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Dec 2016
4:49pm, 13 Dec 2016
22,054 posts
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Derby Tup
Thanks RHappy  
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Dec 2016
9:34am, 14 Dec 2016
1,299 posts
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steve45
Thanks RHappy...good to know the dates in advance. There'll be crocus up by then and if the weather stays mildish then there'll be that touch of Springtime in the air!
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Dec 2016
10:38am, 14 Dec 2016
10,435 posts
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Chrisull
Black tailed godwit below my office window (2 stories down otherwise I'd photo for you, and only have iphone)
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Dec 2016
9:19am, 15 Dec 2016
1,301 posts
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steve45
Song Thrushes singing....
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Dec 2016
3:22pm, 15 Dec 2016
133 posts
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bonners
Don't what the correct term, but saw a beautiful flock of dunlins creating magnificent shapes over the sea this morning. In some ways it was like a murmuration of the sea. Saw a stonechat again, first time in Kinmel Bay though ; had another bird with it, maybe a female? But my bird book isn't conclusive.
Last sighting was of a thrush type bird in a hedgerow, had a really good look at it but can't 100% place it. Was mottled, but had black shapes on its head.
I'm also keeping my eyes peeled as apparently (spotted by our local mp no less!)there is a cattle Egret in Kinmel Bay. Thought I'd spotted it, ended up wading across a muddy field in my running gear, only to realise it was a little Egret when I got near!
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Dec 2016
11:28am, 16 Dec 2016
1,297 posts
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Surelynot
Love stonechats. SAaw my first ever pair in the summer.
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Dec 2016
1:19pm, 16 Dec 2016
1,304 posts
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steve45
apparently bonners it's a "fling" of Dunlin! Didn't you see a Great Egret too a while ago? The group/flock name of species is quite daft..a group of egrets has many collective nouns including: "congregation", "RSVP", "skewer" and "wedge". I think the word "group" and "flock" is just fine for any bird!
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Dec 2016
2:04pm, 16 Dec 2016
134 posts
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bonners
Cheers Steve, now we just need the name for several thousand wood pigeons! I got round to reading about them in hols, amazing, still a bit of a mystery where they all end up.
Yeah, I've been lucky enough to see two great Egrets, one at Conwy parkrun and one in Fairbourne. the little Egrets seem like they've set up home in numbers, still plenty around in December. Never seen a cattle Egret, hence the muddy scrambling when I mistakenly thought I'd spotted one!
My thrush type bird was a red wing. One of the local photographers posted on Facebook in the same area and it could well have been my bird as looked identical , so mystery solved.
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Dec 2016
2:20pm, 16 Dec 2016
17,324 posts
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Ding dong Meglet on high
I meant to suggest redwing. I haven't seen mine this year, they usually come and clear the cotoneaster berries, but the blackbird has had them all (or I've missed them)
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Dec 2016
7:55pm, 16 Dec 2016
22,057 posts
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Derby Tup
We have the most winter thrushes (redwing and fieldfare) I've seen in a long time. A lot of blackbirds around too; maybe European birds here for winter too. Whether they're sneaking in pre-Brexit and planning on staying remains to be seen
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