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    Nailed

    Egg thief nailed in Orkney. http://www.orcadian.co.uk/2016/06/devonshire-man-sentenced-illegal-egg-collecting-orkney/
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    What Brought You To Be a Birder?

    I started really watching after being laid up following an opperation when all I could do was look out the window for weeks and months. Some best buy bins were followed by a field guide and an increasing recovery led me out in to the field and better health. That must have been ten years or so...
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    Unusual Hen harrier behaviour, Orkney.

    The female in question is likley the breeding female from that area. This track in the heather is a right of way and regularly walked by dog walkers. I wondered if it was learned behavoiur or just an opertunistic occurence. It may have seen mippits going up from the distance and been drawn by...
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    Unusual Hen harrier behaviour, Orkney.

    I saw something I have never seen before tonight. As I was coming away from Russadale quarry I had the dog running on a right good bit in front and was messing about in the heather just off the track. A hen harrier came over Chris's house down the field and over the heather. It made for the dog...
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    Favorite bird song/call

    Longtailed ducks Curlews bubbling The first skylark of spring
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    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    Thats interesting Andrew, a lot of our birds are young ones as well. I dont think the amount of birds is unusualy heavy this year (yet). The other factor that i would have expected to be pushing them in our direction would be the weather and that does not seem to be that extreme over the last...
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    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    They have been coming and going in our garden for the last few days, my rugosa is trashed and they are falling on apples as soon as they go out. The apples go straight through them and in to the sparrows which i havent seen before!! The few reports i can find on the web point to the berry crop...
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    Waxwing invasion 2012/13

    It was going great guns up here but its very wet and the weather is all coming from the west. Does anybody know where i can see information on the scandinavian berry crop ???
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    Waxwings

    There seems to be good numbers here hovering up what ever they can find. They have beaten the redwings to a lot of it this year. I would love to know how the scandinavian berry crop is. That would help give a clue about the potential influx !!
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    Waxwings

    496 views, nobody want to offer up a little help here. Never mind here are a couple of Waxies down the garden. http://youtu.be/ZjnZRgJKGbk
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    Waxwings

    We have been seeing waxwings all week with numbers building yesterday. What i am wondering was does anybody know where i can find info on the state of the berry crop accross scandinavia or does anybody know the state of play with it. There was something mentioned about bramblings moving out...
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    No Tail?

    Probably had a close encounter with a cat or some such
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    WIN an Opticron MM2 52mm travelscope, 13-39x zoom eyepiece, case & tripod worth £400

    1 Yes 2 No 3 £275.99
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    I had my first Roller here last week and my first common crane this morning....been a good week!!
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    Sunrise/sunset.

    I havent seen this thread for ages!! Here is a shot of the mists rising after sunset the other night
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