Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
20 Sep
11:26am, 20 Sep 2024
6,495 posts
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paulcook
I'm fairly certain there was discussion on this thread earlier this summer about a drop in insect numbers. Here's a piece in the Guardian about a halving of butterfly numbers this year. theguardian.com |
20 Sep
4:08pm, 20 Sep 2024
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TheScribbler
I’d agree that I’ve seen far fewer butterflies this year. But would also point out that the Butterfly Survey weekend was one of the wettest I remember this year. I could predict I’d record 0.
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20 Sep
5:45pm, 20 Sep 2024
24,385 posts
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Red Squirrel
Since moving to Moray, I’ve only seen peacocks and a few speckled wood and cabbage whites. Strangely, in March up here, I took some washing off the line and a comma flew out. There are a lot of peacocks though - in my garden every day and always spot them while out and about cycling which is just about every day. When I was a kid in Bristol, peacocks were exotic, tortoiseshells everywhere, red admirals and little blues also in abundance. |
21 Sep
8:30am, 21 Sep 2024
64,420 posts
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alpenrose
Pretty sure I had a sparrowhawk fly through and sit on the fence surveying next door the other morning.
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21 Sep
12:37pm, 21 Sep 2024
5,629 posts
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J2R
Six buzzards circling high above my suburban garden. I've sent the cat indoors.
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22 Sep
1:37pm, 22 Sep 2024
3,006 posts
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Surelynot
I had a great view of a hovering Kestrel this morning—a wonderful sight.
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22 Sep
1:42pm, 22 Sep 2024
6,513 posts
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paulcook
Disturbed my first owl of the winter last night. In fading light and a failing head torch didn’t see much other than a dusky silhouette.
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22 Sep
7:48pm, 22 Sep 2024
64,431 posts
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alpenrose
I saw a few swallows flying along the cliff top today, I thought they'd all left by now.
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22 Sep
7:54pm, 22 Sep 2024
6,519 posts
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paulcook
There’s a field near me where I noticed loads of swallows on my way home from work the first week the schools were back. But none since so gone from up here in north of England.
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22 Sep
8:09pm, 22 Sep 2024
8,869 posts
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um
My last few trips to NF have seen lots of swallows flying round. Getting ready to fly off? |
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