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bonners
bonners
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LOL, sorry DT, lovely cross post though, as it did make me look up kittiwakes. I was thinking it must be a bloody big turnstone! By coincidence our turnstones seem to be back in the harbour, none there tonight in the wind though
Derby Tup
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I can’t think of many common sea birds much more unalike than a gannet and a turnstone and not just in appearance :-)
The Scribbler
The Scribbler
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It's lovely to hear what birds cause excitement as random visitors in different areas. As I'm a hop skip and jump from the North east coast, kittiwakes and turnstones are pretty common, but I bet I miss lots of warblers.

It's so stormy here at the moment even the herring gulls are hunkered down.
D2
D2
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Goldfinches on my bird table this morning
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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Always good to see
The Scribbler
The Scribbler
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Lovely D2 :-) I do like to see a goldfinch. There was a gang of them here for a while, I suspect they were nesting nearby and they used to swoop down on the dandelion seeds in next door's garden. Then one day there were 6 of them on the guttering below my window, including little fledgelings. They flew off before I could get my camera and I haven't seen them since.
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jacdaw
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The geese are coming...

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J2R
J2R
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8:04pm, 26 Aug 2020
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To my surprise and delight, a solitary swift high above my garden just now!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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Ace. What a treat!
J2R
J2R
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Yes, I really thought I'd seen the last of them. This one may have been passing through from further north, of course.

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