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Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Apr 2020
7:44pm, 3 Apr 2020
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Red Squirrel
At city park lake:

Mandarin duck (male) - at close quarters. Beeeeooootiful.
Little grebe/dabchick - doing the diving down and trilling thing.

Lots of birds generally enjoying the lessened noise, pollution and people inc ducks, geese, drumming woodpeckers, blue tits, coal tits, coots, moorhens, blackbirds.
jacdaw
jacdaw
Apr 2020
7:59pm, 3 Apr 2020
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jacdaw
I haven't heard a dabchick for ages. I love that call.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Apr 2020
8:31pm, 3 Apr 2020
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Derby Tup
Four chiffchaff and one dipper this afternoon. One of the warblers was ‘broken’ and was doing chaffs only :-( No blackcap yet but think we will have over weekend
bonners
bonners
Apr 2020
9:35pm, 3 Apr 2020
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bonners
Bar tailed godwit, curlew and a mystery third wader in the harbour tonight.

Similar in size to the godwit, but very pale grey and a white undercarriage iirc. Absolutely razor straight long bill. Any ideas?
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Apr 2020
9:42pm, 3 Apr 2020
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Derby Tup
Greenshank?
bonners
bonners
Apr 2020
9:51pm, 3 Apr 2020
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bonners
Good call DT, colourings definitely, but according to the Rspb, are quite a bit smaller than the godwit. I seem to recall this being larger. The greenshank is only slighter bigger than the redshank according to them. But, I may have remembered it wrong.

Hmmm, I do love a good mystery, have to keep my eyes peeled and see if I can double check its size if I see it again. Never spotted a greenshank, so it'd be great if it was.
Chrisity
Chrisity
Apr 2020
11:25pm, 3 Apr 2020
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Chrisity
um, i didn't fancy Woodpecker Tea.
steve45
steve45
Apr 2020
9:49am, 4 Apr 2020
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steve45
Willow Warblers at last! As expected, cloud cover would have "downed" some migrants last night. Two Willow Warblers at two locations along my running route were singing well-- as we're plenty of Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs etc.
steve45
steve45
Apr 2020
9:53am, 4 Apr 2020
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steve45
.. sorry.." were" not "we're".
steve45
steve45
Apr 2020
9:54am, 4 Apr 2020
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steve45
That's a very early Whitethroat phal.

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