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166 watchers
Aug 2021
1:06pm, 29 Aug 2021
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154 Rob
Still some martins in Co. Durham. Saw a few little egrets in Rossmere park, Hartlepool - was surprised but according to Wikipedia they're naturalised in eastern and southern England and Ireland. en.wikipedia.org |
Aug 2021
1:07pm, 29 Aug 2021
19,960 posts
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flanker
Swallows in Lyme Park still Ticks too 
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Aug 2021
1:12pm, 29 Aug 2021
5,239 posts
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icemaiden
Little Egrets everywhere in MK for several years, the odd great and cattle egrets too. Some Martins still here but not many.
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Aug 2021
2:20pm, 29 Aug 2021
12,186 posts
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D2
Look who's in my garden! |
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Aug 2021
12:21am, 30 Aug 2021
2,105 posts
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154 Rob
Your milkshake brings all the buzzards to the yard D2? |
Aug 2021
10:22am, 30 Aug 2021
4,768 posts
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steve45
A single Swallow over the river this morning was only my second local one this year! Lots of suitable feeding areas been urbanised bit by bit around here.
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Aug 2021
11:58pm, 30 Aug 2021
19,962 posts
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flanker
Running home today and there were a bunch of people crouched down on the towpath and waving me to a halt. Initial thought was some kind of medical emergency, but no, they were shepherding an elephant hawk moth caterpillar off the path into the vegetation. An absolute beauty, a good 6-7 cm long. Not sure I've seen one in the wild before. Two dippers too but all the swallows seem to have gone.
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Aug 2021
8:06am, 31 Aug 2021
5,240 posts
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icemaiden
We had either two or the same one twice elephant hawk moth caterpillars in the garden in the last couple of weeks. It was hacking across the patio so I put it back into the plants.
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Aug 2021
8:47am, 31 Aug 2021
3,340 posts
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jacdaw
They will be looking for some loose soil or leaf litter to pupate in. I think they overwinter as pupae.
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Aug 2021
8:56am, 31 Aug 2021
3,789 posts
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J2R
On the west coast of Scotland near Torridon and pleased to see swallows here still. Nothing much else to report bird-wise, apart from common gulls, as mentioned recently - not common where I live but more so here. Did see a shrew trotting along a verge yesterday evening, which is always nice.
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