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Rosehip
Rosehip
May 2020
3:01pm, 6 May 2020
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Rosehip
A few swallows this week, but no swifts and still very few martins.

Just watched two very cross collared doves chase a magpie out of my plum tree. They're not nesting in it, so why they got so cross I don't know - but the saw it off.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2020
3:05pm, 6 May 2020
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Derby Tup
Magpies are a threat to pretty much all common birds. I saw one carry away a young blackbird the size of a starling from its parents once
Velociraptor
Velociraptor
May 2020
3:06pm, 6 May 2020
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Velociraptor
We have loads of swifts here, and the house martins are back. eL Bee! was amused to see "sparrows" sticking to the side of a house high up, and we've had an egg shell.

I've also seen, in two separate places, a little green bird, longer and more uniformly green than a greenfinch. I'm scratching my head. My best guess is "escaped budgies".
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2020
3:19pm, 6 May 2020
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Derby Tup
Hear hooves, think horses
Tim of Fife
Tim of Fife
May 2020
3:59pm, 6 May 2020
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Tim of Fife
Gannets feeding in the bay this morning
um
um
May 2020
4:05pm, 6 May 2020
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um
Not a green woodpecker, v'rap? Or parakeet? (aka big budgie)
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
May 2020
4:52pm, 6 May 2020
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Eynsham Red
Rosehip, we have a couple of collared doves that frequent our garden. They are quite feisty in particular towards the wood pigeons.
Rosehip
Rosehip
May 2020
4:55pm, 6 May 2020
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Rosehip
I wish they'd chase of the woodpigeons from here - they're so big and clumsy, make a din when they sit on the chimney and keep sh*tting on my car!
flanker
flanker
May 2020
5:02pm, 6 May 2020
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flanker
Not sure I've ever heard a snipe make that noise DT. Or any noise come to that!
Eynsham Red
Eynsham Red
May 2020
5:10pm, 6 May 2020
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Eynsham Red
It’s hard to imagine that something that size can produce so much sh*t (woodpigeons).

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