Sep 2021
7:32pm, 26 Sep 2021
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jacdaw
They usually winter on the coast or on estuaries, Hann. Probably just passing through.
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Sep 2021
7:34pm, 26 Sep 2021
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bonners
Great photo. Strange this should come up today, when I saw the wagtails I was looking thru the bins to see if any curlew were in the fields yet. None here yet, but had a bit of rain and they do start to appear when the fields are damp
No swallows on my run today, did see some oystercatchers back on the beach tonight
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Sep 2021
7:38pm, 26 Sep 2021
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Hanneke
And now the little owl is making a racket...
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Sep 2021
7:48pm, 26 Sep 2021
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um
Oycs and wagtails will be in my blog in the next few days ... as I continue posting from my Keyhaven walk.
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Sep 2021
8:27pm, 26 Sep 2021
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J2R
Curlews are among my favourite birds! Serious curlew envy here.
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Sep 2021
8:30pm, 26 Sep 2021
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Hanneke
I had pinkie envy but no longer 🥰
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Sep 2021
8:45pm, 26 Sep 2021
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Derby Tup
jacdaw there’s a group of usually around 300 curlew over winter just east of Ilkley. I used to see them on my daily commute roosting in the fields on late autumn mornings sometimes. But, you’re right overwintering curlew inland are unusual
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Sep 2021
9:09pm, 26 Sep 2021
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jacdaw
I'm so used to seeing them here all summer, and then at the coast all winter that I assumed that's what they all did. I think being inland in the coldest months of the winter is going to be hard work for a curlew. Maybe it's different down south!
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Sep 2021
10:02pm, 26 Sep 2021
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Derby Tup
There’s a bit of a micro-climate in Wharfedale below Bolton Abbey. It’s damp and relatively mild compared with up in the dale proper. I’ve seen the odd oyk there in winter too and they aren’t common inland in the Dales
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Sep 2021
10:32pm, 26 Sep 2021
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Hanneke
I don't really remember if tbey are there all year round, a few miles up the road but we are on the river Monnow and not far from the Wye and Severn estuary. I am going to monitor them
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