Another excellent and very informative article Ian. Thanks for writing it and Adrian for the pics of these very special Manc birds! I was amazed to see the pic of one of the birds on Vicci station tram platform, as in years of getting the tram home from there I never saw a single one. But that might be due to the fact I didn't know they were around until the last few years. Seeing these birds for myself was only made possible thanks to the forum so I am very grateful to it. Thanks. Henry.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jan 19 12:08 PM, 2009
As usual Svensson provides the basis but I've spent several years carefully studying them in the UK and abroad which is of course essential in understanding it all (though I still have questions )
Steve Suttill said
Mon Jan 19 10:33 AM, 2009
Many thanks to Ian & Adrian for the excellent article. It brought back some great memories as I was there when Adrian took a lot of the photos. It also goes a long way to answering some of the questions we were asking each other by e-mail (in those bygone pre-forum days) about first summer plumage.
Where did you get the information about the different morphs, Ian? It's all new to me - is it in Svensson?
Steve
I was amazed to see the pic of one of the birds on Vicci station tram platform, as in years of getting the tram home from there I never saw a single one. But that might be due to the fact I didn't know they were around until the last few years.
Seeing these birds for myself was only made possible thanks to the forum so I am very grateful to it.
Thanks. Henry.