Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Feb 2018
9:10pm, 1 Feb 2018
17,426 posts
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flanker
J2R, sill that be one of those serious twitches that will travel hundreds of miles at a drop of a hat to see a lone siberian bird that's been blown in without a thought as to the impact on the environment from their actions. I think there's a big distinction between twitchers and birders. One a more entertaining note, I nipped out to RSPB Fowlmere this morning and was surprised to find the normally empty car park rammed. I soon worked out why - there were several working parties out there cutting and burning reeds, clearing out undergrowth, and chainsawing bits off trees. I saw two pairs of mallards in an hour! Oh, and a single pigeon. |
Feb 2018
9:25pm, 1 Feb 2018
24,817 posts
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Derby Tup
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Feb 2018
9:32pm, 1 Feb 2018
10,325 posts
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D2
When I was feeding my garden birds first thing this morning just as the sun was rising, the light shone almost right through the legs of a Dunnock; such an amazing bright orange colour that it stopped my in my tracks and made me look properly. Gorgeous!
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Feb 2018
11:22am, 2 Feb 2018
1,141 posts
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TomahawkMike
Odd bird story... bbc.co.uk
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Feb 2018
12:42pm, 2 Feb 2018
28,224 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Sad.
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Feb 2018
2:41pm, 2 Feb 2018
938 posts
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flyingfinn
Had to go over to Matlock today so went via the churchyard at Darley Dale to see if the Hawfinches were still around. Found 4 or 5 very easily, i think there may well have been several others flitting around in the background. So not the numbers of a month ago but still a decent count.
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Feb 2018
5:44pm, 2 Feb 2018
24,818 posts
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Derby Tup
There’s a tree that hawfinches feed particularly well in / on that grows commonly in church yards
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Feb 2018
5:53pm, 2 Feb 2018
24,819 posts
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Derby Tup
Yew, Hornbeam and Field Maple Are all favoured 
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Feb 2018
7:03pm, 2 Feb 2018
939 posts
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flyingfinn
At Darley there is a good selection of Yew trees that seem to favour but I've also seen them feeding in a Spruce in a garden across the road from the church. Today they were sitting in the top branches of a bare deciduous tree on the edge of the churchyard which made spotting them much easier.
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Feb 2018
10:04pm, 2 Feb 2018
1,900 posts
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jacdaw
I have hornbeam in the garden... but no hawfinches. Saw a lovely male black grouse on my run this morning, though.
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