May 2020
5:44pm, 1 May 2020
1,611 posts
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flyingfinn
Juvenile Starling from an early brood might be the best shout yet DT. My guide suggests May onwards but it's not infeasible they could be a few weeks ahead given the mild winter.
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May 2020
5:46pm, 1 May 2020
40,904 posts
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Derby Tup
Lots of adults ferrying food here ff
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May 2020
7:18pm, 1 May 2020
2,279 posts
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um
Or a fluffed up blackcap? Not a cuckoo? (or no stripes?)
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May 2020
8:52am, 2 May 2020
4,875 posts
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The Scribbler
Spotted oystercatchers and eiderduck at the mouth of the Tyne this morning. Then a grey wagtail in the park. Heard the woodpecker but couldn’t see it
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May 2020
8:53am, 2 May 2020
40,950 posts
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Derby Tup
Could you hear the eiders? One of the great bird noises
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May 2020
9:35am, 2 May 2020
4,877 posts
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The Scribbler
No DT they were just floating along by the rocks. We’re more used to seeing them at a wildlife park but I don’t think I’ve ever heard them. Only had 24-70 lens on today so not good enough for photos
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May 2020
9:54am, 2 May 2020
3,890 posts
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steve45
D2..the only bird of that colour really would/could be a Nuthatch. Whitethroat well settled in territories near my home and on run routes. No sign of Lesser Whitethroat yet, presence nearly always given away by distinctive song. Usual Cettis this morning.
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May 2020
11:40am, 2 May 2020
5,748 posts
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Eynsham Red
We’ve been putting meal worms down just outside on our patio. I’ve been impressed by Scruffy, the name we’ve given to a male blackbird. He’s busy with beakfuls of worms and grubs. Occasionally he pops down to have a good feed of meal worms, before flying off with a beakful back to the nest.
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May 2020
1:31pm, 2 May 2020
5,492 posts
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Corrah
Song Thrush in my garden this morning. First time I have seen one there.
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May 2020
3:37pm, 2 May 2020
1,114 posts
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Roberto
Came into the kitchen to find 30 starlings in the back garden but in the fence next to them was a house sparrow which was a first in the garden for us. Really loving seeing the increasing variety of birds we are getting.
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