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Apr 2018
12:58pm, 1 Apr 2018
25,507 posts
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Derby Tup
Nice one Steve
We saw / heard mipit and skylark on Penistone Hill this morning and I’ve just seen a male kestrel through the front living room window 
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Apr 2018
1:27pm, 1 Apr 2018
32,541 posts
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alpenrose
I finally got down to the river for a walk, couldn't go far as it was in full flood but I heard my first chiffchaffs. I also saw the swans, one on the nest, only just in the dry, with eggs.
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Apr 2018
2:09pm, 1 Apr 2018
32,546 posts
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alpenrose
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Apr 2018
9:51pm, 1 Apr 2018
15,826 posts
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Chrisity
Pleasant run by the Trent today; chiffchaff, willow warbler, cetti's warbler and 3 oiks flying along it.
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Apr 2018
9:55pm, 1 Apr 2018
25,518 posts
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Derby Tup
I’m struggling to believe willow warbler still exist after my chiffchaff lasted one day, before apparently nipping home again. The idea of seeing a swift is about on a par with a patch unicorn
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Apr 2018
10:48pm, 1 Apr 2018
1,112 posts
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J2R
Chiffchaffs are indeed about. More today. Still feels like mid-March, though, in warbler terms. Fabulous red kite drifting overhead today, would have been mega-event in Norfolk even just a few years ago.
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Apr 2018
7:54am, 2 Apr 2018
1,111 posts
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Heinzster
My son is just back from uni and days that there is talk of culling red kites as they are becoming a nuisance. Please tell me this isn't the case! If you have too many send a lot to Northern Ireland
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Apr 2018
8:42am, 2 Apr 2018
939 posts
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Dochart
Red kite cannot be killed or taken under the general licence so Natural England or Sottish Natural Heritage would have to grant a licence specifically. Unlikely, but not impossible with NE. There would uproar from groups like Raptor Persecution UK and if you have any firm knowledge I urge you to share it with them ( raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com ).
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Apr 2018
10:12am, 2 Apr 2018
1,112 posts
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Heinzster
No firm knowledge, just rumblings that their population has exploded in recent years. I imagine it will eventually stabilise with nest site and carrion availability anyhow.
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Apr 2018
10:15am, 2 Apr 2018
1,113 posts
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Heinzster
I imagine it will be like buzzards here- 25 years ago I saw my first buzzard, now I see several each week. I wonder if that large population would make kite re population more difficult over in NI?
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