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Mar 2016
11:18pm, 12 Mar 2016
14,476 posts
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Chrisity
Running down to parkrun this morning, 2 GSW's drumming, Cetti, Sparrowhawk, Gold, Green, Chaff finches singing as well as blue and great tits, song thrush, blackbird, dunnock, robins, wren, and several waterbirds. Great to be alive sometimes.
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Mar 2016
9:31am, 13 Mar 2016
20,494 posts
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Derby Tup
Squeaky oystercatcher fly by and noisy jackdaws this morning while I'm lay on the settee reading 
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Mar 2016
10:36am, 13 Mar 2016
674 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
A rather odd thing just happened. I heard a tapping noise and went into the kitchen to see a long-tailed tit sitting on the windowsill tapping away at the glass. We regarded each other with surprise for a few moments before he flew away.
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Mar 2016
2:38pm, 13 Mar 2016
558 posts
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Perfect Organism
You're exposing me as a fraud Steve! My run through the woods did involve some fields and I probably did mean a skylark. I've only seen one once before and it was on open fields but I recognise the call. That radio transmitter type call. I was looking out for it hovering, but couldn't see it anywhere sadly.
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Mar 2016
6:21pm, 13 Mar 2016
14,478 posts
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Chrisity
Saw a skylark in a hedge this morning, not seen that before i think.
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Mar 2016
6:22pm, 13 Mar 2016
1,602 posts
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jacdaw
LTTs are forever collecting spider webs from my window frames FragileDNB; maybe it was doing that?
Lots of skylarks for me today, and Golden Plover, Lapwing and Curlew. Plus the first frogspawn of the year.
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Mar 2016
6:36pm, 13 Mar 2016
675 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I wondered if the LTT could see his reflection and thought it was a rival? No idea if it was male or female though.
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Mar 2016
7:32pm, 13 Mar 2016
321 posts
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oi you
I saw lots of swans in a field today. I'd guess around 25 to 30. I did start to count them, but it's not compatible with riding a bike.
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Mar 2016
7:39pm, 13 Mar 2016
20,503 posts
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Derby Tup
Worth a check to look for Whoopers (same size as a mute swan but paler, more yellowy bill - check for straight necks when grounded, rather than the mute's "S-shape") or Berwicks (much smaller). I always used to think Whooper sounds like whopper
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Mar 2016
8:38pm, 13 Mar 2016
322 posts
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oi you
Yup, that looks like 'em (having check on-line for pics). Not that I could see them clearly any more than I could count them.
We were in the wilds of the Romney Marsh (following club-mates doing a 20 & a Half) & they (the swans obv.) would have been beside a drainage ditch.
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