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    Black Grouse

    Hi Highway Man, Nice pub in my village called The Highwayman, funny you should say that there are no Avian predators in that area as I am 99% sure I spotted a female Hen Harrier, on the same gated road last year. Bob
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    Black Grouse

    Whilst out on a gated Derbyshire moorland track yesterday, I spotted two Black Grouse. I believe eight were released into the wild last year as an experiment to see if they can breed up there. Anybody with more information please.B (:
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    Jane Turner's Cheshire List

    On Boxing Day I saw a Common Buzzard being mobbed by several Crows over Kerridge Ridge, and a Sparrow Hawk. But I obviously hadn't had quite as many after dinner glasses of Port as Jane. Jayhunter
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    Humming Birds-general question

    I have watched them in Belize, ever thought of this destination for a holiday?
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    3 Dragonflies for ID please?.

    Alan, I also think the Southern Hawker is a terrific photo, must admit I have difficulty getting close especially when only having a short focus lens with me.
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    Osprey blasted with shotgun

    Hi Chris, Just for interest are you related to a friend of mine Al Monk last heard of in Market Deeping. I used to live in wade Park Ave when I was on No 1 Sqdn at RAF Wittering.
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    Blue/Great tits

    Hi Helen, Thanks for the link, missed your thread have been in Madeira for the past fortnight. But the same observations as you, I must have around fifteen to twenty of both Blue and Great tits all twittering around the trees and shrubs. Two weekends to Halton reunion will keep my eyes peeled...
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    Tit population

    Tim, I had thought that a large number were juveniles, just hope we don't have too hard a winter up here in the Peaks.
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    Are these beetles a pest?

    Cheers for that Harry, I have had a few Comma butterflies this year, no Painted Ladies (though plenty last year). Loads of Peacocks but few Red Admirals, maybe something to do with the large amounts of rain here at 1000 ft in the Peaks! I quite like Shield Bugs having lived in Singapore for...
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    Are these beetles a pest?

    Hi Harry, Have they reached you in Durham? I haven't noticed them passing through Cheshire yet, at least not on my Hollyhocks.
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    Tit population

    B (: Has any body else noticed the size of the "Tit" population this year has exploded, my garden is full of Blue, Great and Coal tits at the moment. They are using the feeders but are also foraging in the Honeysuckle, Broom, Birch and Fir, but what I have noticed for the first time this year is...
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    My first Jay

    One of my favourites too, I am always excited to see one even if it is only a glimpse as I am driving. One of the Hotels in Amsterdam where we stay has feeders outside the breakfast room window, and we can eat and watch the Jays at close quarters, brilliant colours.
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    Finch i.d. please

    Nice one Helen, it is over a year since I have spotted a Bullfinch in my garden. Lost another sparrow to my Sparrow Hawk last week, so she is still hunting and feeding nearby. Have done really well on the Blue and Great tits this year seem to be dozens of them, if they are not on the feeders...
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    Shieldbugs.

    Can't find anything resembling them in my books but looks like some form of shield bug, one of the real entymoligists out there will come up with the answer. Sorry, but they are cute looking things.
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    Blair supports red kite scheme in NE England

    Does Blair think he can get our votes by latching on to this project. Lovely idea but I support Micheal in this if The Harrier cannot be sustained in the North East, what sense is there in trying another super raptor. I spent a day down near Rockingham and only got a view of one by going into...
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