Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Nov 2016
8:34am, 14 Nov 2016
21,967 posts
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alpenrose
Collared dove on the grass - never seen one in my garden before. There's been some starling activity in the trees out back the last few days too, which isn't normal.
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Nov 2016
8:38am, 14 Nov 2016
115 posts
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bonners
Strangely enough just got back from run and watching the collared doves in garden whilst reading alpenrose's post.
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Nov 2016
9:19am, 14 Nov 2016
1,226 posts
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steve45
Collared Doves were regular , almost daily in my garden until about eighteen months-two years ago and they are now only very occasional.
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Nov 2016
3:12pm, 14 Nov 2016
12,471 posts
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Dvorak
Hello birdwatchers, I wonder if you could help me with an id? My local river tends not to have any birdlife. No ducks, swans, geese etc (saw a heron a couple of times, that's it). But last week there was a bird I did not recognise. It was small and round (closer to a sparrow than a duck, say) and black with a white circle around the eye. It was sitting on a rock, then dived off and swam underwater. Any ideas?
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Nov 2016
3:29pm, 14 Nov 2016
21,489 posts
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Dave A
Dipper?
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Nov 2016
3:31pm, 14 Nov 2016
21,490 posts
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Dave A
rspb.org.uk
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Nov 2016
3:44pm, 14 Nov 2016
12,472 posts
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Dvorak
Thanks. Similar shape, but differently marked. Possibly even shorter of tail.
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Nov 2016
4:07pm, 14 Nov 2016
19,477 posts
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Red Squirrel
Sounds like a ring ouzel
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Nov 2016
4:22pm, 14 Nov 2016
17,327 posts
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KinkyS
Not a ring ouzel - they are migrants and leave in September, plus they behave a bit like an upland version of a blackbird, so no swimming! AFAIK dipper is the only UK passerine that actually swims. Maybe it was a juvenile hence the different markings? |
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Nov 2016
4:23pm, 14 Nov 2016
19,478 posts
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Red Squirrel
Or a juvenile dipper ...
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