http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/ Lothian Bird News Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:39:47 GMT Ray Murray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11490 Stephen Inspired again by your nocturnal visits - I did a sweep between Selkirk and Kelso last night between 10pm and 1 am, including several places where Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:02:51 GMT M.A.McDowall@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11489 50+ feeding Saturday c.18.00 over the road between Townhead, Gifford and Baro. Mike. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:00:21 GMT Stephen Welch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11488 Hi Frank, and all ... Thanks. Not as helpful as it was intended to be, Southfield grid refs were 1km out, should have been NT439748, NT441752! Revisited Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:49:32 GMT hoggestateserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11487 CANCEL...Now had verification from Geoff that my info definitely refers to the 2003 event..sorry all ! George Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:28:42 GMT Frank Hamilton (Plus.net) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11486 Stephen, Congrats on a very helpful and detailed email re Quails. When do you sleep? Frank ... From: Stephen Welch To: lothianbirdnews@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:55:49 GMT Alistair Hart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11485 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11485 The Great Crested Grebes seem to be having a better year. 9 adults in total today. The pair in the NW corner Reed bed are onto their second brood, there is one Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:23:32 GMT Harry Dott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11484 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11484 Among our inland Fulmar colonies, it seems the one at Torphin quarry has become extinct. My last record is of a pair occupying a cliff site there on 13th April Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:13:39 GMT Stephen Welch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11483 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11483 Checked again for Quail along backroads Longniddry to Drem early this morning and found numbers had bumped up, minimum count of calling birds in cereal, at Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:50:34 GMT orangecurious http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11482 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11482 Cheers for all the answers to my bar-headed goose and chiffchaff questions. i'll pass on the info to the person who saw the goose and also know i'm not going Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:02:15 GMT Alison Gray/Dave Allan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11481 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11481 6 black-tailed Godwit ( 5 breeding plumage 1 non breeding plumage ) Another colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit, right leg, Yellow over white, both on tibia - Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:27:55 GMT Geoff Morgan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11480 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11480 Thought that was Aug 2003... may be wrong Geoff Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:17:49 GMT hoggestateserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11479 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11479 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:05 GMT George Hogg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11478 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11478 At least one has also been on the Esk at Muss. in the past.Feral ones are known to associate with greylags.Used pic of the Muss one in my column for ELN   Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:05:58 GMT Alison Gray/Dave Allan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11477 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11477 15 Black-tailed Godwit, all breeding plumage, one colour ringed bird, right leg, white ring over green ring, both on tibia - left leg, green on tibia and red Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:51:07 GMT Nathaniel Wander http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11476 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lothianbirdnews/message/11476 Anyone know much about this species' songs? I can identify at least three distinct song endings sung locally. Do individual birds prefer one or another? Do