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Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jul 2024
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Are white and alba wagtails the same @KinkyS ?
KinkyS
KinkyS
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3:31pm, 14 Jul 2024
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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.
J2R
J2R
Jul 2024
5:20pm, 14 Jul 2024
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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).
RunningRonnie
RunningRonnie
Jul 2024
7:13am, 15 Jul 2024
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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.
RunningRonnie
RunningRonnie
Jul 2024
5:11pm, 16 Jul 2024
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Several juvenile song thrushes kicking about all day today.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jul 2024
10:48pm, 17 Jul 2024
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A pair of tawny owls in heard outside just now
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jul 2024
10:49pm, 17 Jul 2024
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Virtually no singing now and noticed some mallard drakes in eclipse plumage last night
icemaiden
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Jul 2024
10:53am, 18 Jul 2024
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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.
J2R
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Jul 2024
11:24am, 18 Jul 2024
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@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.
Derby Tup
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Jul 2024
11:27am, 18 Jul 2024
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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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