19 Sep
9:55am, 19 Sep 2024
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Ness
Wow!
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19 Sep
10:04am, 19 Sep 2024
6,485 posts
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paulcook
+1 for wow.
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19 Sep
10:22am, 19 Sep 2024
4,796 posts
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Curly45
Heee love it when they come on in to the garden 😂
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19 Sep
11:54am, 19 Sep 2024
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Gooner
She flew around the bushes in front of the patio a few times so there was obviously something in there (there is an old mole hole in there so who knows) but I was too busy watching to remember to take a picture sadly.
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19 Sep
12:37pm, 19 Sep 2024
24,379 posts
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Red Squirrel
Great picture Gooner. I swam at Roseisle and waved at a sandpiper on the shore.
As an aside, goldfinches are prolific up here. Nearly all the small birds I see on bike rides are goldfinches.
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20 Sep
9:03am, 20 Sep 2024
5,626 posts
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J2R
Twice in the last couple of days I've seen a red-legged partridge trotting along the street in a small quiet suburban housing estate close to where I live. I've seen them here before (and mentioned it here), but it's still a mystery to me what they're doing here. This is a good mile away from open countryside and, I would say, a couple of miles from their regular habitat.
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20 Sep
9:34am, 20 Sep 2024
67,975 posts
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Derby Tup
Cattle egret and crane
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20 Sep
9:52am, 20 Sep 2024
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J2R
Glad you got the crane, DT! Never seen a cattle egret in this country.
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20 Sep
9:56am, 20 Sep 2024
5,628 posts
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J2R
If you're still in the Broads, DT, an absolute must to check out is the raptor roost at Stubb Mill, next to Hickling Broad. Mainly a winter thing but I expect it's already started to be active. I was there a few years ago and saw 21 marsh harriers, 2 hen harriers, a merlin, a couple of sparrowhawk, a barn owl (flew low over our heads) and a bunch of cranes!
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20 Sep
10:26am, 20 Sep 2024
67,977 posts
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Derby Tup
A group of cattle egret flew over our boat while I was making morning coffee. Later, a pair of birders showed me them in a field, appropriately with cattle. Cranes looked like B52 bombers. Huge birds
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