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May 2017
7:27pm, 24 May 2017
22,928 posts
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Derby Tup
Brave!!
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May 2017
4:12pm, 26 May 2017
1,696 posts
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steve45
J2R, yeah, Goldfinches have increased everywhere and it's good to see them so often now in my garden. House Sparrows are currently few and I haven't seen a Starling in my garden for over a year.
As for Corncrake...wow..fantastic. Only ever seen a dead one; forty years ago or so on a road here in Cardiff.
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May 2017
4:29pm, 26 May 2017
909 posts
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Dochart
saw a blackbird seeing off a jay today. quite comical, given the size difference. i guess the jay was out looking for eggs or nestlings for tea.
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May 2017
7:07pm, 26 May 2017
524 posts
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J2R
steve45, we're one of the gardens blessed by starlings (they nest in the eaves next door). Fascinating birds.
Never seen a corncrake in this country, only one I've ever seen was in Estonia a few years ago. I'd driven up to this national park area where they are reasonably abundant, but hadn't seen one until we were just leaving, when one ambled across the road in front of us. I pulled over and got out and followed it on to the verge, filming it with my mobile phone from a few feet away. It didn't seem the slightest bit bothered.
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May 2017
7:59pm, 26 May 2017
1,829 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
We had starlings nesting in last year's GSW hole.
Blue tits have fledged!
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May 2017
11:00pm, 26 May 2017
161 posts
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Pothunter
Tawny owl (I think) calling. Heard it a few times recently 
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May 2017
7:33am, 27 May 2017
18,049 posts
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Meglet
Starlings used to nest in my eaves when I was a child, they were really noisy and made a right mess. My parents are bird lovers (my dad is now a proper twitcher) but we really weren't fans of the starlings, and apart from murmuations I still fell the same!
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May 2017
7:58pm, 28 May 2017
7,247 posts
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becca7
A trip to Llanelli yielded a few for my lifetime list: linnet, stonechat, rock pipit, marsh tit, also added pochard for this year's list. 109 now of the hoped for 200 for the year. Inevitably a couple of others that I got excited about (some weird looking heron and a pale coloured wagtail) that turned out to be juveniles.
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May 2017
8:10pm, 28 May 2017
22,962 posts
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Derby Tup
I  rock pipit - one for the 'spotters 
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May 2017
8:13pm, 28 May 2017
7,248 posts
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becca7
Another one that I think there is no chance of seeing in Leicester.
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