tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post2676032677538005725..comments2024-03-28T16:31:12.977+00:00Comments on Birds2blog: The Smew....Pete Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16039548314043002357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-37016832187107456032011-02-17T20:24:31.509+00:002011-02-17T20:24:31.509+00:00Thanks for this Pete, you will have checked your &...Thanks for this Pete, you will have checked your 'inbox' by now.Pete Woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039548314043002357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-58981616029129296602011-02-17T00:20:30.329+00:002011-02-17T00:20:30.329+00:00The reason the old Dockacres was so good for wildf...The reason the old Dockacres was so good for wildfowl in the early 1990s was the vast amount of grain put in there by the BASC-affiliated shooting syndicate. Shooting didnt seem to bother Smew!<br /><br />Greenfinches are on the up again. Following good productivity, record numbers were ringed at Heysham Obs last autumn (= the highest annual ringing total in 30 years history) with, as you implied, a disproportionate percentage of 1CY birdsPete Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461363671751316069noreply@blogger.com