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« Reply #18480 on: May 11, 2012, 10:45:38 AM » |
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Winter is over; the weather is slowly improving, the blossoms are out and the cuckoo is sounding its’ distinctive herald to the oncoming summer. Or is it? Not according to the RSPB, who are concerned that our native cuckoo numbers are falling into further decline, which could take it from the Amber List where it currently sits, to the Red List; a register of the UK's most endangered breeding birds.http://www.countrylife.co.uk/blogs/article/316289/Decline-of-the-cuckoo-.html
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« Reply #18481 on: May 11, 2012, 10:52:44 AM » |
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Sad in deed. Decline even worse though for some british birds. The Turtle Dove is one of the worst declines; a bird that i have never seen in the wild, although on a recent trip to Pensthorpe they had a couple in a large protected aviary...... They were beautiful. Cant see the situation improving without aggressive intervention and changes in farming policies but maybe we should just let nature be nature.
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« Reply #18482 on: May 11, 2012, 10:55:41 AM » |
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« Reply #18484 on: May 11, 2012, 02:30:49 PM » |
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Exceptional picture. Exceptionally crappy paper. (I'll let you off this time).
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« Reply #18485 on: May 11, 2012, 02:40:34 PM » |
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« Reply #18487 on: May 12, 2012, 12:20:39 AM » |
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« Reply #18488 on: May 12, 2012, 12:23:00 AM » |
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Is that an eagle from Paisley?
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« Reply #18489 on: May 12, 2012, 09:33:54 AM » |
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Is that an eagle from Paisley?
Now you're being silly Dan..........................a Paisley Eagle is 3 times that size due to picking up the scraps of deep fried mars bars and Pizza crunch Geo |
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« Reply #18490 on: May 12, 2012, 09:35:08 AM » |
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Heading out to Penicuik in about an hour, hopefully a cuckoo report to be posted later
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« Reply #18491 on: May 12, 2012, 10:15:55 AM » |
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Is that an eagle from Paisley?
Now you're being silly Dan..........................a Paisley Eagle is 3 times that size due to picking up the scraps of deep fried mars bars and Pizza crunch Geo  |
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« Reply #18492 on: May 12, 2012, 02:40:02 PM » |
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Haven't bothered making the shot lighter, but I get the sneaking suspicion it might have spotted me.. | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #18494 on: May 12, 2012, 04:30:16 PM » |
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Haven't bothered making the shot lighter, but I get the sneaking suspicion it might have spotted me.. | Click to see full-size image. |
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