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Sep 2023
11:20pm, 7 Sep 2023
3,213 posts
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paulcook
For anyone who may be interested in these types of vagrant birds and local enough, there’s been a brown booby around Teesside the last couple of days. Seen some very nice photos of it at South Gare today
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Sep 2023
7:52pm, 9 Sep 2023
3,214 posts
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paulcook
Didn’t manage to see it today when we went down to the beach though it was far from the day’s priority.
Though we did manage to be about a foot away from what appeared a young guillemot swimming and diving. It was barely flustered by a few people around it in the sea.
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Sep 2023
9:34pm, 9 Sep 2023
4,051 posts
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jacdaw
Just got back from a walk, in the dark. Almost stood on a bird sitting in the road. On closer inspection it turned out to be a nightjar! A first for me.
It flew away.
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Sep 2023
9:43pm, 9 Sep 2023
60,886 posts
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alpenrose
I ran by my "local" barn yesterday and it looks like the swallows have now gone, they were still there a few days ago.
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Sep 2023
2:38pm, 10 Sep 2023
2,314 posts
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Heinzster
There were still house Martins and a couple of swallow above parkrun yesterday
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Sep 2023
7:28pm, 10 Sep 2023
7,697 posts
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um
I am probably off to Keyhaven tomorrow, with a Canon 'test drive' loan of camera and lens.
Weekend sightings seem to include 'curlew sandpipers'. Which look just like dunlin, to me.
Any recommendations of how I should tell them apart?
(also spoonbills, and a (presumabley an IoW) a osprey in the area, but I should be able to ID those)
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Sep 2023
7:48pm, 10 Sep 2023
4,737 posts
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J2R
First ever house martin over my garden this evening, high up. I wonder was it already on its way?
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Sep 2023
8:19pm, 10 Sep 2023
61,170 posts
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Derby Tup
Curlew sand is slightly smaller than dunlin with a longer and down-turned bill. The young, which there's a good chance of seeing have a lovely peachy coloured flush to their chest. The species diesn't have a dunlin's black tummy 'smudge'. They're fabulous birds
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Sep 2023
9:38pm, 10 Sep 2023
23,937 posts
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Dave A
I was taken by surprise last night on my run. Was out in the Peak District just before sunset and got to see a Barn Owl at eye level with me hunting in the heather 😀
It soon buggered off silently when it saw me.
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Sep 2023
9:57pm, 10 Sep 2023
61,173 posts
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Derby Tup
I've been out for a little run and heard a tawny owl right above my head calling in the dark. Fantastic experience
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