Terns in focus

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01 Nov 2023 20:18 - 03 Nov 2023 00:08 #7833 by Chris Grimshaw
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Estimated count ??? - slightly better than a large flock
Sometimes you can divide the flock up in to a small number and then multiply them by how many times you think that count goes in to your flock. Again not reliable but better that the large flock
Agreed that 64379 Red Knot at Snettisham seems laughable but who are we to argue with c65000 if we were not there
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25 Oct 2023 16:00 - 25 Oct 2023 16:03 #7801 by Nick Coulbeck
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Hmmm! 


How do you count them Chris?
I often wonder how some people can be so exact in their counts.. 173... 432..etc.. all exacting numbers, not a hint of rounding up or guesstimates. I can understand static, grounded birds counts, but not when they're air born.  Is there a method you guys use?


 
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23 Oct 2023 19:33 #7797 by Chris Grimshaw
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Hmmm! 

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03 Oct 2023 14:43 #7740 by Nick Coulbeck
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I honestly don't know how you can count anything that is 'murmurating' as it were. I too was at Cleethorpes this morning with the high tide, and apart from 4 Guillemots up near the yacht club, everything else was a constant shapeshifting blur.
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03 Oct 2023 12:34 #7738 by Jim Wright
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Thanks for the reminder, Chris. Point noted and acknowledged. In my defence, sometimes it's tricky - especially if they're in flight -as with this mixed flock of waders  over Cleethorpes beach this morning. 
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03 Oct 2023 11:19 #7735 by Chris Grimshaw
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It would be nice to have numbers associated with your reports Jim
 
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