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Jan 2018
2:21pm, 11 Jan 2018
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flanker
much to the annoyance of all the 'serious' birders 
booooooom
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Jan 2018
3:32pm, 11 Jan 2018
2,313 posts
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phal
We see far more than the serious folk anyway. Especially after tea and cake breaks 👍
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Jan 2018
4:39pm, 11 Jan 2018
10,266 posts
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D2
longtailed tits in my back garden today very close to the window so I had a lovely clear view - great colours
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Jan 2018
4:46pm, 11 Jan 2018
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flyingfinn
Black-tailed Godwit at Carsington late this afternoon 😀. Along with a female Stonechat that helped the 2018 count. Not really been off my home patch yet but already up to 67 with all but 3 within 2 miles of the house and still a few regulars to spot.
Seemed busy and noisy today in the woods when the sun was shining. One small patch had Great, Blue, Willow and Long Tailed Tits, Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Nuthatch and Goldcrest all calling within a couple of minutes.
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Jan 2018
6:33pm, 11 Jan 2018
24,480 posts
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Derby Tup
Can’t beat a bit of local pokey pokey
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Jan 2018
9:07pm, 11 Jan 2018
10,269 posts
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D2
I wonder if there are any Stonechat round here ..... I've goggled so I know what they look like.... are they particular to water cos I haven't got any!?
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Jan 2018
9:15pm, 11 Jan 2018
24,486 posts
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Derby Tup
Stonechat like the ‘scruffy edges’ of moorland, heathes and coastal grassland. They are what I call perching birds. Look for fat bumble bees with big heads sat in the top of dried stalks in fields next to the fell wall
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Jan 2018
9:16pm, 11 Jan 2018
24,487 posts
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Derby Tup
If you live where I think you are D2 stonechat are very possible. Good luck, they’re lovely birds
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Jan 2018
9:44pm, 11 Jan 2018
10,272 posts
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D2
I'll keep my eyes open now that's a great description thx. My favourite spot here though I didn't see one last year is a redstart that nested nearby for a couple of seasons.
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Jan 2018
9:50pm, 11 Jan 2018
857 posts
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flyingfinn
D2 you've probably got more chance of finding one on your patch when the weather is milder. They seem to retreat to places like the Res when it gets a bit wild higher up. The one I saw today appeared about a week or so ago during the snow. But later in the year I would have thought you'd got every chance
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