Fetch Birdwatchers
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169 watchers
Sep 2019
7:56pm, 20 Sep 2019
1,341 posts
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flyingfinn
Summer is hanging on in the Peak. We still have the second brood of House Martins resident in the nest, though I watched them feeding on the wing this morning so I suspect they'll be gone pretty soon. And I saw several Wheatear while out on the moor above the Goyt Valley this afternoon (no Curlews evident though). 
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Sep 2019
8:06pm, 20 Sep 2019
1,399 posts
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bonners
Thank you for the post flyingfinn. Was coming to post in confusion tonight. On our estate this evening about 10-15 housemartins feeding. I presume the same as yours, soon be on their way. Not sure I've seen them this late before.
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Sep 2019
8:21pm, 20 Sep 2019
13,606 posts
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Rosehip
Also surprised by the number of house martins careering around this afternoon. Hope the late broods can feed up well before their travels
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Sep 2019
9:10pm, 20 Sep 2019
34,354 posts
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Derby Tup
I saw a house martin feeding young a couple of days ago near Brighouse
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Sep 2019
4:36pm, 22 Sep 2019
3,977 posts
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ferret
Not posted for a while but enjoy keeping up & love the photos. I wasn’t aware of this, that wind wasn’t cycling friendly, but at Portland Bill on Friday, observers estimated possibly 5000 swallows going over portlandbirdobs.com |
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Sep 2019
4:37pm, 22 Sep 2019
3,978 posts
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ferret
There were a few still around Weymouth yesterday.
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Sep 2019
5:29pm, 22 Sep 2019
1,244 posts
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um
Lots of swallows still swooping around in the New Forest in recent runs. But sorry, no pics - a) wrong camera and b) they are a bit too fast, even if often very close |
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Sep 2019
10:01pm, 22 Sep 2019
13,617 posts
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Rosehip
I can hear a screecher - but haven't seen it yet, just lots of bats!
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Sep 2019
7:34am, 23 Sep 2019
1,343 posts
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flyingfinn
Lots of Swallows at Ilam/Dovedale yesterday during the English Champs Fell Race. I thought they might be just moving through but a check of the nests under the arches at the Hall later on revealed lots of nests still full of second broods.
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Sep 2019
10:57am, 23 Sep 2019
4,797 posts
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Eynsham Red
Four long tailed tits on our feeders on Friday. We’ve never had them in our garden before and haven’t seen them again since early Friday evening.
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