http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/ London Birders Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:08:51 GMT Des McKenzie http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12102 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12102 No need for apologies Steve, the world needs the occasional cynical viewpoint. Sometimes it saves the day. Des. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:22:02 GMT Steve Spooner http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12101 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12101 I received this reply from Dr Lord and I apologise for my cynical comments on this newsgroup yesterday. Mind you, knowing how DEFRA operates, who can blame me. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:39 GMT GJW http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12100 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12100 Serin still showing, occasionally well, with Goldfinches between mound, tip and lagoons. Also 3 Water Pipit (2 on marsh close to centre), Jack snipe, R-n Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:29 GMT Dominic Mitchell http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12099 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12099 Rain, wind and gloom proved not to be as ominous as they seemed. The weather was uninviting at 5.30 am this morning and stayed poor until early afternoon, but Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:06 GMT Johnny Allan http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12098 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12098 Hey Pete, you could beat Garry's hi count ;-) Johnny ... From: Peter Alfrey To: londonbirders@... Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:05 PM Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:05:49 GMT Peter Alfrey http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12097 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12097 Dr Alexa Lord- what a name.  Here she is. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/naturalsciences/research/researcherarchive/alexlord   There is a Ring-necked Parakeet Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:06 GMT Tom Smith http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12096 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12096 I suspect Dr Alexa Lord is probably a "her" and not a "him". (It's a good question though.) Tom _____ From: londonbirders@... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:49 GMT onebluegull@... http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12095 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12095 Sure thing Steve. To be honest none of that occurred to me, seems kosher, due to appear on one bird info service at least; cheers for heads-up though. Will Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:57 GMT Steve Spooner http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12094 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12094 Des Is there any chance of asking Dr Lord who is financing this research? It's the first question I always used to ask academicians when I was the database Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:46:22 GMT Des McKenzie http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12093 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12093 News to 12:45hrs today (per Birdguides): Great Northern Diver at Queen Mother Res again a.m. (permit access). Brown Shrike still in situ. Female Serin still Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:10:45 GMT Des McKenzie http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12092 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12092 Hi all, I'm forwarding the following request for Ring-necked Parakeet counters from Dr Alexa Lord at the Imperial College. If anyone is interested in assisting Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:31 GMT bobwatts63@... http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12091 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12091 Remember that chris now answers to his new adopted scillonian name chesney! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange ... From: "John Archer" Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:09 GMT John Archer http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12090 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12090 Our prodigal member, Chris Langsdon, is back in town from his adopted home of Scilly for a couple of weeks from tomorrow. After a quick discussion, we suggest Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:38 GMT Des McKenzie http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12089 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12089 Hi Stephen, Many thanks for expanding, appreciated. Like you say, in terms of breeding any old park would indeed suffice and quite possibly the sort of place Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:26:48 GMT stephen1saunders http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12088 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/londonbirders/message/12088 Des Whilst a punt I'm not sure how wild it is. BIE notes sporadic breeding attempts between 67-96 (presumably detail stops there due to the obvious risks,