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Jul 2018
1:44pm, 17 Jul 2018
26,352 posts
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Derby Tup
I had a tug-of-war with a herring gull over a Cornish pastie in Lyme Regis early this year. DT 1 HG 0  (in fairness it wasn’t to know I had a greedy fat twin brother)
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Jul 2018
2:06pm, 17 Jul 2018
356 posts
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um
Lyme Regis gulls have history ... HG 1 wife 0 - not happy !
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Jul 2018
8:47pm, 17 Jul 2018
17,688 posts
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flanker
The sparrows outsiders the ODG are the roundest balls of fluff I've ever seen. I suspect the live on chips and crisps.
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Jul 2018
2:06pm, 18 Jul 2018
1,307 posts
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J2R
In Slovenia a couple of weeks ago, I was often delighted by the constant chirp of sparrows around me, something I don't have where I live now (for reasons unknown). To my surprise, though, a few times they turned out to be tree sparrows - very common birds in lots of places on the Continent, but something of a rarity here.
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Jul 2018
1:24pm, 19 Jul 2018
1,071 posts
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flyingfinn
I was sat watching a party of Swifts over the house a couple of nights ago when I realised there were a couple that what were rather shorter and wider than the rest. Studying them closer I realised they were bats, somewhat larger than the ones I usually see along the village road which I think are Pipistrelles. A bit of googling and elimination would suggest that they are probably Noctules but that is something of a guess.
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Jul 2018
3:49pm, 19 Jul 2018
10,816 posts
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D2
that's interesting ff. Our Pipistrelles seem particularly active at present, I've never seen any other types.
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Jul 2018
4:37pm, 19 Jul 2018
2,023 posts
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jacdaw
Noctules are big, and usually fly high. Get a bat detector, and they are unmistakeable. We have nursery roosts of pips and daubentons in the roof. Very active at the moment.
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Jul 2018
5:52pm, 19 Jul 2018
10,817 posts
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D2
goes off to google bat detector....... thanks
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Jul 2018
6:50pm, 19 Jul 2018
26,368 posts
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Derby Tup
Delighted to see my first Brontë country little owl this morning, sat on a fence post close to a well-known local pub
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Jul 2018
10:12pm, 19 Jul 2018
1,072 posts
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flyingfinn
jacdaw these were much bigger than the bats I usually see around the house and along the lane (which I think are Pipstrelles) and way up above the treetops with the party of Swifts. None of the other bats of a similar size I can find reference to seem to be resident in this area (Derbyshire). So at the moment the Noctules are my only real candidate based on size, location and behaviour. Is there anything type that it is likely to be? When you say they are unmistakeable, in what way?
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