What have you seen
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mickysf replied on 01/05/2023 10:28
Posted on 01/05/2023 10:28
Just for fun, how many other birds can you identify?https://youtu.be/yOQBQMEE0aM
Wherenext replied on 01/05/2023 15:24
Posted on 01/05/2023 09:15 by RedKiteThe Golden Oriole has arrived and singing a bit of a competition at the moment with Nightingales, Blackcap and Garden Warbler all at the same time, good start for 1st of May.
Posted on 01/05/2023 15:24
For the first time that I can remember we have both a Blackcap and a Garden Warbler singing away in the woods behind us. Great to compare the two of them.
Last year when in the Netherlands we came across mostly Garden Warblers with very few Blackcaps.
We've been quite lucky with Golden Orioles when abroad but not much chance of seeing one this year.
House Martins made an appearance in the village today. First time seen in the village but not our first of the year.
moulesy replied on 01/05/2023 16:40
Posted on 01/05/2023 16:40
Walking around Fewston reservoir in Yorkshire this morning I was amazed to spot a golden (Chinese?) pheasant at the water's edge - I though they were quite rare? Tried to take a picture but by the time I'd got Ralph to sit and got my phone out it had jumped into the trees.
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Tinwheeler replied on 01/05/2023 17:01
Wherenext replied on 01/05/2023 19:38
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mickysf replied on 01/05/2023 19:50
Posted on 01/05/2023 16:40 by moulesyWalking around Fewston reservoir in Yorkshire this morning I was amazed to spot a golden (Chinese?) pheasant at the water's edge - I though they were quite rare? Tried to take a picture but by the time I'd got Ralph to sit and got my phone out it had jumped into the trees.
nelliethehooker replied on 01/05/2023 21:39
Posted on 01/05/2023 21:39
Mandarin Ducks are definitely becoming more common in the countryside, we have seen them in three different places already on our present tip.
I heard my first Cuckoo this afternoon while walking Flyte near to the C&CC's Ebury Hill site.
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Wherenext replied on 02/05/2023 11:54
Posted on 02/05/2023 11:54
An extremely rare sighting today. Didn't even need my binoculars.
There were actual patients in the Doctors waiting room with appointments! Someone in front of me actually got a 9.45 appointment when they rang up this morning.
The experience was quite surreal.
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Wherenext replied on 02/05/2023 11:57
Posted on 01/05/2023 19:50 by mickysfI’m hearing of more than usual occurring at the moment, Mandarin Ducks and Black Swans too. Don’t know why more often mind. There are a few explanations out there but I just wonder if social media is increasing the ease of these being widely reported.
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