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phal
phal
Jul 2021
3:08pm, 15 Jul 2021
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phal
Only 2.3%? I’d go higher that that 😀
J2R
J2R
Jul 2021
3:15pm, 15 Jul 2021
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J2R
That's a minimum, phal! :)
um
um
Jul 2021
4:46pm, 16 Jul 2021
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um
Two helps needed, if possible?

First one on my garden feeder
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um
Jul 2021
4:47pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Second one, a 'flock' of 10ish birds - thin, but large ducks? Or small geese?
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jul 2021
6:08pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Derby Tup
A young starling plus Egyptian geese is my guess
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um
Jul 2021
6:34pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Thanks DT. That 'young starling' was quite a bit smaller than the others we have, more sparrow sized. Not 100% convinced, but can see why you said it.
But if no other ides, then I guess it was.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jul 2021
6:45pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Derby Tup
My initial thought was ‘young robin’ ;-)

I’ve posted before that it’s useful to learn the size of common ‘markers’ for size comparison purposes. Examples I use are house sparrow, starling, blackbird, crow or rook, mallard, dunlin, redshank, lapwing or oystercatcher, kestrel etc
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um
Jul 2021
6:51pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Young robin is a good call - I never knew they looked like that.
(having googled it now!)

Egyptian Goose - looks good as well. Quite a few local sightings and pics online, now I know what to look for. Including some that seem to like living in trees.

Thanks
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Jul 2021
7:05pm, 16 Jul 2021
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Derby Tup
There’s a clue actually in the size of the feeder
J2R
J2R
Jul 2021
9:23pm, 16 Jul 2021
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J2R
Young robin, Egyptian geese.

Another one to add to my 'birds seen from my garden' list, birds flying over - little egret. Also oystercatcher today. I know these don't 'count', but I still like to record them. 😀

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