Fetch Birdwatchers
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Jul 2021
10:03pm, 3 Jul 2021
19,132 posts
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Chrisity
Added another bird to my "seen from Beeston Parkrun course" with an Oystercatcher noisily flying down the Trent.
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Jul 2021
1:01pm, 5 Jul 2021
220 posts
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tinebeest
Just found out about the bad bird news here in PA/ wider East Coast region: media.pa.gov Mysterious bird disease. I’ll be taking my bird feeder and bird bath inside in a moment. My county (Lehigh) hasn’t been listed explicitly yet and I haven’t seen any cases yet personally or heard from friends. But we’re surrounded by four counties with cases so I am not taking chances. Sigh. Hummingbird feeders can stay up, fortunately: she’s the only feathered friend to use that one! |
Jul 2021
7:34pm, 6 Jul 2021
3,696 posts
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J2R
Saw my first little owl in ages today, and, to my great surprise, it was at 4:30 in the afternoon, perched on top of a telegraph pole on a Norfolk country road. Never seen one in broad daylight before. Also, later, in a walk along the saltmarsh, a spoonbill flew by.
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Jul 2021
7:57pm, 6 Jul 2021
76,205 posts
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Hanneke
Oh I love spoonbills 
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Jul 2021
8:11pm, 6 Jul 2021
3,697 posts
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J2R
Hanneke, yes, they're pretty cool. Very, very distinctive in flight.
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Jul 2021
8:20pm, 6 Jul 2021
2,011 posts
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bonners
Some lovely spots. Both little owls and spoonbills are on my never seen list. I'm fairly certain that I would never see a spoonbill in north Wales unless one ever gets lost :D
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Jul 2021
1:09pm, 7 Jul 2021
2,781 posts
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flyingfinn
Bonners, never say never! google.com |
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Jul 2021
1:20pm, 7 Jul 2021
2,016 posts
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bonners
Wow, never knew that. That is one of my local parkruns (when it comes back), so you never know
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Jul 2021
10:51pm, 9 Jul 2021
14,324 posts
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HowFar?
I went down to the estuary at Ballyshannon today. It was about midday and around an hour until low tide. Sea trout and salmon splashed close to the shore and out in the main channel, throwing themselves clear of the water now and then. Mullet took a more leisurely approach, swimming slowly through the margins, dorsal fins creating small bow waves as they went on their way. The star of the show though was the otter that made an appearance just below Inis Saimer island. Its head was visible for quite a while before it submerged. Then it reappeared, a little downstream. It lay on its back for several seconds, allowing the flow to take it, before rolling onto its stomach and then gracefully head and tailing below the surface. |
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Jul 2021
10:30am, 10 Jul 2021
14,325 posts
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HowFar?
I was just having breakfast in the front room when a movement outside caught my eye. A pine marten scampered across the yard, leapt onto the wall and then, after sitting there for a while, bounced its way through the grass towards the cattle shed. By the time I grabbed the camera it was a bit far away for a decent picture. |
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