Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Jul 2023
8:56am, 20 Jul 2023
2,731 posts
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Surelynot
That’s fantastic news.
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Jul 2023
9:30am, 20 Jul 2023
106,869 posts
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Hanneke
Oh dear: bird in my stove! No idea how they get in. Well, through the chimney, but that is no mean feat. Happens every 2-3 years or so, always fledglings. Now to extract without releasing it into the house with the cat 😱 |
Jul 2023
9:37am, 20 Jul 2023
9,719 posts
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Northern Exile
Hung one of those half-coconut things out yesterday (filled with marrowfat I think), the local bird population decimated it in one day. I counted nine blue tits on it at one point. Seems that squirrels also like it!
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Jul 2023
4:13pm, 20 Jul 2023
38,515 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
If I hadn’t been on the phone at the time I would have taken a photo of the juvenile sparrowhawk perched on my garden fence this morning.
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Jul 2023
7:53pm, 20 Jul 2023
4,443 posts
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phal
I think it has fledged, phal? Guessing it's on the IOW? That’s good news jacdaw - I assume they keep it very quiet on purpose as it looks like it’s a new news story on the bbc. |
Jul 2023
9:42pm, 20 Jul 2023
3,974 posts
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jacdaw
Yeah, I think they only announced it once the chick was out of the nest.
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Jul 2023
6:32am, 23 Jul 2023
2,744 posts
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Surelynot
I was away on Arran for a couple of nights. The field opposite the house hasn't been grazed this year so is overgrown with grasses, shrubs and thistles. I was delighted to see a willow warbler coming over to a shrub by the fence to take insects. It was 2-3 metres away. It even perched on top of the patio door to feed for a magical moment. It really made my weekend. |
Jul 2023
3:18pm, 23 Jul 2023
4,693 posts
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J2R
Now on way back from Stockholm. Great holiday, although a little disappointing from a bird point of view (was secretly hoping for bluethroats, although haven't even checked if they occur there). Main items of interest, apart from the unidentified birds I mentioned a few days ago, are a mink in the wild a couple of days ago (very dark, very mustelid); lots of tree sparrows in urban if leafy Stockholm (so why not in the UK?); and, somewhat surprisingly, a fieldfare in a park this morning. But of course this is where they spend their summers.
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Jul 2023
9:08pm, 24 Jul 2023
2,310 posts
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Heinzster
I had a beautiful sparrowhawk sitting at the side of the road this evening eating an unfortunate pigeon. Best close up view I've had of one, I even managed a bit of video. I don't suppose we can post videos on Fetch?
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Jul 2023
10:15pm, 24 Jul 2023
3,056 posts
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paulcook
Similarly I watched a blackbird yank out a great big worm and fly off with it. I then interrupted her chosen feed station and she dropped it though quickly returned to get back her meal.
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