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phal
phal
May 2021
4:05pm, 9 May 2021
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phal
Or even Swifts 😉
phal
phal
May 2021
4:10pm, 9 May 2021
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phal
Such an irritating pedant of a wife 😉
Dave A
Dave A
May 2021
4:12pm, 9 May 2021
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Dave A
Yes
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2021
4:41pm, 9 May 2021
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Derby Tup
No swift, swifts or swift’s here yet
alpenrose
alpenrose
May 2021
6:53pm, 9 May 2021
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alpenrose
I'm pretty sure I saw a swift or 2 yesterday flying low over local fields.

I was in the New Forest today and thought that there were swift rather than house martins, but couldn't be sure as they didn't stay still long enough. ;-)
I also heard another cuckoo, that brings my count up to 4 this year.
um
um
May 2021
7:09pm, 9 May 2021
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alpenrose - there's loads of cuckoos at the moment. Today - one near Cadnam Pool, one two at Latchmore Bottom/Sloden Inclosure, another at the top end of Sloden nr Ragged Boys Hill. And another at Rakes Brakes Bottom. (which I swa fly into a tree, wondered 'what's that?' and then it started.
I did record one, but not sure (yet) how to go from .mov on a camera to .mp3 or sound track - and lose the wind noise.
um
um
May 2021
7:09pm, 9 May 2021
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um
(or there's one, following me around)
J2R
J2R
May 2021
7:35pm, 9 May 2021
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J2R
First cuckoo for me today, close by. And also a nuthatch hopping around in a tree above our picnic spot.
flanker
flanker
May 2021
8:15pm, 9 May 2021
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flanker
DT, swifts over Hebden on Friday, and over the house today, so they're not far away from you now!

Also heard a couple of cuckoos in the woods above Staveley while in the Lakes yesterday.

Still no sign of whitethroats and not managed a good view of either chiff or WW yet this year, despite hearing them all over the place.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2021
8:51pm, 9 May 2021
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Derby Tup
I heard a starling do an amazing swift impression yesterday. Bastard thing had me good and proper! :-( :-) :-(

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