Redpole


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Related to Redpole: Mealy Redpoll, Common Redpoll

Red´pole`


n.1.(Zool.) Same as Redpoll.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Ernest Green, 93, and Robert Barnett, 93, were on HMS Redpole when it sailed to Juno Beach on June 6, 1944.
Shipmates, 93, reminisce as they're reunited at last
Ernest Green and Robert Barnett were on HMS Redpole when it sailed to Juno Beach on June 6, 1944.
Seamen meet for first time since war end
And look; he just did a one-handed twirl around the next branch and almost nailed a common redpole in mid-air before doing a two-and-a-half-gainer to land on the wrought iron railing.
A requiem for squirrel? We are built for good
"The volunteers found grasshopper warbler, lesser redpole, chough and kingfisher.
Survey builds picture of bird life on farmland
His diplomatic and management skills were picked out as being the main reasons for his award as well as his long service on vessels HMS Bristol, HMS Bronington, HMS Brazen, HMS Scylla and then, from 1986, as commanding officer of HMS Redpole.
Navy man awarded an OBE
Later on at 17 I went into the navy and I was drafted to a ship, the Redpole, which was a sloop with officers who in peace time had been skippers of fishing boats from such places as Plymouth, Liverpool and Brixham.
Respect vital if we are to build a better future
Many of the captured birds - linnets, redpole, bullfinch - are already endangered from intensive farming.
Melody Makers
Mr Barclay served 38 years in the Royal Navy and RNR, including HMS Redpole, sister to HMS Whimbrel, the subject of our preservation campaign to save the last Battle of the Atlantic warship.
TRUST THE POST: Backing for Whim brel crusade
"VILLIAM may lure his Irish larks, and redpoles, tits, and finches, Good British birds vill do for me.
A poem from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892
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