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flyingfinn
flyingfinn
May 2017
11:03pm, 22 May 2017
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Cuckoo for me too today DT, though I also heard them in the lakes the first two weekends in May BUT the big one this evening for me was calling Corncrakes :-) definitely a lifetime first.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2017
11:20pm, 22 May 2017
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Corncrakes?! Wow. That's ace
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
May 2017
5:21pm, 23 May 2017
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ff whereabouts were you when you heard the corncrakes?
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
May 2017
6:35pm, 23 May 2017
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I'm on Islay WS. At Loch Gruinart yesterday there were at least 3 to be heard without walking more than a couple of hundred metres. Two were even conveniently positioned either side of the walk way to the hide. Went looking for eagles at Oa today but without success today. I've got another week so hopefully i'll get lucky one day. Did find a large group of Red breasted merganser off a remote beach this afternoon, along with nesting Arctic Terns before the weather turned a bit grotty.
Heinzster
Heinzster
May 2017
7:35pm, 23 May 2017
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I heard a corncrake a few years ago in a forest park in NI. Either that or I heard someone imitating a corncrake. I have always wondered
Wriggling Snake
Wriggling Snake
May 2017
7:58pm, 23 May 2017
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That makes sense for both of you. West of Scotland NI is where they're at 😆. Excellent.
flanker
flanker
May 2017
1:28pm, 24 May 2017
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Lovely peaceful walk around The Tongue in Troutbeck on Sunday to help the legs recover. Incredibly quiet, and found more cuckoos (already had more than the whole of last year), stonechat, mippits, and the very handsome Mr & Mrs redstart.
bonners
bonners
May 2017
3:54pm, 24 May 2017
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Came oh here to post my latest and by coincidence I'm matching flanker. Saw a redstart today out at work in a little village in Denbighshire, nesting in a lady's roof, they come back every year apparently. Another first for me, what a lovely little bird.
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
May 2017
4:54pm, 24 May 2017
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Nuthatch nest in my local woods. Saw the blue beauty on the side of a tree a couple of times.
Dave A
Dave A
May 2017
6:47pm, 24 May 2017
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I've been sat out in the garden and have just seen 4 Starlings chase off a Sparrowhawk.

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