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Jun 2018
11:50pm, 2 Jun 2018
1,978 posts
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jacdaw
Oystercatchers are often on the roof of my local tesco! They nest on stones and gravel next to rivers round here, and also in the railway ballast near the railway line. We are at least 20 miles from the sea, and the oystercatchers come in spring specifically to breed. They probably winter at the coast.
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Jun 2018
8:27am, 3 Jun 2018
1,168 posts
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Heinzster
Interesting! We have a disused quarry, wonder if that's the attraction?
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Jun 2018
8:39am, 3 Jun 2018
25,951 posts
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Derby Tup
Oystercatcher breed inland all over northern Britain. They’re common in the Dales say Feb to July (start of autumn for birds) and I’ve seen them all over southern Scotland
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Jun 2018
12:28pm, 4 Jun 2018
1,261 posts
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J2R
Saw a water vole on this morning's run, which was a treat. I knew they were in the area, and had a heard a distinct 'plop' of one before. But this morning I had stopped to listen to a sedge warbler, and heard a little plopping noise right in front of me. I stayed completely still and then heard a munching of reeds, followed by a nice view of the little chap launching himself into the water, this time with a much louder 'plop'.
A few paces further on I stopped again because of a treecreeper, a bird I hadn't seen there before and one of my favourites. Then in the park on the way back, a little set of new wrens being fed, a delightful site.
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Jun 2018
1:45pm, 4 Jun 2018
2,855 posts
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ferret
That’s a great run  water voles are very special, I see them on the Derwent in Froggatt, must look harder here in Weymouth.
The last 2 mornings, I’ve been entertained by bird bath activity, some of it so vigorous that the water need replenishing. Mostly starling & blackbird families, tits & sparrows. Mrs blackbird drinks a lot, including while bathing is taking place 😂
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Jun 2018
7:13pm, 4 Jun 2018
17,575 posts
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KinkyS
Wood warbler singing at Tarn Hows yesterday and plenty of cuckoos all around Coniston (we did a lap of the lake )
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Jun 2018
7:33pm, 4 Jun 2018
25,955 posts
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Derby Tup
Nice one Kinky
We walked through Strid Woods yesterday on our Buckden Ilkley 29 miler. No woodies to report We did see a young common sandpiper being fed by a parent, two broods of mandarin and a goosander hen with a very tightly controlled group of wee young
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Jun 2018
9:35pm, 5 Jun 2018
1,040 posts
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flyingfinn
Three young Oycs in a nearby field this evening wth very attentive parents, young Tawneys calling as well but couldn't spot them amongst the leaves plus plenty of goslings with both the Canadas and the Greylags.
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Jun 2018
10:58pm, 5 Jun 2018
25,970 posts
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Derby Tup
Tawneys making a hell of a racket tonight directly opposite our house 
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Jun 2018
7:52pm, 6 Jun 2018
1,041 posts
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flyingfinn
More Dippers on a walk up Dovedale than I think I've ever seen on a single day. At least ten different birds including five young being fed by parents, including one with a brood of three that he/she was catching small fish for, giving them a quick bash on a rock and then passing them to a youngster. Also saw several Grey Wagtails including two juniors waiting on rocks for mum and dad to bring food, a number of Redstarts including one taking food to a nest hole overhanging the main tourist drag and a very confiding Garden Warbler who sat in full view on a bare branch, only six feet from us and sang his heart out for over five minutes. Other spots included a Mandarin duckling (but no sign of parents), Wheater families with fully fledged young, Buzzard, Peregrine and Sparrowhawk all soaring over the dale in the space of five minutes and a Spotted Flycatcher taking a bath in river pool.
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