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Chrisity
Chrisity
Aug 2018
3:56pm, 30 Aug 2018
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It's been 2 days DT, surely Lapwing must be on your list by now.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2018
5:26pm, 30 Aug 2018
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On yesterday but ousted by golden plover today ;)
J2R
J2R
Aug 2018
5:35pm, 30 Aug 2018
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I think the 'Best Wader In Flight' award must surely go to the lapwing, though? Yes, you could argue that something like the black-winged stilt is pretty funky, but don't you just love the lapwings' rounded wings and the way they move around in flocks?
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2018
5:36pm, 30 Aug 2018
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Good call :)
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Sep 2018
9:08pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Eveningby run enlivened by spotting a Great White Egret :-) They're not unknown here but they aren't seen that often either.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Sep 2018
9:24pm, 1 Sep 2018
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Nice - I saw at least one kingfisher and several dippers this morning on the river Worth virtually in Keighley
alpenrose
alpenrose
Sep 2018
9:30pm, 1 Sep 2018
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I haven't seen one kingfisher this year. :( I saw swallows last evening and also today - different locations.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Sep 2018
2:07pm, 4 Sep 2018
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Judging by the visitors to my feeders it looks like the local Blue Tits have had a successful year. I'm currently getting 15+ simultaneously, most of which look like juveniles and boy can they eat! I'm going through food at a hell of a rate. For the last few days I've also had a single adult (male I think) Goldfinch bringing one newly fledged juvenile that so far won't feed itself but sits close by and lets the adult know in no uncertain terms that it needs feeding!
alpenrose
alpenrose
Sep 2018
2:56pm, 4 Sep 2018
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I saw a kingfisher yesterday! :) Also lots of swallows gathering to take off for distant shores and amongst other things I can't remember, a buzzard and a hovering/diving kestrel on the cliffs.
J2R
J2R
Sep 2018
4:26pm, 4 Sep 2018
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FF, we have had a great year for blue tits, too. They have taken over from goldfinches as the most common bird in the garden. I know they do badly when it rains a lot, as the larvae they feed to their young get washed out of the trees, so I presume they do correspondingly well when there are long dry periods as we've had this year.

We haven't had nearly as much of a honeydew problem as we normally have in summer, though - we have to park the cars under a massive lime tree, which normally seems home to 90% of the world's aphids, considering the amount of honeydew which showers down. So I wonder if aphid numbers have suffered, which I would have thought would affect blue tits?

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