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RSPB Communities Christmas Advent calendar

MrsT
29/11/2013 14:58


Welcome to the RSPB Communities Christmas Advent calendar! Rather than chocolates (sorry), with each day that leads up to the big day, why not open a virtual Advent calendar window and reveal a teaser for you to ponder or post a picture. There is no right or wrong answer, the answers will simply be what you want to appear in that window. It’s Christmas, so let’s have some fun!

Claire

  • 03/12/2013 16:44 in reply to Clare

    I shall have to ask one of our lads (ravens) to do a Christmas flyover for you Clare :)

  • 03/12/2013 16:56 in reply to MrsT

    I've seen a couple of your lads at The Lodge - I just want them to keep up the good work of spreading eastwards!

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • 03/12/2013 17:11 in reply to Clare

    There are so many birds that I'd like to see but after hearing them in the stones at Mousa Broch in Shetland many years ago I would have to pick the Storm Petrel. For such a small bird to spend most of it's life on the open ocean just boggles the mind. From what I understand they only come ashore to nest and even then they arrive and leave when it's dark.

    Paul

    My bird photos HERE

  • 03/12/2013 18:02 in reply to Paul A

    It's gotta be a Lammergeier Vulture! Nothing says "wild" to me more than one of these soaring over a desolate landscape! Currently planning a trip to Spain to see them next year!

  • 03/12/2013 18:14 in reply to Ben A

    Unknown said:
    t's gotta be a Lammergeier Vulture! Nothing says "wild" to me more than one of these soaring over a desolate landscape! Currently planning a trip to Spain to see them next year!

    Hi,

    We were lucky enough to see one of these on a trip to the French pyrenées in 2008. In the last week a dying bird was found by a railway line near Saint-Jean pied de Port (reported by a driver) with it's body full of lead shot. Sadly it didn't survive. What I would like to do to the hunter is not suitabe for printing on this forum.

    I really hope you see one. We went back this year & saw 3 species of vulture but not this one.

    Best wishes

    Hazel in Southwest France

  • 03/12/2013 18:25 in reply to Noisette

    Thanks for that Hazel, a real shame and sad story and I totally agree with you regarding the hunter.

    I have found a place not far from Barcelona where Vultures are fed in the winter, looks like I could be saving up for that!

  • 03/12/2013 19:14 in reply to Noisette

    Hazel C said:
    In the last week a dying bird was found by a railway line near Saint-Jean pied de Port (reported by a driver) with it's body full of lead shot. Sadly it didn't survive. What I would like to do to the hunter is not suitabe for printing on this forum.

    quite a lot of us would be with you there Noisette,our club recording area is pretty much surrounded by grouse moors and some of these are "black holes" for wandering raptors even out of the game shooting season

    Pete

    Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can

  • 03/12/2013 21:18 in reply to doggie

    At the moment, a King Vulture.

    "Let loose the Kraken!"

  • 03/12/2013 23:54 in reply to Stuart Vine

    A good view of a Golden Eagle wouldn't go amiss.

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    Tony

    My Flickr Photostream 

  • 04/12/2013 00:20 in reply to TeeJay

    A golden eagle is also my choice though I wouldn't mind a white tailed eagle either.

    "Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."

    Magnus Ullman

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