tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post5209995748734034645..comments2024-03-29T08:25:42.543+00:00Comments on Of Esox & observations : Random stuffDylan Wrathallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-63337081818369718702020-02-17T15:25:48.617+00:002020-02-17T15:25:48.617+00:00Hi Gav,
Thanks for taking time to offer a comment....Hi Gav,<br />Thanks for taking time to offer a comment. On one of the farms where I've permission to wander with rods or binoculars, the keeper still uses names from yesteryear. Yaffle, Bramble-finch, Green Plover and Storm Cock have all been mentioned during our conversations and just go to demonstrate how far the bird names used today really are from their colloquial origins. Can/does it really matter, beyond some form of inverted snobbery, what folk call them?<br />That Slender-billed Gull at Grove was, indeed, the self same bird as turned up at Monks' Wall NR - I managed to see it on "Bird Race Day" whilst doing a non-motorised effort - absolutely stunning individual. As for the fishing? The health and well being of Bev's mum is of far higher importance than another wet fish in my landing net, but I'm confident that things will change in the next few months (sad as that sounds?)<br />All the best and keep blogging - DylDylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-6778870541358764582020-02-17T15:04:54.734+00:002020-02-17T15:04:54.734+00:00Ric, Colour ringed gulls have been a source of gre...Ric, Colour ringed gulls have been a source of great pleasure during my time on Thanet. Med Gulls from Poland, Black-headed Gulls from Sweden & Finland, Great Black-backs from Norway, Lesser Black-backs from Holland and umpteen Herring Gulls from all over the shop, Belgium to Thurrock or East Sussex! That Audouin's Gull was "digi-scoped" on Menorca and is part of an island nest monitoring scheme which has added hugely to our understanding of the population dynamics of the species. Every colour ring I report makes me feel like I'm putting something back into a hobby which has provided me with so much joy during a lifetime of looking.Dylan Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285181139467170047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-7072411570671822802020-02-17T09:38:45.204+00:002020-02-17T09:38:45.204+00:00Thanks for the kind words Dyl. When it comes to bi...Thanks for the kind words Dyl. When it comes to bird names I'm a bit contrary sometimes. While I cling stubbornly to Bearded Tit (not Reedling) and Sociable Plover (not Lapwing) I have happily adopted Pallas's Gull, rather than the old-school Great Black-headed, for no better reason than I like it! To me it somehow conveys 'super-rare' more effectively than a name that basically mangles two of our commonest gull species into one.<br /><br />I think I saw that Slender-billed you mention. If its the same one that was present at Grove Ferry(?) some time in the mid/late 1990s, I was staying at DBO for a few days and drove up with a car-less lad who wanted to see it. I'd seen the Norfolk pair in '87 so it was a very relaxed twitch on my part!<br /><br />Hope you get out with the rods again soon. I seem to lack the angling urge at the moment, but am happy enough to go with the flow... :-) Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7338589224051075532.post-6611167523157163102020-02-17T07:22:29.229+00:002020-02-17T07:22:29.229+00:00Dyl, I see one of the gulls in your selection of p...Dyl, I see one of the gulls in your selection of pictures has it's name on it's leg. <br />I imagine someone was determined that this individual needed a written label to remind it that it wasn't common.<br />Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com