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Dochart
Dochart
Nov 2018
6:59pm, 13 Nov 2018
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Can I encourage you to report winter starling roosts at:

starlingsintheuk.co.uk

Also, does anyone know of any research on the distances starlings travel to roost (daily, from feeding grounds to roost, not migration)?
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Nov 2018
8:19am, 15 Nov 2018
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It’s a beautiful morning here. Mild and still. A singing mistle thrush plus a nuthatch were heard along with wren and robin plus titmouse on our walk around what I call the loop # forgetwaxwinglistenoutforchiffssoon
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Nov 2018
8:38am, 16 Nov 2018
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Great walk with Tuss this morning. Mistle still singing, titmouse everywhere including loads of LTT plus great views of a goldcrest. On way back we saw two deer very close up
phal
phal
Nov 2018
8:45am, 16 Nov 2018
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FF - similar ridiculously close views of water rail at Middleton. 👍

Hobbies there in the summer too.

Really lovely quiet spot - kinky did an amazing spot of the scaup 👍👍 like it there very much. Flanker got some fabulous pics of goldfinch and a stonechat.

No pintail spotted though.....
phal
phal
Nov 2018
8:46am, 16 Nov 2018
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FF - let us know when you’re thinking of heading back there, would be good to meet up if we can.
J2R
J2R
Nov 2018
11:28am, 16 Nov 2018
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Song thrush singing its heart out yesterday on my run - haven't heard that for a while.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Nov 2018
11:30am, 16 Nov 2018
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Will do Phal
steve45
steve45
Nov 2018
4:36pm, 16 Nov 2018
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Like J2R...Song Thrushes have started singing again down here.
steve45
steve45
Nov 2018
10:33am, 17 Nov 2018
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Dochart--I recall very many years ago (about forty five years!) that there was some research done on Starlings flying to and from roost but goodness knows where to find it now!
Dochart
Dochart
Nov 2018
12:17pm, 17 Nov 2018
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Thank-you Steve. The size of some roosts suggests that there must be birds travelling quite a distance. Starlings gather in the afternoons around half a mile from me but they aren't roosting nearby. There are big roosts to the South and to the East but they are 30 odd miles away (probably less as the starling flies) which feels too far for them to be going.

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