Fetch Birdwatchers
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165 watchers
May 2020
7:18pm, 17 May 2020
41,863 posts
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Derby Tup
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May 2020
8:25pm, 17 May 2020
17,809 posts
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KinkyS
Today's "STOP!" moment on our run was "ooo, hang on, that's a... surely not...is that a pink-footed goose?!". A lone pinkie, poddling along the Rochdale Canal with the mallards and Canadas, in May. I kid you not 
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May 2020
8:29pm, 17 May 2020
9,898 posts
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rf_fozzy
So, does anyone know how long Wood Pidgeon chicks stay in the nest before leaving? I had one nesting in my hedge for a few weeks and then it left abruptly last Friday - can't see any egg remnants in the nest, but there are a few fluffy feathers still around. |
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May 2020
8:29pm, 17 May 2020
9,899 posts
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rf_fozzy
(Also as is becoming standard, lots of Red Kites around on my run this morning).
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May 2020
9:18pm, 17 May 2020
41,870 posts
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Derby Tup
Kinky there was a lone pinkie on the ressers this side of the hill in the spring
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May 2020
9:54pm, 17 May 2020
17,810 posts
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KinkyS
Can't blame it tbh - it's a long way to the Arctic!
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May 2020
8:38am, 18 May 2020
2,415 posts
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um
This morning's visitor - first time we've seen one this year |
May 2020
8:53am, 18 May 2020
16,059 posts
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Sharkie
Great pic,um. Sparrowhawk perched in the silver birch in the garden just now, less than 20 meters from the house. Cool! |
May 2020
11:34am, 18 May 2020
3,902 posts
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steve45
fozzy….I'll guess at 12-14 days but was totally wrong. (shame). According to Google it's 33-34 days! Heck, that's a long time.
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May 2020
11:35am, 18 May 2020
3,903 posts
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steve45
Great spots Kinky, um and Sharkie. Only a Lesser Whitethroat singing as a stand out songster amongst the many this morning. |
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