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''Nothing to do with me, could be due to updates on the phone's browser software - appears to be a caching issue in which the phone returns the page it had before rather than going onto the internet to get the latest view so would be worth trying to refresh the page (Administrator).'' |
''Nothing to do with me, could be due to updates on the phone's browser software - appears to be a caching issue in which the phone returns the page it had before rather than going onto the internet to get the latest view so would be worth trying to refresh the page (Administrator).'' |
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| − | The method I use is to change to desktop view on my phone's internet browser for this site. Makes the text smaller of course but one can zoom in (Reuben Braddock). |
+ | The method I use is to change to desktop view on my phone's internet browser for this site. Makes the text smaller of course but one can zoom in (Reuben Braddock). |
''Works OK on Windows PC (Dave Burt).'' |
''Works OK on Windows PC (Dave Burt).'' |
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Going into edit then back again works for me, but intriguingly the Croydon Birders website uses the same WIKIA base and displays up to date info without having to go into edit first! (John Birkett). |
Going into edit then back again works for me, but intriguingly the Croydon Birders website uses the same WIKIA base and displays up to date info without having to go into edit first! (John Birkett). |
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+ | On smart phone the latest news does not show fully till the next day, it often displays 2 or 3 posts but not all, this only started when you change the format so each day had it's own page and had to be clicked to be opened (Michael Mac) |
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==House Sparrow (June 2017)== |
==House Sparrow (June 2017)== |
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''I doubt nesting is the main issue. Sparrows disappeared suddenly from Golders Hill Park area in 2000 despite no change in nest site availability. The presence of sparrows around Covent Garden and Fleet Street is now a regular joy for me (maybe for a year). There is a pub in Kemble Street with seed feeders as well as ivy that has them most of the time. I would not be surprised if this is a disease resistant group, or a group that has learnt some new trick of food usage. I think there must be quite a number of birds in the area (Jo Edwards). '' |
''I doubt nesting is the main issue. Sparrows disappeared suddenly from Golders Hill Park area in 2000 despite no change in nest site availability. The presence of sparrows around Covent Garden and Fleet Street is now a regular joy for me (maybe for a year). There is a pub in Kemble Street with seed feeders as well as ivy that has them most of the time. I would not be surprised if this is a disease resistant group, or a group that has learnt some new trick of food usage. I think there must be quite a number of birds in the area (Jo Edwards). '' |
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| − | Possibly combination of loss of nest sites some shrubs, bushes or rough ground where they feed. Mystery how sparrows survive around Drury Lane and Covent Garden/Long Acre when there aren't much food sources (wild flower meadows etc) when Hyde Park which has loads of wild areas has no sparrows and also no old buildings to provide nest sites. On the Churchhill Gardens Housing Estate in Pimlico there is a successful colony of about 20 pairs in a small pyracantha hedge in a well vegetated but small garden, there are feeders up on balcony's and the birds manage to keep breeding inspite of being in a built up area, with lots of traffic(fumes) around, yet this is the only one in Central London, the hedge is very unique - tall but not too dense but with large thorns round the outside. '''In the last 4 years in less than 1 Kilometer area of SW London - west Stockwell to Battersea Power Station I have seen 25 active house sparrow nest sites filled by refurbishment work and in 2 cases demolition of the brick buildings both residential, containing the nest sites |
+ | Possibly combination of loss of nest sites some shrubs, bushes or rough ground where they feed. Mystery how sparrows survive around Drury Lane and Covent Garden/Long Acre when there aren't much food sources (wild flower meadows etc) when Hyde Park which has loads of wild areas has no sparrows and also no old buildings to provide nest sites. On the Churchhill Gardens Housing Estate in Pimlico there is a successful colony of about 20 pairs in a small pyracantha hedge in a well vegetated but small garden, there are feeders up on balcony's and the birds manage to keep breeding inspite of being in a built up area, with lots of traffic(fumes) around, yet this is the only one in Central London, the hedge is very unique - tall but not too dense but with large thorns round the outside. (Michael Mac 2018) '''In the last 4 years in less than 1 Kilometer area of SW London - west Stockwell to Battersea Power Station I have seen 25 active house sparrow nest sites filled by refurbishment work and in 2 cases demolition of the brick buildings both residential, containing the nest sites - visible proof the last sparrows are being driven out of this area by lost of nest sites! And that attitudes and beliefs about house sparrows held by RSPB etc is allowing this to happen.''' |
''House Sparrows are a colonial species. They communicate constantly to keep in contact with their immediate neighbours. They are also a sedentary species, so don't migrate distances out of habit. Here's my reason(s) for the decline of House Sparrows in urban areas. (1) Low breeding success due to pollution affecting the availability of the insects they need to feed their young. (2) Loss of nest sites to some extent. However, the main reason is that House Sparrows won't cross a space unless it can hear another House Sparrow. In New Zealand, the House Sparrows I studied, spread themselves out, but kept connected to each via sight and sound. One only had to throw some food out to see how the network functioned. Where gaps in the population appear due to (1) & (2). The remaining birds become ever more isolated in pockets. You will note this yourself no doubt. The great mass of birds subsequently become groups, then a few birds and finally just one. (Richard Francis).'' |
''House Sparrows are a colonial species. They communicate constantly to keep in contact with their immediate neighbours. They are also a sedentary species, so don't migrate distances out of habit. Here's my reason(s) for the decline of House Sparrows in urban areas. (1) Low breeding success due to pollution affecting the availability of the insects they need to feed their young. (2) Loss of nest sites to some extent. However, the main reason is that House Sparrows won't cross a space unless it can hear another House Sparrow. In New Zealand, the House Sparrows I studied, spread themselves out, but kept connected to each via sight and sound. One only had to throw some food out to see how the network functioned. Where gaps in the population appear due to (1) & (2). The remaining birds become ever more isolated in pockets. You will note this yourself no doubt. The great mass of birds subsequently become groups, then a few birds and finally just one. (Richard Francis).'' |
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[[Special:Contributions/173.72.206.32|173.72.206.32]] 12:21, March 10, 2015 (UTC)Jim Goehring, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA |
[[Special:Contributions/173.72.206.32|173.72.206.32]] 12:21, March 10, 2015 (UTC)Jim Goehring, Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA |
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| − | ''Yes they are feral but considered wild and are not part of any private collections. Red-crested Pochard are also mostly feral escaped from collections, very rarely genuine wild birds in London (impossible to tell). 99% Shovelers are wild. There is no official collection at Finsbury Park. There are a couple of escaped wood duck sometimes seen around London also. Feb 2018'' |
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== Data entry problem (May 2014) == |
== Data entry problem (May 2014) == |
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