Fetch Birdwatchers
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167 watchers
Apr 2021
9:35pm, 1 Apr 2021
72,122 posts
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Hanneke
Hmmm... It may not have been feeding on ants, but it was caught by the hawk! So sad when they catch something rare rather than a pigeon... But glad it wasn't a chicken to be honest!
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Apr 2021
9:40pm, 1 Apr 2021
3,303 posts
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phal
Just surprised that an LSW was so out in the open, and on the ground.
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Apr 2021
9:48pm, 1 Apr 2021
72,123 posts
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Hanneke
Not out in the open... They live in the woodland around my garden. It is amazing to see how the hawk flies through the trees. I have all three species of resident woodpeckers here!
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Apr 2021
9:54pm, 1 Apr 2021
2 posts
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Quarzable
I run through a nature reserve sometimes and my favourite sound is the Booming of the Bittern.
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Apr 2021
10:01pm, 1 Apr 2021
72,124 posts
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Hanneke
I was trying to find the video I once saw on a chicken keepers forum... of a goshawk flying into a coop through the pophole and re-emerging with a chicken... Can't find it, this is quite good though: |
Apr 2021
11:04pm, 1 Apr 2021
49,513 posts
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Derby Tup
A pair of bullfinch in friends’ garden this afternoon
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Apr 2021
11:52pm, 1 Apr 2021
2,240 posts
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Surelynot
I may have mentioned this before but mention of favourite sounds prompted me to search for this again bbc.co.uk
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Apr 2021
1:35am, 2 Apr 2021
19,778 posts
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flanker
Hann, I assume you meant to say collared doves, not turtle? Turtle are virtually non-existent in Wales (I think you are still in Wales?) and don't arrive back anywhere in the UK until late April/May time. The earliest recorded is 11 April and that's down South. |
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Apr 2021
9:58am, 2 Apr 2021
72,130 posts
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Hanneke
Yes, Flanker, Tortel duiven. They are indeed collared doves in English. You have to forgive me, this happens a lot to me. We do get turtles as well, but I have only ever heard them... Not seen them. Just to clarify: we have a lot of rare wildlife here, including pine martens and also rare butterflies. I am proud to say that I spotted hairstreaks in my garden for the first time last year, after 8 yeats of creating habitat , that is very satisfying. Barn owl box going up in my new building this year too, as well as some other nest boxes. |
Apr 2021
10:11am, 2 Apr 2021
17,908 posts
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KinkyS
The history of doves in the UK is an interesting one. Collared doves didn't even arrive here until the 1950s, they used to be an exciting rarity and yet now they are ubiquitous. Turtle doves on the other hand have declined by around 98% since the 1970s (April's British Birds journal has an article about them  )
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