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Hanneke
Hanneke
Aug 2021
10:37am, 24 Aug 2021
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Hanneke
Surprisingly few gulls here in the Black Mountains!

Sparrows flitting around outside in the wisteria.
J2R
J2R
Aug 2021
6:19pm, 24 Aug 2021
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J2R
Anyone know why there is this change in urban gull species? Why should lesser black-backs be starting to dominate? What is working in their favour now?
bonners
bonners
Aug 2021
8:39pm, 24 Aug 2021
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bonners
Not sure, but definitely not the case in North Wales, I would say 95% of breeding pairs are still herring gulls.

Is it inland or further south where there is a difference?
bonners
bonners
Aug 2021
9:45pm, 24 Aug 2021
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bonners
Seeing lots and lots of swallows joining together on the telegraph wires. Guess that means they'll be going soon ☹️. Starting to get lots of geese flying over in the evenings heading over to the Dee.

Favourite spot at the moment though is the mob of LTT in the garden. All over the shop at the moment, on the trees and the feeders.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2021
9:56pm, 24 Aug 2021
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Derby Tup
LTT always raise a smile :-)
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2021
9:10am, 25 Aug 2021
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Derby Tup
Disturbed a green woodpecker on this morning’s run and had a great view of it flying away; extremely loud alarm call! Heard a singing chiffchaff too
jacdaw
jacdaw
Aug 2021
11:48am, 25 Aug 2021
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jacdaw
Robins are all singing their autumn song here.
Hanneke
Hanneke
Aug 2021
12:46pm, 25 Aug 2021
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Hanneke
Clouds of hundreds, I kid you not, sparrows all over the front bit of my garden :-o Never seen anything like it!

Any ideas why this might be?
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2021
12:54pm, 25 Aug 2021
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Derby Tup
Food probably Han
Hanneke
Hanneke
Aug 2021
12:58pm, 25 Aug 2021
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Hanneke
I brought the garden on a lot since Covid but it isn't any different from last year... Oh, holdon, unless they are partial to wild carrot seeds! They cam through really stronly in my 50/50 annual/perennial pollinator mix...

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