Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
Aug 2020
9:35pm, 25 Aug 2020
1,674 posts
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bonners
LOL, sorry DT, lovely cross post though, as it did make me look up kittiwakes. I was thinking it must be a bloody big turnstone! By coincidence our turnstones seem to be back in the harbour, none there tonight in the wind though
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Aug 2020
9:40pm, 25 Aug 2020
45,603 posts
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Derby Tup
I can’t think of many common sea birds much more unalike than a gannet and a turnstone and not just in appearance 
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Aug 2020
9:40am, 26 Aug 2020
5,068 posts
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The Scribbler
It's lovely to hear what birds cause excitement as random visitors in different areas. As I'm a hop skip and jump from the North east coast, kittiwakes and turnstones are pretty common, but I bet I miss lots of warblers. It's so stormy here at the moment even the herring gulls are hunkered down. |
Aug 2020
9:42am, 26 Aug 2020
11,813 posts
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D2
Goldfinches on my bird table this morning
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Aug 2020
9:45am, 26 Aug 2020
45,617 posts
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Derby Tup
Always good to see
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Aug 2020
9:47am, 26 Aug 2020
5,069 posts
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The Scribbler
Lovely D2 I do like to see a goldfinch. There was a gang of them here for a while, I suspect they were nesting nearby and they used to swoop down on the dandelion seeds in next door's garden. Then one day there were 6 of them on the guttering below my window, including little fledgelings. They flew off before I could get my camera and I haven't seen them since.
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Aug 2020
2:27pm, 26 Aug 2020
3,170 posts
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jacdaw
The geese are coming... mobile.twitter.com |
Aug 2020
8:04pm, 26 Aug 2020
2,951 posts
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J2R
To my surprise and delight, a solitary swift high above my garden just now!
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Aug 2020
8:44pm, 26 Aug 2020
45,642 posts
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Derby Tup
Ace. What a treat!
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Aug 2020
8:46pm, 26 Aug 2020
2,952 posts
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J2R
Yes, I really thought I'd seen the last of them. This one may have been passing through from further north, of course.
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