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Sep 2020
9:41pm, 4 Sep 2020
2,227 posts
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flyingfinn
The ones we're getting (as with most of the hirundines) are definitely moving through heading south rather than local breeders. The water pulls them in for a b+b with a full bug breakfast before moving on. The Martins and Swallow counts leaving the roost sites most days this week have been up in the hundreds.
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Sep 2020
9:43pm, 4 Sep 2020
17,654 posts
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Rosehip
lots of Martins flying between the beech trees on the village green behind my garden this evening - more than I've seen at once all summer.
What I actually came to post though was a Tawny owl sat on the garden fence about 10ft from my sofa  that really is a first
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Sep 2020
11:24am, 5 Sep 2020
11,835 posts
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D2
house martins in abundance passing through here today
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Sep 2020
7:13pm, 5 Sep 2020
1,591 posts
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Heinzster
Lots of house martins today, feeding frantically. I should have stayed to watch as the notparkrun turned into 4.2 ish miles, getting lost, muddy and running through lots of nettles. My legs are still stinging 😕. One of my fellow notparkrunners has renarkably high pitched girly screams for a 30 something year old bloke.
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Sep 2020
9:15pm, 5 Sep 2020
2,979 posts
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J2R
House martins galore over the river today.
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Sep 2020
9:17pm, 5 Sep 2020
46,000 posts
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Derby Tup
It’s getting to jay hiding their nuts time of year
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Sep 2020
4:23pm, 6 Sep 2020
18,131 posts
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Chrisity
Incredible number of acorns on the Oak this year, and also sweet Chestnuts in abundance. Reckon the squirrels will get knackered hiding them all.
4 years ago i saw a squirrel burying chestnuts, with a magpie walking along behind him digging them up again.
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Sep 2020
6:25pm, 6 Sep 2020
17,674 posts
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Rosehip
ooo - I need to go see if the chestnut tree has dropped any, I love sweet chestnuts!
Still lots of martins flying above the trees on the green behind the garden fence, haven't seen a swallow for a while.
Watched the last clutch of sparrows from the nest under the kitchen window fledge this morning - will make sure they have plenty to eat over the next few weeks.
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Sep 2020
6:39pm, 6 Sep 2020
5,097 posts
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The Scribbler
2 kingfishers at Gosforth Park today, one is a juvenile. And an egret.
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Sep 2020
10:14am, 7 Sep 2020
11,836 posts
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D2
Four young swallows on the wire across my yard this morning being fed by parents, fingers crossed they make it!
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