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| Author: | Freddy Johnson [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
c 11.45 - 12.45 Sat 5 June Incl : 3 Tree Pipit - 2 'parachuting' birds -1 on top of Hawthorn Garden Warbler Whitethroat Yellowhammer Goldfinch Kestrel Swift Swallow House Martin. Regards, Freddy ( with son Alex ) |
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| Author: | Grahame Hopwood [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
Hi Freddy (and others) Just to set to record straight, as far as I can be sure there are NO Tree Pipits at Greetwell Hollow. What folk are observing are Meadow Pipits which have a significantly different song and calls from those of Tree Pipits. Just because a displaying male starts and/or finishes his display flight from a small bush or shrub does not make it a Tree Pipit! I have been to Greetwell twice this year and all I can hear and see are Meadow Pipits. If you want to see/hear Tree Pipits in Lincs try Laughton Forest, Scotton Common or Crowle Moor, and you will be amazed at how different they sound! I'm only mentioning this because a lot of people are going to Greetwell and reporting Tree Pipits, based on some old reports, to which I have no idea how valid they are (before I moved to Lincoln). Hope this helps. Regards Grahame |
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| Author: | Dean Eades [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
Thks for this report Grahame, I have watched the hollow for some years off & on, and never seen a tree pipit but reports most years... ? Dean.... |
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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
I agree with the last two postings. Each time I go I only see Meadow Pipits despite reports of Tree Pipits. As Grahame says Meadow Pipits will start and finish song flights from bushes but I have never heard Tree Pipit song in Greetwell hollow. |
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| Author: | Stuart Britton [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
Graham, Linwood Warren and Walesby Moor are two other current Tree Pipit sites for those interested. |
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| Author: | Freddy Johnson [ Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Greetwell Hollow, Lincoln - 05 06 10 |
Funny thing is.....the first year I went to Greetwell Hollow, I wasn't 100% convinced but I was informed that they were definitely Tree Pipits. Now we know better. Thanks for the correct gen. Regards, Freddy |
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