Fetch Birdwatchers
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166 watchers
Nov 2023
10:02pm, 4 Nov 2023
82,401 posts
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Diogenes
There was a chiffchaff in the bush outside my back door this morning making a load of noise for ages. I’ve heard them before but this is the first time I’ve got a really good look at one.
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Nov 2023
7:10pm, 5 Nov 2023
4,803 posts
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J2R
Driving out to Yarmouth today, big flocks of lapwings in the half-drowned fields by the road. I'd love to have been able to stop, but the Acle Straight is a notoriously dangerous road!
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Nov 2023
7:54pm, 5 Nov 2023
61,926 posts
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Derby Tup
Two red kite right above Ilkley this afternoon
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Nov 2023
8:46pm, 5 Nov 2023
23,119 posts
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Red Squirrel
At work on Friday my colleague nudged me to look out of the window and said “Is that a kid in the lake on a paddleboard?”. It was a cormorant on the aerator.
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Nov 2023
8:56pm, 5 Nov 2023
3,623 posts
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paulcook
There's some sort of raft of barrels stretching right across the River Tees just below the Barrage. The other week there was a cormorant on each one from bank to bank. Many, though not all, with wings stretched off. A very curious little sight.
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Nov 2023
10:47pm, 5 Nov 2023
61,928 posts
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Derby Tup
Cormorant feathers aren't waterproof so if you see birds with their wings outstretched they are drying off their plummage Good views of barn owl this evening near Otley |
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Nov 2023
10:55pm, 5 Nov 2023
3,624 posts
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paulcook
Never knew that. Think I've normally thought they were catching the sun to generally heat up rather than dry off.
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Nov 2023
11:01pm, 5 Nov 2023
61,930 posts
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Derby Tup
We've been out with friends walking today and discussed cormorants drying themselves then. One of my friends suggested something I didn't know about long tailed tit but I need to check and confirm
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Nov 2023
8:00am, 6 Nov 2023
61,935 posts
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Derby Tup
A flock of 30 or 40 fieldfare heading West over the back of our house this morning
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Nov 2023
10:59am, 6 Nov 2023
39,676 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Must have looked fantastic Derby Tup
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