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May 2021
7:35pm, 11 May 2021
50,099 posts
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Derby Tup
Four or five swift over Hill Hey (downtown Haworth)  Heard before seen 
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May 2021
8:02pm, 11 May 2021
1,941 posts
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bonners
Brilliant DT. Still none here.
Fabulous goldcrest picture.
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May 2021
8:31pm, 11 May 2021
8,377 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Thanks, you’ve no idea how many photos of its tail end I got :D
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May 2021
8:35pm, 11 May 2021
3,624 posts
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J2R
Yes, DT, the arrival of the swifts is a joyous time. I've had a very long and very tiring and stressful day, and just spent some time lying back in the garden looking up at the swifts and listening to their screeching, and I feel better for it.
Another new summer visitor today - Arctic tern fishing in the river on my local run.
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May 2021
8:39pm, 11 May 2021
21,051 posts
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Rosehip
Middle England rural walk today, so before the heavens opened I was accompanied by skylarks, lapwing, red kite, kestrel, various finches, warblers - a whitethroat seen sitting on the oilseed rape but I couldn't properly ID the other one or two I could hear and caught glimpses of.
Then my first sighting of swift for the year
No cuckoo anywhere yet though.
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May 2021
8:43pm, 11 May 2021
50,101 posts
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Derby Tup
That sounds great Rosehip
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May 2021
9:36pm, 11 May 2021
1,793 posts
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Heinzster
Baby starlings getting fed in the trees behind my garden. They are seriously loud, non stop all day. Multiple families.
4 lapwings flying tonight (either that or far away Nazgul, i always think that's how they look flying)
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May 2021
8:44am, 12 May 2021
2,730 posts
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flyingfinn
Very busy Willow Tit here this morning. I don't often get them on the feeders except in winter but this year there were a pair that hung around longer than usual. Now after not having seen them for a few weeks one is making repeated visits to the feeders this morning. Looks like we have young Willow Tits close to hand.
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May 2021
8:49am, 12 May 2021
50,110 posts
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Derby Tup
That is great news ff. I’ve just filled our feeders. They are in an apple tree, which is starting to come into blossom
Several blackcap heard this morning and one seen
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May 2021
9:06am, 12 May 2021
73,483 posts
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Hanneke
Nice one FF
When I got a cat, I stopped feeding the birds. Not fair on either!
A few years later, I got new neighbours. We decided to no longer cut the hedge, native, previously laid, theirs. It has made a HUGE difference to birds and butterflies and god knows what else
The cat isn't allowed out at this time of year: too many birds nesting and fledging!
The blackbirds were feeding their pretty large fledglings right in front of my feet yesterday when I came home
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