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Summer Comes and Goes
A brief look at the arrival and departure dates of the summer visitors in our area.
Species
Date of Arrival
Swallow
Swift
Sand Martin
House Martin
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Yellow Wagtail
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
Spotted Flycatcher
Garden Warbler
Whinchat
Wheatear
Common Tern
Common Sandpiper
Hobby
12th April
27th April
12th April
15th April
28th April
17th April
25th May
15th April
17th April
20th March
25th May
3rd May
30th April
13th April
14th April
15th April
5th May
Last Date Seen
5th October
30th August
20th September
30th September
11th November
29th September
22nd September
28th July
29th September
21st September
10th June
13th June
10th September
20th October
20th August
27th August
7th October
Of course this is just a few of our summer migrants.
Then there are the winter migrants that fill the places of the ones that have gone.
Fieldfare
Waxwing
Redwing
Goldeneye
Jack Snipe
Date Left
17th April
10th April
15th April
21st April
29th March
Date Arrived
13th October
-------------28th April
29th September
27th September
Two species had only two entries in our area for the whole of summer
First Report
Last Report
Cuckoo
26th May
9th June
Turtle Dove
15th June
5th August
0ne species had only one entry for the whole of summer
Common Quail
10th August
These two species of summer migrant which seemed to stayed all year:
Chiffchaff and Blackcap
Thanks to Paul Leonard at R.M.B.C. for his help and co-operation in compiling this
information.
Tony Kettle
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Rotherham and District
Ornithological Society
www.rotherhambirds.co.uk
Honorary Secretary:
Malcolm Taylor
CHAT 112
APRIL - JULY 2014
PRESIDENT’S INTRODUCTION
What a difference a year makes! Last
spring we had endured the coldest winter
for several decades and there was lying
snow well into April. This year we’ve had
mild but incredibly wet weather and as I
write this in early March the signs of spring
are everywhere with butterflies on the
wing and many species of birds holding
territories.
Wildlife is very good at adapting to natural
conditions such as fluctuations in the
weather; it’s been doing it for centuries. In
the UK where our weather is unpredictable
at best it is an essential survival strategy.
What wildlife isn’t able to cope with so
easily are the more dramatic changes to
the environment imposed on it by
mankind. Destruction of habitat, removal
of food sources, intensive farming
practices and our subsequent effects on
the global climate are issues that our
wildlife is unable to respond to so easily.
At the moment our local wildlife is under
more pressure than any time in the last
thirty years. The change in planning laws
that was introduced by the coalition
government in 2011 undos years of
legislation that was put in place to protect
habitat and vulnerable species. Thanks to
changes in the law planners can override
any previous protection if there can be a
proven economic benefit to a local
community from a building or change in
land use.
In the last two years there has been a
vastly increased threat to our local wildlife
as a direct result of this change in the law.
Greenbelt land that was previously
relatively protected can now be built on if
the economic benefit can be said to
outweigh its environmental credentials.
In Sheffield, a proposed ‘super fire station’
off the Parkway next to Bowden
Howsteads Wood and close to the Wildlife
Trust reserve Carrbrook Meadows would
never have gained approval before the
change in the planning laws. Proposals to
route the high speed railway HS2 across
several areas of protected SSSI land and
nature reserves is also a major threat to our
wildlife. Planners and developers are
exploiting this softening of the law to their
great advantage and it’s now much
harder for campaigners to find a strong
enough argument against development
proposals of this type.
As individuals we can all play a part to
oppose any development that threatens
our wildlife and I know that several RDOS
members are already doing this in their
local area. As a group RDOS will also
continue to maintain a proactive
involvement in local planning and
environmental issues.
Ben M Keywood
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Notice of the 40th Annual General Meeting
of the Rotherham and District Ornithological
Society to be held at the Herringthorpe
United Reform Church Hall, Wickersley Road,
Rotherham Friday 11th April 2014 at 7:30 pm
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. President’s Address
3. Minutes of the 39th Annual General
Meeting
4. Matters Arising
5. Honorary Secretary’s Report
6. Honorary Treasurer’s Report
7. Recorder’s Report
8. Election and resignation of Officers
and Committee Members, and
appointment of Trustees
9. Election of Honorary Auditor
Any Other Business (for which notice shall be
given in advance)
EVENTS PROGRAMME
Friday 11th April
AGM
Followed by Vietnam by Ben Keywood
Sunday 27th April
Coach Trip: Filey
RDOS COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT
Ben M. Keywood
HONORARY SECRETARY
Malcolm Taylor
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
John Laskey
PROGRAMME SECRETARY
Keith Bartlett
TREASURER
Ken Tupholme
RECORDS CO-ORDINATOR
and PUBLICITY OFFICER
Tony Kettle
RDOS CHARITY
FUND TRUSTEES
Ken Tupholme
Beryl Griffith
CHAT Submissions
chat@galaxy4.co.uk
Sunday 11th May
Field Trip: Idle Valley Nature Reserve
Tuesday 27th May
Mid-week Walk:
Longshaw and Padley Gorge
Friday 20th June
Evening Field Trip
Grenoside Woods
Tuesday 24th June
Mid-week Walk
Old Moor Perimeter
Tuesday 29th July
Mid-week Walk: Wickersley Wood
And Winthrop Gardens
Tuesday 26th August
Mid-week Walk: Clumber Park
Greenfinch
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Forthcoming Events
Field Trips
Sunday 27th April
Mini Bus Trip to Filey
The mini bus will pick up from the market car
park at 8.00am, followed by Brecks and The
Three Horseshoes in Wickersley. Travelling to
Filey we will visit the new reserve and then
the usual cliff top car park, leaving for home
at 4pm. The fare is £15 per person. Limited
places, so please book early.
Sunday 11th May
Idle Valley Nature Reserve
Meet at the car park at 09.30. To get to the
reserve take the A631 towards Maltby. Turn
right by Maltby Grammar School onto the
A634 to Blyth. At Blyth crossroads, follow the
A634 towards Barnby Moor where you turn
right towards Retford. After crossing over the
railway bridge carry on for half a mile and
turn left into the reserve.
Friday 20th June
Evening visit to Grenoside Woods
We will meet at 19.30 at The Red Lion in
Grenoside for a walk looking for Nightjars
and moths. To get to Grenoside, take the
A629 Upper Wortley Road out of Rotherham
to Chapeltown. Cross the roundabout and
go under the railway bridge. Turn left into
Burncross Road and follow this on to Hall
Wood Road. At the junction with the A61
turn left towards Grenoside. In Grenoside
turn right in to Norfolk Hill to Main Street. Turn
right and The Red Lion is on your right.
Mid-week Walks
The following Tuesday walks have been
arranged.
May 27th 10am Longshaw and Padley
Meet at the top of Padley Gorge (where the
ice cream vans park). The walk takes us
over the moors and up Padley Gorge. We
should see Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Tree
Pipit and other woodland and moorland
species (approx 4 miles).
June 24th 10am Old Moor Perimeter
Meet in RSPB Old Moor car park. The walk
takes us to Wombwell Ings and then past
Bolton Ings. We hope to see a variety of
warblers and some breeding water birds.
July 29th 10am
Wickersley Woods and Winthrop Garden
Meet in the Youth Centre car park on Flash
Lane, Bramley (S491919). We will walk
through the woods to Winthrop Park where
we will stop at the award winning garden
for a short time before walking back past
Slacks Pond to our cars (approx 3 miles).
August 26th 10am Clumber Park
Meet on the cricket field. After a walk
through the park we will stop for our
traditional picnic. Car park charges may
apply for non NT members (approx 4 miles).
Ken Tupholme
Recent Events
Winter Mid-week walks
The final mid-week walk of 2013 saw us in
luck with the weather - a brilliantly sunny
day sandwiched between two poor ones.
We arrived at Waleswood in time to see a
small flock of Siskin depart and as we made
our way around the perimeter of Rother
Valley Country Park to Pit House West a Tree
Creeper was seen. We could also hear a
Water Rail squeal some distance away while
a good number of Redwing appeared to
be sunbathing in trees across the pond.
Plenty of common birds were present, easy
to spot in the still, bright conditions. What
happened when we turned a corner was a
complete shock. There in front of us were
two young ladies taking for a walk, of all
things, a skunk, an Arctic fox and a
raccoon, together with a rather more
mundane pug dog! A brief conversation
with their owner didn’t really satisfy our
curiosity as to why anyone would want to
keep such creatures.
Arriving at the lakes we had good sightings
of
Goldeneye,
Goosander,
Wigeon,
Shelduck and a large number of GreatCrested Grebe amongst several other
species. At the Visitor Centre a Song Thrush
and Pied Wagtail were spotted, and soon
we encountered Bullfinch and Greenfinch.
Making our way back to our parking spot
we found we hadn’t seen the last of our
exotic species as the field next to it is the
home of an Alpaca. This was certainly one
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of the strangest and exotic walks we have
ever done.
The rain stopped as we met in Whiston for
our January walk to Whiston Meadows.
Long-tailed and other tit species flitted
through the trees as we walked through the
meadows. There was only a few Coot and
Mallard on the flooded flash. Numerous
winter thrushes were seen throughout the
walk and we had excellent views of a
Sparrowhawk as it flew up a hedge in front
of us and a Kestrel obligingly sat in a tree for
us to view. A Green Woodpecker yaffled in
the distance and as we walked along the
raised bank a Green Sandpiper flew up from
a flooded field. As we neared the end of
the walk the rain started but this did not
dampen our enjoyment of the morning’s
birdwatching.
Almost at the end of one of the wettest-ever
winters eleven members arrived at Lound for
the February mid-week walk expecting very
muddy conditions. Luckily our fears were
unfounded; perhaps the recent strong winds
had dried the ground a little. In fact there
were early signs of spring as a singing Mistle
Thrush greeted our arrival. Later a pair of
Great Crested Grebes showed us a snatch
of their courtship ritual.
The many lakes that have been created
from gravel extraction each created their
own particular habitat, some duck species
appearing in good numbers at one lake
and absent from others. One lake in what is
now known as Idle Valley Nature Reserve
yielded a large number of Shoveler, with just
a few present elsewhere. Likewise Pochard
were more in evidence in one location than
others, presumably these instances are due
to specialised feeding. Most of the
expected duck species were there in
healthy numbers, but it was good to see a
pair of Pintail towards the end of our circuit.
It was not only duck species that provided
interest, there were snatches of song from
various songbirds, and it was good to hear
Skylark despite the noise of the gusty wind.
A familiar call we heard could only have
been
a
Green
Woodpecker,
aptly
nicknamed “Yaffle”. A Kestrel was seen
hunting for food alongside Chainbridge
Lane and flocks of Lapwing were quite
mobile. We had walked along the river
where the adjacent fields held large
numbers of swans, mostly Mute but a few
Whoopers as well; and we had good views
of a pair of Oystercatchers taking
advantage of the conditions provided by
management of the location. As we made
our way back to the cars we talked about
the river, but this was just Idle gossip.
John Laskey and Ken Tupholme
Christmas Social
Friday 13th December
As usual our December indoor meeting
dispensed with all the usual formalities of a
speaker and instead we spent the evening
in the company of quiz masters Malcolm
Taylor and John Laskey presiding over a
couple of light hearted quizzes. These
included a picture puzzle (identifying birds
from their heads or tails) and a word search
the rules and instructions of which caused a
little head scratching at first but were in-fact
much
simpler
than
first
impressions
suggested.
In our four teams there was a little bit of
healthy competitive spirit, but only for as
long as we could resist the wonderful feast
of buffet food. And what a feast it was. We
are so grateful to the many members who
toiled in the kitchen preparing such a large
range of pastries, sandwiches and cakes for
us to enjoy. Thank you very much to all of
you that contributed to satisfying our
appetites.
Whilst eating, the Christmas Social provides
us with the opportunity for exactly that,
socialising and chatting with fellow
members and exchanging stories and
gossip. The RDOS Christmas Social always
kicks off the Christmas calendar for me, it’s
the precursor for everything else to come
and a very enjoyable evening was had by
all.
Ben Keywood
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Nature’s Year by Allan Parker
Friday 10th January
Todwick resident Allan Parker was paying his
first visit to RDOS for many years, so we
didn’t know quite what to expect from the
presentation he was to put on. He explained
that he would show each season of the
year from spring to winter with photos of all
kinds of wildlife, including plants, insects and
mammals as well as birds.
What we used to call a “slideshow” seems
to have passed into history, going by the
technical gadgetry on display by recent
speakers, and this was no exception. Spring
was announced by early blackthorn and
coltsfoot, and Allan described how he used
macro lenses to blur the background in
these photos. Numerous spring shots
followed, a photo of an adder lying flat to
soak up as much of the early-year sun as
possible. May was exemplified by bluebells,
early butterflies and photos of Mallard and
Gadwall with Allan remarking how common
the latter have become. Migrants arrived
and we saw pictures of Sedge and Reed
Warbler and then a fine shot of Swallow
courtesy of a long telephoto lens. Allan likes
to tell a story with his camera and we saw a
fine sequence showing a Black-Headed Gull
harassing a heron. A photo of a female
Kingfisher was used to help us distinguish it
from a male, in Allan’s words the female
uses “lippy”.
the Farne Islands and great depictions of
breeding Fulmar. Back inland and Allan
remarked how pit tops had become good
birding sites, homes for Skylark and Yellow
Wagtail, with fine photos of these. Then we
were treated to wonderful close-ups of oxeye daisy and several kinds of orchid,
followed by insects, and tips on how to take
the best photographs. Butterflies included
Common Blue, Silver-studded Blue and
Orange-tip, which Allan likes to photograph
showing the underwing.
Autumn was depicted by landscapes of
mists and colours of trees and berries, an
ideal time to photograph the thrush species
with the arrival of Redwing and Fieldfare,
the latter seemingly in short supply this year.
Fungi were depicted by examples with
appropriate names such as “Turkey Tails”
and “Shaggy Ink Cap”. Off to the coast
again and we were shown photos of the
two main Godwit species with identification
hints.
Winter began with more fungi, some types
not evident until this late in the year, and
lichens, at their best now. A visit to Mull
brought wonderful pictures of otters and
Red Deer, and then Sea Eagles, Goldeneye,
Smew, Snow and Lapland Buntings, all
beautifully portrayed. Back home we saw a
sequence of a Bittern at Potteric Carr being
fed on sprats brought from Doncaster
market, leaving its hiding place for a rare
chance to capture this remarkable bird on
camera. Some fine pictures of sunsets made
an appropriate end to the evening. The
quality of the photography we had
experienced left us all in awe, and finished
hoping that it would not be so long before
we saw Allan again.
John Laskey
Potteric Carr
Sunday 15th December
Little Grebe
Into summer we saw Great Crested Grebe
at their nests and then Little Grebe at
Cromford - a good place to see this species.
Off to the coast next, and shots of Puffin on
Nine members met at Potteric Carr for a
stroll around the reserve. There weren’t a lot
of birds but a small group of finches with
some siskins were about. A few Redwing
and Fieldfare were also seen and a Cetti’s
Warbler was heard calling but sadly not
seen. In the afternoon a water Rail was on
Piper’s Marsh with a buzzard flying
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overhead. Due to the railway company
closing the crossing we couldn’t visit the
whole reserve but a good day was enjoyed
by all.
Keith Bartlett
Clumber Park
Sunday 12th January
Although the temperature was -1c, it felt
much warmer as we set off for our annual
walk around the lake. The day was windless
with a clear blue sky and sunshine.
We walked through the chapel wood and
saw Nuthatches, Coal Tits and heard the
needle thin call of Goldcrest. We were
informed that a single Hawfinch had been
seen around 9am but we did not find any.
We made our way along the lake edge to
the arm – on the water were several species
of
duck
including
Goldeneye
and
Goosander.
East Anglia - Nature’s Haven
by Steve Lovell
Friday 14 February 2014
The saying “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody
any good” was a fitting motto to the subject
of our February indoor meeting.
Steve Lovell is a Lincoln man, a selfemployed garden designer who has had
experience of working at various RSPB
locations. His illustrated talk partly showed us
how nature reserves were being designed
to cope with the storms we were currently
experiencing, so his visit could not have
been better timed. He explained that his
presentation would be in the form of a
journey north through East Anglia, starting
on the Thames Estuary and heading to the
North Norfolk Coast with some inland
detours and then finishing at the Nene
Washes. A map he showed us outlining the
areas at risk from all the different natural
and man-made threats was quite disturbing,
but then he began to explain the steps
being taken to counter these threats.
Wallasea Island RSPB reserve is a mammoth
conservation and engineering scheme
scheduled for completion in 2019 and Steve
showed pictures of the work being done,
including the use of soil out of the
excavations from the CrossRail project. We
saw photos of Rainham Marshes RSPB
reserve, a great place for Water Voles and
Teal, but requiring management to counter
the threat from foxes.
Goldeneye
On leaving the village of Hardwick we
crossed the footbridge over the River Poulter
to the other side of the lake, and made our
way to the delightful Clumber Bridge where
we saw 20 more Goosander.
We then made our way back to our cars
and although it was possibly our lowest
species count we have had at Clumber, it
was certainly the best walk.
John Dye
Minsmere is a familiar place to many of us,
but Steve showed us photos of some recent
changes including the Island Mere hide,
built with the help of funds from Landfill Tax
and a great place from which to see Bittern.
He explained that conservationists were
learning all the time and now understood
how to help rudd, the main source of food
for the Bittern.
We then were taken metaphorically to the
Norfolk Broads, an area that receives over
two million visitors each year. Places like
Sutton Fen, where land is being managed to
help Stone Curlew, Hickling Broad and
Strumpshaw Fen were described. He
showed us pictures of otters taken at the
latter location, which is being managed for
the benefit of orchids and Norfolk Hawker
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Dragonflies. We saw North Denes beach
near Great Yarmouth with its Little Tern
colony, the birds obtaining food from
around the base of the nearby wind
turbines but sadly under threat from Kestrels.
An illustration of current problems was
shown by the damage suffered at Cley,
Wells Harbour, Titchwell and Snettisham.
Steve explained that the most vital habitats
to protect are freshwater marshes within
these areas. Any incursion of sea water
would kill species like rudd. Respite areas
are needed for areas where sea levels keep
changing. Cultivation of plants such as sea
buckthorn is a useful means of protecting
sea dunes. Protection is a two-way thing
and we learned of the need to help shell
fisherman in the Wash who are suffering
from the Eider Duck population.
reserve has recorded a dramatic increase in
Reed Warbler and is a good place to spot
Hobby; Steve mentioned that Golden Oriole
and Common Crane have been seen there.
Then on to the Ouse and Nene Washes
where Corncrake has been re-introduced.
Farmland Birds have not been forgotten; the
RSPB
purchased
Hope
Farm
in
Cambridgeshire and has managed it so that
Skylark numbers have rocketed and Grey
Partridge are doing well. One unwelcome
side effect is that the number of brown
hares has led to incidents of hare-coursing.
Finally, Steve considered the future and
what he thought would be the species that
would become more common due to
climate change and the management work
at all the East Anglian sites. Species that
could increase in number include Bittern,
Water Rail, Marsh Harrier, Egret, Spoonbill,
Glossy Ibis and Little Bittern. Let’s hope so.
John Laskey
Corncrake
Steve showed us scenes from boat trips
down the river systems from Boston, good
photos of Curlew Sandpiper, Red-throated
Diver and common seal. Then on to
Frampton Marsh with an impressive
management plan that involves careful
flooding of various areas within the reserve.
He mentioned some impressive statistics; the
Wash has a wintering bird population of
over 350,000 birds. He compared current
numbers of different species with times gone
by, such as 270 roosting Little Egrets. We
then moved inland to the Great Ryburgh
Raptor viewpoint, a good place for Honey
Buzzard; and then to Breckland where
volunteers are advising farmers in order to
protect Stone Curlew. Lakenheath Fen RSPB
George Shentall
I am deeply saddened to report that
George Shentall lost his battle with
leukaemia in January after a short illness
resulting from his condition. A tribute from
Ken is reproduced below and I’m sure that
everyone who knew George will relate to
the sentiments within. George was a rare
breed. He was everyone’s best friend mostly
due to his gregarious nature and his talent
for always seeing not just both sides of the
argument but also the wider picture. His
analytical skills enabled him to pick out
detail that everyone else often missed and
his enthusiasm for wildlife, his family and
everything else he cared about had a
positive effect on everyone around him.
I feel privileged to have known him and
holidayed with him in Lesbos, Romania and
Spain. A perfect example of his ability to see
the good in every situation occurred in
Extremadura Spain after 2 days of torrential
rain prevented us leaving our vehicle or
seeing any birds, butterflies or other wildlife.
Parked up at the side of the road with the
rain thrashing down on the car George was
singing ‘The rain in Spain stays mainly in the
plain’ He had the ability to lift the spirits in
any situation. Shortly after this, we saw a
row of 20 Black Kites sitting along a fence
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and a Little Bustard feeding on washed up
crickets on the road in front of us. George
reminded us that even in a bad situation
there is hope and this attitude remained
throughout his illness which he bore with
great stoicism.
I am proud to count George as a true friend
and RDOS is a better Society for all the
wonderful work he did both as a Committee
member for 20 years and as an influential
and well-loved individual. With so many
happy memories associated with him there
will always be a little part of George Shentall
left in everywhere he went and every life he
touched along the way.
Ben Keywood
history but he relished the discussions he had
on the technical side of the photography.
Indeed he was the unofficial Society
photographer.
He was also a regular presence at field
meetings when his van acted as a beacon
for members to locate the meeting point.
George was a trustee of the charity and
although his baking skills were nil, he was an
avid helper at the Society cake and
tombola stall at the Rotherham Show. His
main contribution to charity fund was the
sale of bird food with Irene. This started from
humble beginnings - £12.45 was donated in
1989. But since then they have raised over
£5,000. George also made numerous nest
boxes and contributed whenever his
handyman skills were needed.
He loved to travel to see birds. In Norfolk his
van was the famous "chuck wagon "-used
to feed the hungry troops after a morning's
birdwatching. George and Irene travelled
widely overseas - but his great love was
Lesbos, which he visited most years.
Typically he wished to share his love of the
island with his friends and in 2005 when
George organised a trip there over 20
members and families invaded the village of
Anaxos. We all enjoyed seeing many new
birds thanks to his local knowledge.
Over the years George has done numerous
BTO surveys and conscientiously dragged
Irene out to the hinterland of Sprotborough
to be there at the crack of dawn and
counted the wildfowl at Langold.
I have been a friend of George for fifteen
years and in this time I have never heard
him have a bad word for anyone nor has
anyone ever had a bad word for him.
George Shentall
George was a founder member of the
Society and in his forty years of membership
has played an important role in its prosperity
and vitality. He was for many years a
member of the Committee and until he
resigned a year ago had been the
Programme Secretary. I know George
enjoyed the talks not only for the natural
It is often said that no one is irreplaceable but as far as our Society is concerned this is
certainly not the case with George as
meetings will never be the same without his
friendly and cheerful character.
This is a summary of the tribute I paid to
George at our February indoor meeting.
Ken Tupholme
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BIRD BRAIN CROSSWORD 112 compiled by John Laskey
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All clues are birds or parts thereof.
Clues across
7. A genus of Parrot sharing the name of the largest South American river (6)
8. The name of the Rooster in the BBC series “Big Barn Farm” (6)
10. Rufous-bellied -------, a Flycatcher of the Tropical regions of India and China (7)
11. Birds of the genus Aegithina (5)
12. Could be Common--- or Arctic--- (4)
13. Also known as the Roseate Cockatoo (5)
17 Could be Great Northern----- or Red-throated -----(6)
18. ---- Sparrow, like a House Sparrow but with a chestnut head (4)
22. Britain’s rarest breeding Duck (5)
23. Large game birds with a fleshy wattle hanging from their beaks (7)
24. Genus of American passerines, includes Black-Tailed------ and Masked------ (6)
25. ------ Condor, national bird of Bolivia and Chile (6)
Clues down
1. Large seabirds that dive steeply into the sea (6)
2. Duck that gave its name to the fastest steam locomotive (7)
3. Crimson -----, South American Hummingbird (5)
4. Brown -------, State bird of Louisiana (7)
5. ------- - Cock, another name for a Mistle Thrush (5)
6. Bird’s head feature used in display (5)
9. Golden --------- are the national birds of Brazil (9)
14. The national birds of Norway (7)
15. Brown -------, Certhia Americana (7)
16. ------- Viridis, the Swallow Tanager (7)
19. Velvet-----, a small passerine endemic to Madagascar (5)
20. ----- Mike, a Parrot in the TV series “Squirrel Boy” (5)
21. ----- Goose, has an all-black head (5)
Answers to Chat 111
Across: 7. Aviary 8. Linnet 10.
Cotinga 11.Preen 12. Nene
13. Stork 17. Flame 18. Olor
22. Azure 23. Reeves’s 24.
Fulmar 25. Stripe
Down: 1. Falcons 2. Zitting 3.
Brant 4. Dippers 5. Anser 6. Stint
9. Baltimore 14. Blue Jay 15.
Blue Tit 16. Crested 19. Daffy
20. Gulls 21. Netta
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