Fetch Birdwatchers
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166 watchers
Oct 2020
6:03pm, 5 Oct 2020
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flyingfinn
Robin seem to be doing well here too but numbers do rise around now as winter migrants start to come in from Scandinavia. They are an early migrant with numbers moving in early autumn but it's complicated a bit with some UK Robins (mainly females) migrating out to the continent. So the local 'Robin' may not be the same one all the year round. Despite people thinking that the visitor to their garden is a constant individual they may actually be multiple birds involved. Male Robins that do not migrate often have separate breeding and winter territories.
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Oct 2020
7:31pm, 5 Oct 2020
1,707 posts
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bonners
Cheers, FF really interesting info. Forgot to say, saw a couple of divers at Llandudno yesterday. I struggle to id, but on the North Wales coast and with northerly winds, I'm guessing Northern divers? Seemed to fit in with the winter plumage and size wise a bit smaller than a cormorant. Any other possibilities? |
Oct 2020
8:58pm, 5 Oct 2020
18,182 posts
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Chrisity
Great White Egret at Attenborough for the last few days. Photo not mine, but too good to miss facebook.com
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Oct 2020
9:12pm, 5 Oct 2020
458 posts
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Weath
Great photo comparing the size of Great with the Little Egret on that link Chrisity. I think it may have been hanging around there a little longer than the "few days" they say though; a mate gave me a heads-up about one down there on the 5th Sept. Totally forgot about it until now. I may have to pop over... |
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Oct 2020
9:31pm, 5 Oct 2020
18,183 posts
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Chrisity
I think it's done the rounds a bit Weath.
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Oct 2020
1:37pm, 6 Oct 2020
11,788 posts
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rf_fozzy
I have a whole flock of blue and great tits in my garden on the feeders this morning. There might have been some coal tits as well, but I'm not sure. And at least one Robin which seems to have appeared recently. At the same time, I had several blackbirds (Am I right in remembering that the brown ones are females - about the same size as the males?) - was funny watching them follow the squirrel round the lawn, waiting -then the squirrel would suddenly chase them off. And I think it's a dunnock that keeps visiting too - likes hoovering up the bits up the bird table. Even the regular magpies that like my garden weren joining in. The highlight was a couple of flashes of a goldfinch that I think must have flocked up with the tits. Not seen one in my garden previously, but then again I've never had quite that number of birds around at once since I moved in. |
Oct 2020
1:40pm, 6 Oct 2020
13,793 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
One of our magpies has started following the squirrel round and digging up his nuts. The hedgehog has also now worked out how to raid the squirrel feeder.
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Oct 2020
1:41pm, 6 Oct 2020
11,790 posts
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rf_fozzy
Isn't the squirrel feeder in a tree?
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Oct 2020
1:42pm, 6 Oct 2020
13,794 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
No, we hadn't got round to fastening it anywhere!
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Oct 2020
1:48pm, 6 Oct 2020
3,055 posts
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J2R
All our feeders are de facto squirrel feeders, whether we like it or not. fozzy, at this time of year it's not uncommon to see goldfinches moving around with tits. The same 'safety in numbers' thing which makes birds flock together crosses the species boundary in many cases - the threats to blue tits are very often the same as the threats to goldfinches, most notably sparrowhawks. |
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