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I've tried for ages to get a decent snap of a bird in flight and failed every time. On the way back from my walk this afternoon a gull flew over and perched atop a lamp post. I thought it looked quite nice there so pointed the camera at it and clicked, at which point it decided to go elsewhere.
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According to the RSPB, "It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Its colonization followed naturally from a range expansion into western and northern France in previous decades. It is now at home on numerous south coast sites, both as a breeding species and as a winter visitor."
Not just south coast I would say, I saw one at a distance on the marshes at Southport yesterday and they're regulars at Martin Mere in West Lancs.
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We also get egrets up north these days, they're regulars on RSPB Old Moor (the place featured on Autumnwatch) and one flew over my house a few weeks back.
Lot of winter ducks around now, on my wet walk yesterday I got to see loads of wigeon, plus a couple of goosander and a male goldeneye.
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The birds I see most often round here are:
Mallards / ducks around the local small river, and this little egret. On very rare occasions I've seen a larger white stork in the same area.
Robins, pigeons, doves, sparrows, and occasional other little birds such as bluetits in the back garden.
Crows and / or other corvids and magpies on the common.
Red kites hovering overhead. Occasionally swallows flying somewhere else.
Swans and geese on the river in the town centre.
It's not a bad mix. The green parrots we used to see in Clapham don't seem to have ventured this far North.
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I remember something Bill Oddie wrote about a non-birdwatcher excitedly describing a bird they’d seen.
NBW: I saw an amazing bird in my garden!
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: It was pink.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And blue.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And white.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And black.
BO: It was a Jay.
Or something along those lines.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostI remember something Bill Oddie wrote about a non-birdwatcher excitedly describing a bird they’d seen.
NBW: I saw an amazing bird in my garden!
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: It was pink.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And blue.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And white.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And black.
BO: It was a Jay.
Or something along those lines.
I stood for, oh it must have been minutes the other day pointing my phone at some trees where a gang of parakeets were having a party. Unfortunately none of the resulting photos are worth posting.
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Originally posted by Sits View PostA kookaburra has taken to using our tomato fortress as a perch for hunting. As still as a statue.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostWe also get egrets up north these days, they're regulars on RSPB Old Moor (the place featured on Autumnwatch) and one flew over my house a few weeks back.
Lot of winter ducks around now, on my wet walk yesterday I got to see loads of wigeon, plus a couple of goosander and a male goldeneye.
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Originally posted by Artificial Hipster View Post
I think the NBW is claiming to have seen a hoopoe. Its a routine he's done on Springwatch.
I stood for, oh it must have been minutes the other day pointing my phone at some trees where a gang of parakeets were having a party. Unfortunately none of the resulting photos are worth posting.
caja-dglh GROOOOOAAAN
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Originally posted by Sits View PostI remember something Bill Oddie wrote about a non-birdwatcher excitedly describing a bird they’d seen.
NBW: I saw an amazing bird in my garden!
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: It was pink.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And blue.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And white.
BO: It was a Jay.
NBW: And black.
BO: It was a Jay.
Or something along those lines.Originally posted by Artificial Hipster View PostI think the NBW is claiming to have seen a hoopoe. Its a routine he's done on Springwatch.
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