It is with great sadness that I publish this post. Dr.J.A.Fowler died of a heart attack whilst canoeing last week on Coniston Water. I will publish a list of the birds seen and some photographs of his recent trip to Australia in the next few days.The following link is a touching tribute to Jim . http://dailybitsnbobs.blogspot.com/
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- O1229 Ringing Group
- Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- 01229 Ringing Group is an alliance of bird ringers and helpers operating roughly within the 01229 telephone dial code region. This extends from about Haverthwaite in the east through to Walney in the west and Eskmeals (near Ravenglass) in the north. We operate an exclusion zone of 5km from Walney Bird Observatory at the south end of Walney Island. This is not a formal BTO Ringing Group.
Marsh Tit (Photo by KH)
Colour-ringed Marsh Tit (Photo JAF)
Twite - the bird on the left is colour-ringed. (Photo by KH)
Bullfinch (photo. KH)
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It has been a horribly sad weekend for all of us who knew and loved Jim. He lived life to the full right up until the end. People have been leaving messages on Facebook and on Jim's blog http://maalie1.blogspot.com/ for those would like to read and remember.
I will have that list for you asap mate. Its sitting on the dashboard of my car, where he left it. I have struggled to open the door and retreive it frankly. We are all so upset here....
I will probably find a bloody cherry ripe melted in the glovebox too!
ps. there are 1000 photos he took. I will sort them out as to th best and forward them. will take a few days i think!
Simon... That's a lot of photo's mate... Sorry, Big Dave
Thats Davey.. Ken Bird list is on my blog.. cut and paste it for the ringing blog mate!
Hi,
I have just emailed the BTO to request that my ringing refund for last year be donated to your ringing group, in memory of Jim Fowler. It’s to the value of £18.50, so will go most of the way to a string of A rings. Hopefully the BTO will just credit your group with the value (and I’ll destroy their cheque), and avoid any hassle, but it might be an idea to contact them yourself to let them know that you’re aware and perhaps arrange the credit for next time you buy rings.
Best wishes,
Richard Broughton
Richard thanks for the offer,but we are not an official group. I hope you have not destroyed the cheque. Thanks again.
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