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14 Jul
2:52pm, 14 Jul 2024
66,779 posts
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Derby Tup
Are white and alba wagtails the same @KinkyS ?
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14 Jul
3:31pm, 14 Jul 2024
18,311 posts
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KinkyS
The Latin species name is Motacilla alba and the white subspecies is Motacilla alba alba so I suspect so, although I've never heard of alba wagtail as a common/English name.
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14 Jul
5:20pm, 14 Jul 2024
5,460 posts
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J2R
KinkyS wrote: but is passage migratory and so visits us in early Spring and late Summer/Autumn Well, I never knew that! Didn't know you got them here at all. Only ever seen them abroad (where, of course, they take the place of pied wagtails). |
15 Jul
7:13am, 15 Jul 2024
3,204 posts
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RunningRonnie
Yeah, that was me. First time I'd seen one before. While I was on holiday in the hebrides. I actually only knew they existed a few weeks ago. Interesting that they are so closely related. |
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16 Jul
5:11pm, 16 Jul 2024
3,215 posts
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RunningRonnie
Several juvenile song thrushes kicking about all day today.
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17 Jul
10:48pm, 17 Jul 2024
87,042 posts
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Diogenes
A pair of tawny owls in heard outside just now
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17 Jul
10:49pm, 17 Jul 2024
66,862 posts
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Derby Tup
Virtually no singing now and noticed some mallard drakes in eclipse plumage last night
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18 Jul
10:53am, 18 Jul 2024
5,777 posts
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icemaiden
A grand day out to RSPB Lakenheath yesterday where Bitterns were highly visible, cranes less so (but I have seen them before), there was a swimming snake and some voles.
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18 Jul
11:24am, 18 Jul 2024
5,502 posts
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J2R
@icemaiden , fabulous! Highly visible bitterns are are a treat! @Derby Tup , by contrast, I've been pleased on a couple of runs recently to still be hearing the blackcaps and the chiffchaffs doing their thing, and blackbirds continue to sing. It is definitely quieter than it was, though. |
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18 Jul
11:27am, 18 Jul 2024
66,871 posts
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Derby Tup
Enjoy it while it lasts @J2R I did see three swift yesterday. I said to my wife I doubt I have seen them more than ten times this ‘summer’ |
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