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Category Archives: nature
Day 6 (Monday) in Washington DC
Day 6 of Andy Mabbett’s adventures in Washington DC Continue reading
Posted in about me, nature, travel, Wikipedia
Tagged American Crow, Beer Beauty, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus ossifragus, Fish Crow, National Art Gallery, travel, Washington, WashingtonDC
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Day 5 (Sunday) in Washington DC
Andy Mabbett writes about his fifth day in Washington DC Continue reading
Posted in about me, nature, travel
Tagged birds, cycling, Cyndy Parr, Hope Diamond, Larus delawarensis, Moon, National Air and Space Museum, Ring-billed Gull, taxonomy:binomial=Larus delawarensis, taxonomy:genus=Larus, taxonomy:vernacular=Ring-billed Gull, travel, Washington, WashingtonDC
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Day 3 and 4 in Washington DC
Andy Mabbett writes about his visits to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, and to Jug Bay Wetlands in Maryland. Continue reading
Posted in nature, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Cyndy Parr, Jug Bay Wetlands, National Air and Space Museum, travel, Washington, WashingtonDC
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My second day in Washington DC
Andy Mabbett’s notes on his second day in Washington DC. Continue reading
A few quick thoughts on arrival in Washington DC
Andy Mabbett’s notes on his arrival in Washington DC Continue reading
How can I automate repetitive find’n'replace operations?
Andy Mabbett asks for help automating a large series of find’n'replace operations, which need to be performed monthly, to update the West Midland Bird Club website which he maintains. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, microformats, nature
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Unusual behaviour of Blue Tit at nest site
Andy Mabbett documents (with photograph and video) an unusual Blue Tit nest, in a dead tree, with separate entrance and exit holes. Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, nature
Tagged behaviour, Betula pendula, birds, Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, geo:lat=52.5857, geo:lon=-1.8699, geotagged, nature, nest, nesting, ornithology, RSPB, RSPB Walsall, Silver Birch, Sutton Park, taxonomy:binomial=Betula_pendula, taxonomy:binomial=Cyanistes_caeruleus, taxonomy:genus=Betula, taxonomy:genus=Cyanistes, taxotagged, wildlife
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More police forces should publish web pages about wildlife crime officers
A crowd-sourced list of UK Police Forces’ wildlife crime pages has too many gaps. They could do better, and we should encourage them to. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, nature, social media
Tagged BirdGuides, BTO, CharlesArthur, Coldean, CountCulture, crime, crowdsourcing, FatBirder, Google Docs, guardian, Lancashire Constabulary, LocalDirectGov, Merseyside Police, North Yorkshire Police, Northumbria Police, open data, OpenlyLocal, Podnosh, police, RDF, RSPB, Staffordshire Police, twitter, twitter:user=CharlesArthur, Twitter:user=CountCulture, Twitter:user=Podnosh, Warwickshire Police, West Midland Bird Club, wildlife, wildlife crime, XML
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Please Help Me to Compile a List of UK Police Forces’ Wildlife Crime Pages
Crowd-sourcing a list of UK Police Forces’ wildlife crime pages, using a Google Docs spreadsheet. Continue reading
Posted in nature
Tagged birds, crowd-sourcing, open data, OpenlyLocal, police, wildlife crime
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BBC Balloon Release Complaint
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, on the BBC’s ‘Chemistry: A Volatile History’, (ep. 2) released a big, red, helium-filled balloon, with a string attached.
On its return to earth, the balloon will become litter. Balloons are harmful to wildlife, so I complained to the BBC. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, nature
Tagged Al-Khalili, b00qck1t, balloon, balloon release, bbc, bbc four, bbc:programme=b00qck1t, complaint, marine conservation society, mcs, RSPB, wildlife
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