0850z SW F3-4 50km 2Cu027 20.4/13.7 1011.0
RMK: Cu hum/med. Also 1Ac180 and 2Ci280

09-09: Tx 24.6 Tn 14.1 Tg 11.2 RR trace sss(00-24) 10.1
(Sunshine card appears to have supplied a meal to local
pidgeons)

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

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09-09: Tx 24.6 Tn 14.1 Tg 11.2 RR trace sss(00-24) 10.1
(Sunshine card appears to have supplied a meal to local
pidgeons)


.... not heard of that before! What sort of damage have they done?

Martin.


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(Sunshine card appears to have supplied a meal to local
pidgeons)


... not heard of that before! What sort of damage have they done?

Martin.

coo-llateral damage ,

waghorn

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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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09-09: Tx 24.6 Tn 14.1 Tg 11.2 RR trace sss(00-24) 10.1
(Sunshine card appears to have supplied a meal to local
pidgeons)


... not heard of that before! What sort of damage have they done?

I think I've mis-spelt pigeons, too. They've "trimmed" the ends of
the card (the summer cards, you'll remember, stick out of the holder).
Big beak marks, too. Can't think it's anything else.

Philip

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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0850z SW F3-4 50km 2Cu027 20.4/13.7 1011.0
RMK: Cu hum/med. Also 1Ac180 and 2Ci280

1150z SSW F5 -SHRA 10km 5Cu030 7Sc040 20.7/13.5 1010.3
RMK: Rain just started, sky full of it to the SW, and wind has
increased sharply in the last 10 mins. All of a sudden it's rather
autumnal. There may be Cb embedded in all the murk upwind
of us, but it's not really possible to say for sure.

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

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in
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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09-09: Tx 24.6 Tn 14.1 Tg 11.2 RR trace sss(00-24) 10.1
(Sunshine card appears to have supplied a meal to local
pidgeons)


... not heard of that before! What sort of damage have they done?

I think I've mis-spelt pigeons, too. They've "trimmed" the ends of
the card (the summer cards, you'll remember, stick out of the holder).
Big beak marks, too. Can't think it's anything else.

Philip

Philip. I seem to remember that it was the Magpies and Crows that destroyed
the sunshine cards at Beaufort Park. I have a feeling that someone put a
chicken-wire cage around the sunshine recorder, but can't be certain if it
was at BP that I saw this.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

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"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
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Philip. I seem to remember that it was the Magpies and Crows that
destroyed
the sunshine cards at Beaufort Park. I have a feeling that someone put
a
chicken-wire cage around the sunshine recorder, but can't be certain
if it
was at BP that I saw this.


.... I'd go along with the Magpie theory: they are latterly quite
destructive - turning over stones, digging down into the front 'lawn',
attacking the gutters etc., presumably looking for any insect life they
can find now that nestlings are in short supply.

Martin.

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...

Philip. I seem to remember that it was the Magpies and Crows that
destroyed
the sunshine cards at Beaufort Park. I have a feeling that someone put a
chicken-wire cage around the sunshine recorder, but can't be certain if
it
was at BP that I saw this.


... I'd go along with the Magpie theory: they are latterly quite
destructive - turning over stones, digging down into the front 'lawn',
attacking the gutters etc., presumably looking for any insect life they
can find now that nestlings are in short supply.

Yes, I regularly see magpies here, and a couple of jays too, as
well as the ubiquitous mega-pigeons.

pe

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

0850z SW F3-4 50km 2Cu027 20.4/13.7 1011.0
RMK: Cu hum/med. Also 1Ac180 and 2Ci280

1150z SSW F5 -SHRA 10km 5Cu030 7Sc040 20.7/13.5 1010.3
RMK: Rain just started, sky full of it to the SW, and wind has
increased sharply in the last 10 mins. All of a sudden it's rather
autumnal. There may be Cb embedded in all the murk upwind
of us, but it's not really possible to say for sure.

1450z SSW F4 45km 3Cu030 20.3/14.0 1008.8
RMK: A trace from that midday shower and 0.2mm from a
second one around 1330z, the temp dropping to 17.7°C.
Nice now.

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

Martin Rowley wrote:


"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...

Philip. I seem to remember that it was the Magpies and Crows that
destroyed
the sunshine cards at Beaufort Park. I have a feeling that someone put
a
chicken-wire cage around the sunshine recorder, but can't be certain
if it
was at BP that I saw this.


... I'd go along with the Magpie theory: they are latterly quite
destructive - turning over stones, digging down into the front 'lawn',
attacking the gutters etc., presumably looking for any insect life they
can find now that nestlings are in short supply.


Years ago at one of the stations I was at, someone wrote in the daily
register: "sunshine card eaten by owl". It was suggested the bird was
attracted by the flavour of the chemicals with which the cards were
treated.

--
Graham Davis
Bracknell