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  1. dantheman

    Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet-

    L - Lapwing An abiding memory from growing up near the Somerset Levels was going for an explore down by the river and coming across a couple of breeding Lapwings on territory with their swooping display flights and unearthly pee-wit calls.
  2. dantheman

    First Butterflies 2024

    They are about ... but well camouflaged! I've only seen 5 - one on the back door when we lived in Falmouth, the other 4 in three separate places after cutting bramble and they appeared out of the cut material. Not tried active searching.
  3. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦅 #702: 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/
  4. dantheman

    First Butterflies 2024

    Still a struggle to see butterflies, although just about daily Peacock in the garden or elsewhere now. Two Holly Blues in town a week ago whilst waiting in the Health Centre car park, and a newly hatched stick insect sp. in the car 2 days ago (I'd been clearing brambles from the garden).
  5. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦆 #699: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ ;-)
  6. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦃 #698: 🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/
  7. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    Should have been a bit more judicious with my guessing on line 4 perhaps ... birdie 🦉 #695: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ I failed with yesterday's Vermillion Flycatcher.
  8. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦅 #693: 🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/
  9. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦢 #692: 🟨🟨🟨🟥🟩⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Would have been 3 if I hadn't pushed the wrong buttons.
  10. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦅 #691: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Took me a while to remember the name of the bird I was thinking of! Think I forgot to do it yesterday.
  11. dantheman

    The 10% Club - Milestones

    I'm having trouble not reading the title as a jumbled-up version of the 10 mile high club ... ;-) Sorry! On a more serious note I'm probably in the 5%+ camp. Haven't given any other milestones any thought, but should do perhaps ... Because splits and losses etc will always happen, is it better...
  12. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦃 #689: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 https://birdiegame.net/ Got the family early but failed to get the species.
  13. dantheman

    Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet-

    E - Eurasian Whimbrel The only 'rarity' I've found in the USA - was over on holiday with my partner back in 2008, traveling back to NY for our flight checked out some wetlands between there and New Jersey where we had been staying - big flock of Whimbrel (like literally thousands) flying over...
  14. dantheman

    First Butterflies 2024

    Only seen two butterflies in the last few weeks - a Red Admiral briefly in the front garden, and then today, whilst on the phone I happened to look out the bedroom window and a small brownish butterfly in the wind - fortunately it landed about 6 feet away - a nice fresh Speckled Wood.
  15. dantheman

    Wearing white and talking while birding?

    Rang a bell to me too when you mentioned it - optical brighteners? eg Soap and detergent - Optical Brighteners
  16. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦆 #688: 🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ Got the family early, but then a continued guessing game ...
  17. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    Oops - I was replying to the wrong day/bird there I think. Today's bird was the one I don't really know (or at least never seen an illustration of etc). Got the family on first guess, then lucky with the species on second. ;-) Yesterday was Tree Swallow? Which I made a bit of a mess of.
  18. dantheman

    Wearing white and talking while birding?

    How clothing shows up under UV light would be the interesting thing, as opposed to whether it is light coloured or appears contrasting to us per se. And then whether they contrast/'glow' so much that they act as scary to birds ... or are just indicative of our presence ...
  19. dantheman

    A presumed micro?

    Can't comment on the id (doesn't specifically match any of the photos, don't know the alternatives), but date not exceptional, if on the early side, looking at the histogram - https://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/index.php?bf=20780 A nice little moth ...
  20. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦅 #687: 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ Whereas I was pretty lucky ... for a bird I don't even know ;-)
  21. dantheman

    Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet-

    New game I guess ... Birds you've seen in flight. Doesn't have to be a particularly aerial species, but notable on an occasion that you saw one in flight (eg a lifer, a particularly interesting vivid memory or occasion etc). Again, doesn't hurt to mention the reason/sighting if possible. A -...
  22. dantheman

    Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet-

    I knew it as 'a little bit of bread and no cheeeeese' which fits better? ;-)
  23. dantheman

    Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet-

    Z - Zitting Cisticola It's in the name! (In this case)
  24. dantheman

    For fun: Here's a wordle-inspired daily Bird image guessing game (birdiegame.net)

    birdie 🦉 #686: 🟥🟥🟨🟥🟨🟩 https://birdiegame.net/ Probably should have got it a bit earlier tbh ...
  25. dantheman

    Identify bird call 'puk puk poww', early spring, Kent, slightly wooded

    If there wasn't audio and a description as a double grunt followed by a variable tonal whistling call that would be roding Woodcock perhaps, interestingly!
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