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| Author: | Michael Harrison [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Passage Migrants |
Sunday 26th August Hemingby:- Flock of 5 curlew flying north upstream over R.Bain towards Baumber Mill. Shearmans Wath, West Ashby:- 11 Teal 2 Grey Heron 7 Green Sandpiper 10 Snipe Baumber:- 1900hrs Suprised to find an unseasonal Short Eared Owl sitting on a swath of straw on a newly harvested barley field. Mike |
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| Author: | Stuart Britton [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passage Migrants |
Michael, Swath!! - you'd better include a translation for the non yellow-bellies who read the Forum! Stuart |
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| Author: | Michael Harrison [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passage Migrants |
Like you Stuart I am a Yellowbelly through and through and am a keen student of our local dialect and practise it whenever I can although I don't think the word 'Swath' is particularly 'Linkisheer', phonetically it would most likely be 'Swaath'! Mike |
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| Author: | Greg Roberts [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Passage Migrants |
Mike. That'll be a Swath on the Wath then ? Greg |
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