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Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2023
7:59pm, 26 Mar 2023
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Derby Tup
An irruption about every ten years ;-)
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Mar 2023
8:00pm, 26 Mar 2023
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Derby Tup
Several green woodpecker and three or four chiffs heard
paulcook
paulcook
Mar 2023
8:09pm, 26 Mar 2023
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paulcook
I do love a green woodpecker.
phal
phal
Mar 2023
8:27pm, 26 Mar 2023
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phal
We try and erupt here as often as possible DT 😉
phal
phal
Mar 2023
8:29pm, 26 Mar 2023
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phal
Or even irrupt 😝
Dave A
Dave A
Mar 2023
8:30pm, 26 Mar 2023
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Dave A
Lesser spotted Fetchie seen in the area today


😀

And I finally got to meet Tussock.
Good to bump into you and Stef earlier.
jacdaw
jacdaw
Mar 2023
8:35pm, 26 Mar 2023
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jacdaw
Bullfinches back in the garden today for the annual damson flower bud stripping ritual.
Dvorak
Dvorak
Mar 2023
11:44pm, 26 Mar 2023
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Dvorak
Hello again Fetchie bird fans. A couple more unusual to me sightings on the canal today. This time, ducks. Nearly all around here are mallards, however today I saw two different which appeared to be a pair. One was mallardy, but with an orange head, which from a lookup makes it probably a widgeon. The other was black and white, generally a tufted duck? Although I never spotted a tuft. However, the markings don't seem quite right. I'd describe them as like those of a typical black and white cat. Ideas?
J2R
J2R
Mar 2023
10:09am, 27 Mar 2023
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J2R
Unlikely to be a cat, Dvorak, they're not great swimmers.
paulcook
paulcook
Mar 2023
10:19am, 27 Mar 2023
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paulcook
A pair as in they were together, but sexually dimorphic?

Have you looked up goosanders? The female has an orange head and male some black/white.

Mandarins maybe though that's a stretch I suspect.

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