Fetch Birdwatchers
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165 watchers
Feb 2019
11:23am, 22 Feb 2019
11,826 posts
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Rosehip
Similar here this morning- no Jay but chaffinch, gold finch, blue and great tits. Also female mallard being gang raped!
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Feb 2019
11:47am, 22 Feb 2019
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Derby Tup
 we’ve seen similar incidents in the past; not nice at all
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Feb 2019
1:03pm, 22 Feb 2019
1,317 posts
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Heinzster
Sparrowhawk and shelduck are my highlights of the week! Saw a dunnock today too. Do they get redder as part of breeding plumage? It may be my eyes, or a trick of the light but it seemed ruddier than usual.
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Feb 2019
1:08pm, 22 Feb 2019
29,457 posts
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Derby Tup
Lots of birds look ‘smarter’ in breeding plumage - starling is a good example
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Feb 2019
3:31pm, 22 Feb 2019
29,460 posts
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Derby Tup
theguardian.com
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Feb 2019
3:36pm, 22 Feb 2019
11,832 posts
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Rosehip
But what a stunning photo of the Kites |
Feb 2019
5:13pm, 22 Feb 2019
2,273 posts
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jacdaw
Let's hope when Tony Juniper takes over at NE he will sort this out. On a happier note, I saw a group of 9 curlew today, and a couple of smaller groups of lapwing. The warm weather is bringing them all back. Oh, and skylarks singing like crazy. |
Feb 2019
5:41pm, 22 Feb 2019
991 posts
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Dochart
That's shocking, DT. NE and SNH appear to have been 'captured' by commercial interests and seem to have little interest in protecting nature any more. Early swallow reported at Portland Bird Observatory yesterday. |
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Feb 2019
5:45pm, 22 Feb 2019
29,462 posts
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Derby Tup
Very early!
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Feb 2019
8:34pm, 22 Feb 2019
11,833 posts
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Rosehip
Spent ages watching barn owl this evening - it saw me watching and diverted from its route back to the nest box and sat waiting on a greenhouse gutter until I'd hidden behind a bush Really hope there's a pair and we'll have a family to watch this year. Lots of bats out this evening too - doesn't feel like February. |
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