isle of Wight
Alf King
Jul 20, 2014, 3:55:16 PM7/20/14
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True, but are they Common Gulls? I suspect not.
Alf King
Mike
Jul 20, 2014, 4:15:06 PM7/20/14
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"Alf King" wrote in message
Not an expert Alf but I think they are Herring Gulls. They're BIG !!
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Phil Wilson
Jul 21, 2014, 2:12:17 AM7/21/14
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On 20/07/14 20:55, Alf King wrote:
>> Are Common Gulls urban breeders now Anne?
>>
>> Alf King
They are in Aberdeen (and have been since I arrived 13 years ago), but
>> Are Common Gulls urban breeders now Anne?
>>
>> Alf King
in much smaller numbers than Herring Gulls.
Cheers
Phil
Anne Burgess
Jul 21, 2014, 9:24:57 AM7/21/14
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>>*In our case, Common Gulls, but I gather there are places with
>>a
>>similar plague of Herring Gulls.
>>Anne
> Are Common Gulls urban breeders now Anne?
> Alf King
Not sure I'd describe this street as 'urban' - it's a street in
>>a
>>similar plague of Herring Gulls.
>>Anne
> Are Common Gulls urban breeders now Anne?
> Alf King
a village, with open fields just over the hedge at the end. But
yes, they are breeding on flat or near-flat roofs and on top of
hedges. They started to do so just a few years ago and some
years they are of near-plague proportions.
Just in case anyone queries my identification of them as Common
Gull, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3010849 - this one
was on top of a neighbour's gatepost and you could just about
reach out and touch it from the pavement.
Anne
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Anne Burgess
Jul 21, 2014, 11:11:35 AM7/21/14
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> On that site, you say "It's illegal deliberately to disturb a
> nesting bird, but it isn't illegal to take steps to prevent
> the eggs hatching."
> Can you give an authority for that claim? It is illegal to
> "destroy" an egg and surely preventing it from hatching is
> destroying it?
> Malcolm
I was told that by someone who claimed to have been told so by a
police officer. It is quite possible that the person in question
did not know that different rules apply to Herring Gulls and
Common Gulls.
In the light of your query I have removed that part from the
comments.
Anne
> nesting bird, but it isn't illegal to take steps to prevent
> the eggs hatching."
> Can you give an authority for that claim? It is illegal to
> "destroy" an egg and surely preventing it from hatching is
> destroying it?
> Malcolm
I was told that by someone who claimed to have been told so by a
police officer. It is quite possible that the person in question
did not know that different rules apply to Herring Gulls and
Common Gulls.
In the light of your query I have removed that part from the
comments.
Anne
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Christina Websell
Jul 21, 2014, 7:35:43 PM7/21/14
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"Stephen Wolstenholme" <st...@easynn.com> wrote in message
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> Today there was a female Sparrowhawk perched on the garden fence under
> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
> slice of toast!
>
> Steve
My sparrowhawk female seems to have moved on fortunately. She practically
> a overhanging bush. It was eating something so I went out to see what
> it would do. It flew away and it's meal feel to the ground. I went to
> see what it had killed but only found a black bit of dry crust off a
> slice of toast!
>
> Steve
wiped out the collared doves here.
Darkside
Jul 22, 2014, 3:26:55 AM7/22/14
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In article <teqdnWzPsrBcilDO...@bt.com>, Anne Burgess
<anne.a...@btinternet.com> writes
However it's in Scotland: whether Common gulls are breeders depends
where you are. In Reading we see a sprinkling of them every winter but
they don't stay to breed, unlike several other species.
I do agree about the nest site - would that bird have been laying for
the first time?
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where you are. In Reading we see a sprinkling of them every winter but
they don't stay to breed, unlike several other species.
I do agree about the nest site - would that bird have been laying for
the first time?
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Alf King
Jul 22, 2014, 3:15:33 PM7/22/14
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of the site. As you have explained, I was mistaken to assume that it
was actually urban. No doubt they have gradually moved from their
grassland nesting onto flat roofs. Lapwings have been recorded as
having made a similar transition.
Alf King
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