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flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Jun 2018
3:35pm, 25 Jun 2018
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flyingfinn
Where I am DT (which is fairly close to D2) they seem to inhabit the higher rough pasture in equal numbers. Out running I find size to be the quickest way to differentiate on a first sighting.
KinkyS
KinkyS
Jun 2018
4:18pm, 25 Jun 2018
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KinkyS
White outer tail feathers are a good way to tell skylark in flight.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jun 2018
8:31pm, 25 Jun 2018
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Derby Tup
Skylark 25 - 30% bigger (plus a bit more ‘pointy’ or ‘sharplooking’)
D2
D2
Jun 2018
11:03am, 26 Jun 2018
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D2
ff... I was up on the fields above Middleton Top admiring the orchids, my first instinct was meadow pipit from the flight.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Jun 2018
11:46am, 26 Jun 2018
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flyingfinn
Even nearer than usual the D2 :-) both are fairly abundant up there.

You get some lovely orchids up there, I must make sure I pass that way on a run.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Jun 2018
1:24pm, 26 Jun 2018
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flyingfinn
Very surprised and pleased to get a Greenfinch on my feeders this morning. When I first lived here (19 years ago) they were regulars on the feeders and fairly common on locally but then as in many areas the numbers crashed and I don't recall having had one on the feeders for years (they are pretty rare locally full stop now). Fingers crossed it will become a regular.
jacdaw
jacdaw
Jun 2018
3:12pm, 26 Jun 2018
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jacdaw
Lots of swifts in Ambleside yesterday, and lots of house martins in Coniston. Also, a male (possibly an entire family) of redstarts, somewhere near Boot. More dragon flies than I've ever seen in a single day.
flanker
flanker
Jun 2018
3:25pm, 26 Jun 2018
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flanker
Did you do the whole L100 course jackdaw? ;-)
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jun 2018
4:20pm, 26 Jun 2018
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Derby Tup
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jacdaw
jacdaw
Jun 2018
4:42pm, 26 Jun 2018
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jacdaw
(No, just coniston to keswick. Changed buses at ambleside to get to coniston from keswick).

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