tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post5137229166638414323..comments2024-03-28T09:35:52.616+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: Nocmig Mega and Many BirdsGavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-19134801100559910852021-04-25T23:07:26.336+01:002021-04-25T23:07:26.336+01:00Thanks for the kind words Stewart, and for the mor...Thanks for the kind words Stewart, and for the moral support re Tree Pipit! No idea why I sometimes have these shaky moments with quite straightforward birds...<br /><br />Stone-curlew is very scarce in Dorset, with just 4 records in 2019 (one nocmig) and none in 2018 for example. Just a few miles west, in Devon, it is a proper rarity. However, my guess is that if every Dorset (and Devon) birder who goes out and bashes a local patch by day also deployed some nocmig kit by night, the status of Stone-curlew - and perhaps many species - would be very different. Food for thought.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-85800631744151625692021-04-25T22:53:41.821+01:002021-04-25T22:53:41.821+01:00Thanks Dave. Blame it on the birds. They've be...Thanks Dave. Blame it on the birds. They've been very kind to me so far this year.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-14847627389194839632021-04-25T20:49:40.708+01:002021-04-25T20:49:40.708+01:00Great Post Gav. Why am I not surprised about your ...Great Post Gav. Why am I not surprised about your Stone Curlew? You live on the south coast so every UK breeder has to pass there at some point, so why not your garden? You have some great photos there too, loving the Whimbrel...Oh, yes that is a Tree pipit. Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-63566538524086637652021-04-25T09:39:59.550+01:002021-04-25T09:39:59.550+01:00Entertaining throughout - as usual. Entertaining throughout - as usual. Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055465175098422464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-78016961387427377892021-04-25T08:51:27.196+01:002021-04-25T08:51:27.196+01:00Mischief on a grand scale, Ric! The sort of thing ...Mischief on a grand scale, Ric! The sort of thing I would definitely have been up for in years past! And it has happened too...<br /><br />Last a year a north-east based birder/nocmigged was pranked by his 'mates'. Unsure what the amazing wader song on his nocmig recording actually was, he sent it to an expert abroad. The expert's diagnosis? 'Lovely recording. It's the song of a Pacific Golden Plover. And what is especially notable is that I recognised it because it's my own recording, made a few years ago!' As they say in old movies: the game was well and truly up! 😄<br /><br />I just hope it never happens to me. But how will I know... ? Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-52956527665615815992021-04-25T07:44:47.939+01:002021-04-25T07:44:47.939+01:00Not surprised you need a sleep after that Gav.
As...Not surprised you need a sleep after that Gav.<br /><br />As for...Unless some prankster knows where I live, of course...?<br /><br />This I feel could be grounds for mischief making among Nocmig aficionados, or others with no standards on this score.<br />Let me think now. Where do I find a flight call of a Pallas's Gull? Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com