What have you seen
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Saw what I took to be a flock of about 50 Thrushes feeding on a field close to the CL we're staying on near Upton. I didn't realise that they flocked in such large numbers.
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A wander along the top of Portsmouth harbour at half tide. Lots of Brent geese, a few egrets, a couple of oystercatchers, a smattering of dunlin and a curlew heard but not seen. Plus the usual suspects - black headed gulls, crows.
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A trip to the Avon Gorge to catch sight of the perigrine proved almost fruitless as the bird sat in a tree on the far side for the whole time I was there, but a few regulars popped up. Mouse, Robin, Grey Squirrel, Dunnock and Mistle Thrush.
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brue, they were a good bit smaller than Fieldfares, and didn't appear to have the light colouring that I associate with them. Thanks for the photo though.
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We saw our first lamb of the year, with it's mother, a couple of days ago on Castlemorton Common.
Today we has a visit from a small flock of Long Tailed Tits. There were 4 of them at one time hanging and feeding on the fat ball outside of the van.
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lovely walk in glorious winter sunshine round our local estate, not the housing sort, this morning
. Kestrel almost overhead hovering but moved off without coming down. Heard at least one woodpecker and the rooks were crawing looking like they were beginning to pair up. Dog had a field day barking at the squirrels, I swear she'll climb a tree one day! One tree had four squirrels that we could see 
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lovely walk in glorious winter sunshine round our local estate, not the housing sort, this morning
. Kestrel almost overhead hovering but moved off without coming down. Heard at least one woodpecker and the rooks were crawing looking like they were beginning to pair up. Dog had a field day barking at the squirrels, I swear she'll climb a tree one day! One tree had four squirrels that we could see why aren't they hibernating?0 -
Perhaps the birds were Redwing which are often found in large flocks and alongside Fieldfare
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I saw a Robin just outside the front side window of the caravan this morning.
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brue, the video works well, thanks. As I said the birds were too far away to fully identify, but looking at the video I think that they might well have been Redwings rather than Fieldfares, but I could not spot their eyestripe.
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Grey squirrels do not hibernate as they are unable to store food for long periods. Rather they build winter dreys which they sometimes share for extra warmth, using their tails as a blanket.
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They were there again today. Bit easier to see and they had a couple of Fieldfares in among them.
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I listened to Tweet of the Day on BBC Radio 4 this morning and it was about Mistle Thrushes gathering in small flocks at this time of the year.
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Well you learn something new everyday 😃. I grew up a country girl too 😯. When I was a child never saw squirrels or badgers for that matter. So when I was told squirrels hibernate I took the teachers word for it, backed up by nature books too! But I expect if I really try to recall any illustrations they would be red ones.
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Me to, I looked it up after taking the photo on page 10 when the question arose about hibernating. How do these small creatures survive such cold nights? We have a few pairs of collared doves that sit around the garden, how sad to see that one pair is missing a partner, even though we have more than we need of them.
Speaking of hibernating, has the Lesser Spotted Oneput hibernated or migrated?
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So perhaps it was a flock of those that I first saw?
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Saw 3 black Boars running free around the fields/wood above the River Stour near Stratford this afternoon. Wonder if they are one that have escaped from nearby farm and are now breeding in the wild?
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Lovely bird the bullfinch , especially the male, nice photo well done.
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Both the male and female have been in the garden all day feeding on buds on a fruit tree. She was a little more secretive and with light fading no decent photo, will try again in the morning.
Lovely robin came in on the feeder though!
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We saw a couple today as we walked round the nature reserve near the Anderton Boat Lift. Great to see, if only fleetingly.
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Waxwings....Waxwings and yet more Waxwings. This year is being one of the best for many years for Waxwings, they are everywhere. Went into Beccles for my latest fix and found 4 birds that kept coming down to a small Rowan tree, swallowing half a dozen berries, flying back to the top of a high tree and repeating procedure every 15 minutes.
I have (For me) some brilliant pictures which will keep me happy if I never see them again.
If you get the chance go see them..........you will always remember it.
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