Fetch Birdwatchers
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Dec 2023
6:14pm, 16 Dec 2023
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J2R
Heinzster, a bit of pedantry, if you don't mind... I suspect what you were spotting were meteors rather than meteorites. Meteors are the shooting stars. Meteorites are the remains of the larger ones that are sometimes found. If you managed to spot 3 of them, you were doing spectacularly well! 
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Dec 2023
7:11pm, 16 Dec 2023
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Heinzster
I'm always up for a bit of pedantry😅
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Dec 2023
7:16pm, 16 Dec 2023
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HellsBells
Bet they're loving the hoards peering into their flanker it’s right outside the primary school who called the police the first time the waxwings were reported as there wer people with binoculars hanging around outside! |
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Dec 2023
8:22pm, 16 Dec 2023
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J2R
flanker, a bit of pedantry, if you don't mind... It's hordes, not hoards. OK, I'll stop now
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Dec 2023
11:41pm, 16 Dec 2023
2,879 posts
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riggys99
Nice view of a redwing at Rother Valley Parkrun this morning
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Dec 2023
11:43pm, 16 Dec 2023
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flanker
flanker, a bit of pedantry, if you don't mind... It's hordes, not hoards. No, it's a fair coop |
Dec 2023
5:31am, 17 Dec 2023
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ReindeerRonnie
Driving from home yesterday and one of the fields had a lot of birds that I've not seen before. Blackbird or starling sized. Yellow chest. Spots on side. Grey-brown back. I wondered about some type of fieldfare or similar? Any ideas? |
Dec 2023
10:13am, 17 Dec 2023
5,185 posts
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Reiver
Redwings in the hedgerows when I walked the dog yesterday
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Dec 2023
10:29am, 17 Dec 2023
4,905 posts
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J2R
Ronnie, my instinct is fieldfare, but the yellow chest isn't right. What were the light conditions like? Low angle bright sunlight can sometimes make colours look a bit odd.
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Dec 2023
1:17pm, 17 Dec 2023
2,880 posts
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ReindeerRonnie
Mid afternoon, so yeah low light. It was the yellow chest that confused me, else I'd have said fieldfare. At least 2 looked yellow. I'll go for a walk soon to see if there are any today. You might be right and just a trick of the light.
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