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  • Oneputt
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    edited October 2018 #1862

    Nice to see the garden birds back on the feeders after a very poor showing over the summer.  Now got Gold, Green and Chaffinches.  Great, Bue and Long Tailed Tits. Dunnock, Robins and sundry other.  Yesterday a Heron sat on a neighbours house.

  • brue
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    edited October 2018 #1863

    Have you got Fieldfares over you way Oneputt? My usual question each year as they haven't appeared here yet. 

  • Bluemalaga
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    edited October 2018 #1864

    Hi Brue

    It shouldn't be long, they have been reported at Chew Valleylake. Check out the Avon Birds website for what is about

    Also Gloucester birder or Somerst birds

  • brue
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    edited October 2018 #1865

    Thanks BM, all the apples are on the ground waiting for them, we often have a single first visitor (would love to know if it's the same one!) and then when it gets very cold a big flock visits our garden.

  • Oneputt
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    edited October 2018 #1866

    Yes Brue, we have had them for over 10 days, although I did see a mixed flock FF and Redwings nearly 3 weeks ago

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited November 2018 #1867

    Brue, there was a flock of Fieldfares feeding on the hawthorn berries yesterday up on the Cotswold escarpment near Winchcombe.

  • brue
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    edited November 2018 #1868

    None here yet, I look forward to Fieldfares as much as the Swallows arriving. I love the sound of them when they gather in the trees. I have been told they are quite close now so no doubt will see the first one soon. smile

  • Wherenext
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    edited November 2018 #1869

    It was quite lovely seeing Fieldfares with their young on our travels through Germany this summer. Seen more on the ground feeding junior than in trees. A real bonus when they were on campsites.

  • RedKite
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    edited November 2018 #1870

    Redwings have arrived here in the Lot and my pyracantha berries are an ideal food and it has been a good year for berries.

  • Kennine
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    edited November 2018 #1871

    Returning from Tesco's yesterday, a sad sight. A very young Deer, not much larger than a retriever, lying dead on the grass verge. Must have been hit by a vehicle. and left to die. 

  • greylag
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    edited November 2018 #1872

    You should see the roads in South Norfolk, dead deer all over the place.  Mostly Chinese Water Deer, very numerous and often wandering across the road without a care and bang!

    Makes a mess of the car and confidence.

  • brue
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    edited November 2018 #1873

    Have enjoyed seeing skeins of over wintering geese arriving in the north west. Must get myself to some sites near home and see what has arrived. 

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2018 #1874

    The most deer we see dead in South/East Norfolk are muntjac 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #1875

    Seen in our front garden earlier today.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited November 2018 #1876

    Nice pics Tinny👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊. 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #1877

    Cheers, Rocky👍🏻

    Not a bad looking parrot, I thought.🤣

  • huskydog
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    edited November 2018 #1878

    A lovely European Green Woodpecker , apparently they send more time on the ground hunting for Ants than in trees 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #1879

    He was certainly having a good peck around the grass until a squirrel chased him up the palm tree. 

  • greylag
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    edited November 2018 #1880

    On the way to Tescos just now and there is a beautiful, but very dead Otter.  Long way from water, lying on side of main road.

  • redface
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    edited November 2018 #1881

    As a 'townie' could you help ID a bird that was on my lawn the other day?

    I know a sparrer when I see one, blackbird, robin, wren, blue tit and seagull.

    The bird in question was very slightly larger than a blackbird, had a light brown overall plumage but specifically had a white-ish teardrop shape about it's eye. it did not seem as heavy as a blackbird and had slightly longer legs, but not by much.

    Tried my observers book of birds but without success.

    Any help would be appreciated.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited November 2018 #1882

    Sometimes blackbirds can look very odd and nothing like our accepted image of them. I’ve been caught out myself.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited November 2018 #1883

    It could’ve been a Blackbird(Female) with some colour de-pigmentation. It’s common in a lot of Birds👍🏻

  • brue
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    edited November 2018 #1884

    Probably a Redwing, they're around now, blackbird sized with a white flash around the eye.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited November 2018 #1885

    There ya go. . . .Redwing👍🏻

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited November 2018 #1886

    Surprised to see a Great Spotted Woodpecker on my birdfeeder peanuts today. It is not a regular visitor but I did note seeing one a couple of years ago. I have a very old AA Book of British Birds which has excellent illustrations in and I make a note everytime I see something out of the ordinary and the date. 

    David

  • brue
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    edited November 2018 #1887

    They love peanuts, so you may see the Woodpecker returning.

  • mickysf
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    edited November 2018 #1888

    These cheeky chaps  also a Little Auk in the harbour which kept diving each time I lifted my camera!

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2018 #1889

    Turnstones

  • Oneputt
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    edited November 2018 #1890

    We live near a seaside town centre with hundreds of square miles of marshland surrounding us, yet this Heron seems to prefer hanging around our area 

     

  • RedKite
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    edited November 2018 #1891

    We are on a short break in the Brenne and just going out of the awning to get water bottle filled up and heard a lot of noise to find about 70 common cranes going over  about a month later than usual but good to see and hear. The owner of the site said that she had a kingfisher by their small duck pond and comes regularly so will look out for it whilst here.

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