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jacdaw
jacdaw
Feb 2018
2:09pm, 24 Feb 2018
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jacdaw
First curlew calling in the fields below the moor today. The first I've heard this year. Quite a lot of lapwing, too.

Spring, despite the forecast!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2018
3:22pm, 24 Feb 2018
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Derby Tup
^ great news

We moved house in November and I’m praying we get curlew here
D2
D2
Feb 2018
10:17pm, 24 Feb 2018
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D2
There was a kestrel hovering over my vegetable garden today, first time I've seen one here for years!!! so pleased :)
ferret
ferret
Feb 2018
8:09am, 25 Feb 2018
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ferret
That’s good, habitat nurturing paying off? life must be hard for small predators.

I accidentally spooked buzzard on the ground yesterday - a very close encounter, while exploring a quiet ruin on Portland. It’s just occurred to me that roadkill must have been a large part of the diet for all the buzzards & kites I used to see in Wiltshire. There’s hardly any here.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2018
9:35am, 25 Feb 2018
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Derby Tup
Off for a bit of a (mini)moorland jaunt with our Tuss. Target species skylark nerd
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Feb 2018
12:32pm, 25 Feb 2018
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Derby Tup


90 minutes walk around Penistone Hill near Haworth and barely a bird seen or heard. Even our Tuss couldn’t find much
HowFar?
HowFar?
Feb 2018
1:08pm, 25 Feb 2018
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HowFar?
Grey wagtail this morning on the River Termon in Pettigo.
jacdaw
jacdaw
Feb 2018
4:33pm, 25 Feb 2018
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jacdaw
There was a bigger flock of curlew in a farmer's field this morning. Maybe 30+ birds.

If they've come from the Solway, they may be going to regret it, if they've come from the east coast, maybe less so.

On an offroad run this morning, all I saw was red grouse, and mallard.
Angus Clydesdale
Angus Clydesdale
Feb 2018
8:18pm, 25 Feb 2018
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Angus Clydesdale
We had "twitterpated" skylarks on Thursday :)
jacdaw
jacdaw
Feb 2018
9:47am, 26 Feb 2018
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jacdaw
To complete the trinity* of returning waders, I heard a noisy oystercatcher fly past over the house this morning.

*OK, I'm ignoring the golden plovers which never seem to entirely leave us, and the common sandpipers which come from abroad, so don't count.

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