Fetch Birdwatchers
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May 2023
3:52pm, 31 May 2023
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J2R
WW, that's always sad to see, even if it is the inevitable way of nature. Magpies have raided a couple of nests in our garden in recent years but it was still sad to see the magpie nest in a tall holly I look out on to from my office window being raided by a squirrel the other day. There was a big kerfuffle and I assumed that the squirrel had done the dirty deed, but I did see a magpie flying into the tree earlier so maybe not all was lost.
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May 2023
7:18pm, 31 May 2023
4,661 posts
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J2R
Something I learned today, which probably everybody else already knows but I'll pass it on just in case... When using Merlin, and it has listed the birds it has picked up, the names of the birds which are currently singing pulse lightly. Hadn't spotted that until today. Handy! |
Jun 2023
6:58pm, 1 Jun 2023
2,776 posts
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paulcook
Watching countless sandmartins feeding over the River Tees today completely oblivious to us with two dogs. Amazing to see.
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Jun 2023
8:23pm, 4 Jun 2023
59,794 posts
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alpenrose
I heard a couple of cuckoos in the New Forest today. There seems to be so few of them around this year.
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Jun 2023
5:20pm, 13 Jun 2023
31,331 posts
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HellsBells
We're at Bempton Cliffs. Oh my goodness, what a wonderful place
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Jun 2023
6:01pm, 13 Jun 2023
59,861 posts
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Derby Tup
One of the great UK birding experiences. Any shags?
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Jun 2023
6:24pm, 13 Jun 2023
31,332 posts
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HellsBells
We just had a quick one hour this evening, going for a full day tomorrow. Tree sparrows, barn owl and many, many kittiwakes, razorbills, guillemots and gannets 
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Jun 2023
7:25pm, 13 Jun 2023
4,669 posts
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J2R
I'm at Bempton Cliffs tomorrow! Or in the vicinity thereof, staying at a camp/caravan site a few minutes walk away. We were planning on doing a run round Flamborough Head tomorrow afternoon with a visit to Bempton Cliffs maybe the following morning. Never been to the area before, very excited about going there. Tree sparrows, eh? That's one to look out for. No puffins? Have they gone? |
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Jun 2023
9:53pm, 13 Jun 2023
59,862 posts
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Derby Tup
Tree sparrow - great
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Jun 2023
10:28pm, 13 Jun 2023
31,334 posts
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HellsBells
J2R we're hoping for puffins tomorrow, they'll be further along where the cliffs are softer so they can burrow. The tree sparrows are all over the place by the visitor centre, it was very hard to miss them |
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