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Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Farnborough: 7th February

Probable Goosander: f. On "Canal" with other ducks.
Probable Smew 2 m/f on Canal in melt.

Peter Braybrook

4 comments:

  1. The map link that comes up from this news on the going biring site shows Farnborough - Warwickshire? Is there another Farnborough in Oxon?
    Gareth

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  2. Don't think there's another one in Oxon?
    It's all a bit messy county boarder wise around Farnborough,there was a Lesser Scaup on the Lake in the
    grounds of a NT owned country house in Farnborough a few years ago and I think that was supposed to be in Oxon?
    Not sure about the canal though??

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  3. Ah, I see. I wasn't aware of the contention over where the boundary lies. I just go off the OS map which shows all of Farnborough in Warks. I know the Lesser Scaup (2005?) went down as a Warks bird. Anyway thats probably a political matter I don't need to get involved in!

    Either way, no Smew this morning but 3 Goosanders - 1 adult drake and 2 redheads.

    Gareth

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    1. I think that Lesser Scaup was 'in Oxfordshire'
      right up to the arrival of the Sonning Eye bird a few years later! ;-)

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