Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
15 May
1:30pm, 15 May 2024
5,227 posts
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J2R
paulcook wrote: I've eaten plenty on my runs the last 2 weeks, especially alongside rivers. I've actually noticed a lot more flies than usual this year, in fact. Maybe the mild and wet weather over the winter and spring helped them? |
15 May
2:14pm, 15 May 2024
4,442 posts
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jacdaw
We seem to have a sudden burst of flying plankton. I wondered if the cold spring had delayed them, and they had all emerged at once at the first hint of warmth.
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15 May
2:28pm, 15 May 2024
4,689 posts
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Curly45
Hoopoe reported near Glossop if anyone is up that way 😳 Willow warblers for us on our walk today. Also fledgling coal tit yesterday near the kitchen window 😍 |
15 May
3:37pm, 15 May 2024
41,005 posts
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Ness
Hoopoes are fab! Never seen them here though. Only when visiting Mallorca.
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15 May
9:33pm, 15 May 2024
63,320 posts
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alpenrose
Plenty of screeching swifts all day long over here in Spain. Still waiting at home to hear my first cuckoo of the year. |
15 May
11:57pm, 15 May 2024
8,832 posts
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Pothunter
Hoopoes were also regulars on the lawn in SA. It’s funny how common birds in one area become megas in another.
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16 May
12:29am, 16 May 2024
21,236 posts
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flanker
First Calderdale cuckoo today. Heard not seen, unfortunately.
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16 May
7:21am, 16 May 2024
10,301 posts
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Northern Exile
No cuckoo here yet. Bobs says she heard one the other day over towards Thieve's Moss though.
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16 May
12:25pm, 16 May 2024
86,030 posts
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Diogenes
There's a beautiful song thrush feeding in our garden right now. I'm watching it as I type this.
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16 May
12:30pm, 16 May 2024
4,832 posts
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paulcook
I only said earlier this week, I cannot remember the last time I saw a thrush. One popped up on Merlin last week. And while I haven't not seen them, they were very frequent visitors to my garden as a child, yet now it's very, very infrequent I notice them. I even live on a street named after them.
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