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Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Sep 2018
9:07pm, 4 Sep 2018
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I saw a rakish looking raptor today for maybe 2 or 3 seconds. Not right for kestrel or peregrine plus too big for merlin and wrong territory). I wonder if it was a hobby? For a second I thought term or even parakeet the wings were that slim nerd
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Sep 2018
9:22pm, 7 Sep 2018
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Osprey hunting over the Res as I did my evening run :-) A first for me here. They pass through here during migration fairly often and take trout but they don't hang around very long (though mine is the 3rd or 4th sighting of one this week and it is being suggested that one is resting up locally) so it really is a case of being in the right place at the right time.
flanker
flanker
Sep 2018
1:08am, 8 Sep 2018
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We've got reports of a couple locally, so might go and have a look over the weekend.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Sep 2018
3:31am, 8 Sep 2018
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^ ff Ogston near Alfreton was the one for osprey in the past ;)
J2R
J2R
Sep 2018
7:45pm, 8 Sep 2018
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Chiffchaffs singing the last couple of days in my local patch. Don't recall hearing them for a few weeks. Do they start up again in autumn? Also, lots of house martins, gorging themselves ready for their big trip (presumably not too far off now).
jacdaw
jacdaw
Sep 2018
8:24pm, 8 Sep 2018
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Chiffchaff singing here too. I always think it happens when the day length is the same as at the start of the breeding season. But I might just be making this up.
J2R
J2R
Sep 2018
9:02pm, 8 Sep 2018
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Intriguing thought, jacdaw!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Sep 2018
8:10am, 9 Sep 2018
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We had one sing for months were I used to live but I’ve not heard one here now for a long time (or on my travels)
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Sep 2018
1:28pm, 11 Sep 2018
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Chiffchaff singing in my garden this morning.
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Sep 2018
1:36pm, 11 Sep 2018
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Also, thanks to a chiffchaff sitting just outside my window, I’ve now realised what I've heard cheeping away in the garden quite a lot recently.

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