What have you seen
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There was a Black Shoulder Kite in England this summer RK. It stayed for quite some time. I didn't get to see it as it was somewhere down South I think. Your sightings and this one so far North may indicate a move northwards by the breed probably climate driven and following their food source. I've only ever seen the 1 that being in North East Spain one year.
We always saw lots of Cattle Egrets around the Caussade area when we stopped for a few days heading South. Now see them on the Dee estuary on the Wirral, even overwintering. How times change.
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While taking in the woodland walk at Wightwick Manor this morning we came across this natural Xmas wreath!
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Great to see @peedee. We saw a magnificent one a few years ago, before Covid, at the Ham Wall reserve in Somerset. It's a memorable occasion. The noise they make and then when they drop into the Reedbed the silence is just as amazing. We did see a Sparrowhawk following them in in order to pick off any stragglers, which they always do.
Thanks for sharing.
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Grand spot @peedee it is definitely the time of the year as there are a couple of videos on the BBC web site one from yesterday in Oxfordshire and one from Lincolnshire on the 10th October
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There have been lots of Tawny Owls calling around the Blackmore site, both in the evening and the early morning before sunrise.
There are still a few bunches of Fungi about. We say this group yesterday atop a gate post at Croome Park.
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Had a stroll next to the marshes on the river Dee on the Wirral this morning. Plenty of bird activity with both Marsh and Hen Harriers putting up hundreds of Lapwing and Pink Footed Geese. Plenty of winter ducks and a flying Bittern on show for about 3 seconds before dropping into vegetation.
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Today we saw a roadside bank which had lots of daffodils in flower, and over the last week we have also seen snowdrops and camellia in flower. It just goes to show how mild it has been so far this winter.
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