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Who is Temminck and why is he here?

Posted 14 hours ago

by John Badley
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We had our reserve annual review yesterday, with staff from HQ (Bedfordshire), regional office (Norwich) and of course here. We lost our ecologist Graham for a while as he dived off into the 360 hide to see a Temminck's stint. We do seem to have done...
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I don't want £400,000 of tax payer's money...my money... spent on keeping wild buzzards in captivity and destroying nests. Do you?

Posted 18 hours ago

by Laura Harpham
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The Government organisation Defra has recently announced that, due to pressure from the pheasant shooting industry, they plan to invest £400,000 in destroying buzzard nests and capturing adult birds. These wild birds will then be kept in captivity...
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Saturday - continuing the gothic theme...

Posted 5 days ago

by Laura Harpham
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On the down side: the black-winged stilt has not been seen today. On the up side: the black-necked grebe is still about, as are the curlew sandpipers and wood sandpipers (2 around today) and at about 4.30 this afternoon 2 black terns arrived on the...
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Recent sightings, weekend weather and next week's tides

Posted 6 days ago

by Laura Harpham
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Hello from Frampton, We’ve had a windy day on the reserve, with north-easterly winds reaching 15mph at times. Having said that, the wildlife hasn’t been blown away and there’s plenty to see. Today’s sighting highlights...
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Frampton's Going Gothic

Posted 9 days ago

by Laura Harpham
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Black plumage seems to be the fashion on the Frampton bird-walk this season. With black-winged stilts parading the reserve for almost three weeks now and a black-necked grebe arriving this week I'm expected black vulture and black kite any day now...

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John Badley	Late migrants Posted to: Frampton Marsh	Latest post by John Badley 25 Oct 2011 4:21 PM	1
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seymouraves	High tide spectacular! Posted to: Frampton Marsh	Latest post by seymouraves 1 Sep 2011 4:01 PM	1
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