tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post7141627943077009300..comments2024-03-28T10:30:16.701+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: Fifty-NineGavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-7131852967452659092020-05-23T17:42:20.224+01:002020-05-23T17:42:20.224+01:00Ah, I wondered how things were going on Skye. Too ...Ah, I wondered how things were going on Skye. Too well, clearly... 😜Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-37476514928249616682020-05-23T16:23:17.212+01:002020-05-23T16:23:17.212+01:0061... ;) 61... ;) Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-28457715319035409752020-05-23T16:14:19.716+01:002020-05-23T16:14:19.716+01:00I remember that Ric. Was it Tony Duckett, over Reg...I remember that Ric. Was it Tony Duckett, over Regent's Park? Yep, anything, anywhere! Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-36095860143918276752020-05-23T14:30:32.890+01:002020-05-23T14:30:32.890+01:00Gav, I think it was last year that a Cory's Sh...Gav, I think it was last year that a Cory's Shearwater was recorded over central London.<br />After that one, anything is possible.<br />Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-24755057379103074242020-05-23T10:14:41.678+01:002020-05-23T10:14:41.678+01:00In birding parlance, Manx Shearwater would constit...In birding parlance, Manx Shearwater would constitute a massive garden gripper! The first one I saw inland was floating on a little gravel pit of no more than a few acres. It looked very lost!Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-59542020198798944882020-05-23T10:11:28.177+01:002020-05-23T10:11:28.177+01:00Stewart, someone on Twitter mentioned quarries awa...Stewart, someone on Twitter mentioned quarries away from the sea, and someone else said they'd seen Fulmars 15 miles inland in Yorkshire, like it wasn't unusual. I've since found out that Fulmars do indeed breed in inland quarries, and other suitable sites, though usually within 20km of the sea. You learn something every day!<br /><br />All I can say in defense of my ignorance is that I am unaware of such behaviour occurring close to anywhere I've ever lived! Which is no excuse for such limited knowledge...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-61084635550175878572020-05-23T09:57:14.819+01:002020-05-23T09:57:14.819+01:00Cheers Ken, that's good to know. Amazed they d...Cheers Ken, that's good to know. Amazed they didn't appear in storms occasionally.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-81703439186874639722020-05-23T09:52:17.495+01:002020-05-23T09:52:17.495+01:00When storms knocked the migration flocks off cours...When storms knocked the migration flocks off course, I once recorded a Manx Shearwater in my garden in Herefordshire. Okay, it was brought to me from a neighbour a couple of houses away but it sat in my front room whilst I arranged it's onward travel.<br /><br />Not many fulmars make it this far in land though....<br />Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259482046178828401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-29483791419647436972020-05-22T23:29:37.835+01:002020-05-22T23:29:37.835+01:00Our Northumberland Fulmars nust buck the trend. I ...Our Northumberland Fulmars nust buck the trend. I see them head inland every day, except early winter. They visit a quarry about 1 mile inland and fly over our village and my garden regularly, last summer I saw one even attempt to land on a neighbours chimney! To top the lot though one year I went out and found a poor Fulmar flattened on the village road. We only have 18 houses and not many cars use it, so to become a road casualty here is very unlucky indeed...Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-54881010697010296392020-05-22T23:05:51.065+01:002020-05-22T23:05:51.065+01:00I used to live in Easton on Portland, surrounded b...I used to live in Easton on Portland, surrounded by Fulmars (well several pairs on East and West cliffs about a kilometre away). Only once did I get one over the garden. We had some pretty horrific storms when I was there but it was on a still, calm, misty day that a fulmar flew over. So... a cracking record for you. Ken Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586106495326999142noreply@blogger.com