What have you seen
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On the way to Villefranche shopping yesterday I saw 2 Great White Egrets and 6 Little Egrets and on the way back 1 hare sat in a field, this morning just after I had filled up the bird feeders I looked out and there was a male Pheasant feeding on the dropped seeds so he could be back around again now he knows where there is a source of food.
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Help required. Saw this raft of ducks on the sea near us. Could they be scoters? Never seen one before and apologies for the dreadful photo!
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You're right Micky, the photo isn't helping and my MacBook won't enlarge it for some reason.
The shape, colour and number of them would certainly indicate that they are Common Scoters. The females tend to lose their blackness in winter and become a sludgy brown with a darker head and most of those that I can make out seem to fit the bill.
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Hi Mickey
may I suggest downloading the Merlin Bird Guide by Cornell Lab.
It is free and is suitable for the phone. It also contains the bird song.
much easier than carting around a hefty book.
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Just an hour's icy walk yesterday with blue skies and spindrift around us. Spotted a family of Bullfinches comprising of four individuals including one stunning male on the ivy and brambles in the hedge way. On return journey a flock of Redwings which were happy to continue feeding amongst the snow and exposed leaf litter just a couple of metres from us.
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We've got snow and fieldfares in our garden.
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Whilst out today and we just coming to a crossroads slowly and had a Goshawk fly in front of us just over the bonnet of car very close wow.
Plenty of birds of prey where we stopped for our picnic a local viewpoint over the river Lot, also quite a few Cormorants about.
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Nice photo Greylag.
I know you like photos so check out the ones put on Dee Estuary bird website. Scroll down to see them.
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My usual walk yesterday and on the way back in next field to ours I saw a head pop up and then got a closer look with the binos and had a Red Legged Partridge do not see them around here but but have seen them about a couple of miles away so will keep a look out for more and then on the wall at the bottom of our field the local Pheasant was about. When back home realised my right ankle was painful do have an old injury on that foot so now strapped up and not walking very far today.
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We have frogs Brue, lots of them. We are checking ponds daily for signs of “lurve” action. They catch us out every year, cleaning pond is difficult, they go from lurking around in bottom, keeping warm and safe, to bonking like crazy, so getting timing right to get leaves and other debris out is a fine art. I like frogs though, wouldn’t be without them. Luckily, none of our dogs bother them.
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First for us this morning. Having a look around garden with binocs, see what’s around, then a red legged Partridge trundles from under hedge. Knew they were around, but haven’t had one in garden before. Seems quite at home😁
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Out for a walk this morning, alder catkins and pussy willow, magpie nest and meandering stream to enjoy along the way.
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Great photos brue I have seen catkins and pussy willow also we have got wild muscari hyacinths flowering, also on Friday when is was a really warm sunny day about 10 orange tip butterflies that is earlier than last year. No sun today and a lot cooler. The blackcaps have arrived as well just waiting to hear the chiffchaffs.
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We have beautiful blue skies and sunshine at the moment but I've just heard the weather forecast for mid week and it sounds awful....better make the best of it while we can! Sounds like things are well on the way in France Redkite, more of a bumpy spring ride here...
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Brue lovely photos. I'm impressed with the path! Looks solid and dry? Jealousy isn't nice but I think I'm feeling some 😱
Grey chilly start here for a change 🙈. Dog and I took ourselves off to the local estate, knew it would be mucky, but getting better, so had planned a dog bath on our return, she had definitely developed an odour of stale pond from all the wet walks! Was a bit later than usual and saw a couple from a distance, thought they were neighbours but dismissed as they have an elderly dog, been so long since normal living 😉, I'd forgotten they got another a couple of years ago. They waved and waited so we had a lovely socially distanced walk. So nice to have a conversation!
Sun's come out now so will go and see how spring is coming along in the garden.
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+1,the welcome return of Spring in 5 pics. Excellent👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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