Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Dec 2020
7:46pm, 12 Dec 2020
48,060 posts
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Derby Tup
Nice J2R I saw a lovely mixed flock of titmice, goldcrest and chaffinch this morning then six goosander and a kingfisher this afternoon |
Dec 2020
4:14pm, 14 Dec 2020
5,799 posts
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AdrianB1066
A very distant Velvet Scoter today in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne. |
Dec 2020
4:17pm, 14 Dec 2020
19,595 posts
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flanker
Any Scoter you can see without expensive optics I'd class as very near 
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Dec 2020
5:45pm, 14 Dec 2020
3,324 posts
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J2R
One of the most anagrammatic of birds, the scoter. Coster, escort, even scrote. Not many other birds can compete.
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Dec 2020
5:58pm, 14 Dec 2020
3,325 posts
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J2R
Sector as well. I'll shut up now.
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Dec 2020
10:29am, 17 Dec 2020
27,439 posts
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HellsBells
It’s lovely seeing Youngest’s new enthusiasm for all things bird - this morning he’s headed off in hunt of three glossy ibis which have been reported in a flooded field - it’s actually a field I used to drive past every day on my way to work and I never saw anything exciting there!
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Dec 2020
10:58am, 17 Dec 2020
5,218 posts
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AChristmasCarolScribbler
Coal tits on bird feeder klaxon
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Dec 2020
10:59am, 17 Dec 2020
2,386 posts
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flyingfinn
Sad to read this theguardian.com having just watched my resident pair on the feeders. Makes me realise how lucky I am to see them regularly all around here, where touch wood they seem to be actually on the increase.
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Dec 2020
11:33am, 17 Dec 2020
3,328 posts
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J2R
Stopped by the lake (or 'broad' as it is here) on my run yesterday to check out the wildfowl on the water and was delighted to see a kingfisher fly across and along the far side. They have such a distinctive appearance in flight, as if they're back heavy. ff, don't recall ever seeing a willow tit here in Norfolk, and don't expect to, sadly. |
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Dec 2020
11:55am, 17 Dec 2020
2,387 posts
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flyingfinn
It was interesting to note that the article referred to one place that they are doing well is the old coal mining areas of NE Derbyshire. I assume that this is because as these areas regenerate there is a lot of dense willow and birch scrub on often very boggy ground. And the proximity of where I live to this area plus a similar environment around the res (albeit for different reasons) is probably a significant factor in their relative abundance here. Though it does make me wonder why particularly NE Derbyshire because there are many similar environments across the old coalfields of South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, many of which are now nature reserves managed by the local wildlife trusts?
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