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    Is this a Merlin - Redditch

    Lucky to see a huge murmuration on my home in home town of Redditch this evening. There is a Falcon but doesn’t look big enough to be a Peregrine, and not Swift like to be a Hobby, could it be a Merlin? I have a video but struggling to upload it. Thanks Will
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    Bullfinches - find a new mate?

    Hi, pretty sure I read that Bullfinches pair for life. We had a regular pair but the male was looking in a bad way, and then he disappeared so I assumed he had died. My question is will the female find a new mate? We had a pair today but I’m guessing this is a different female as the regular...
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    Sparrowhawks

    Yesterday whilst out in the garden, I was watching a Sparrowhawk circling in the distance with my bro’s binoculars, when another Sparrowhawk joined it, and then amazingly another too. Never seen three together, or even two. Later in the day saw a lone Sparrowhawk over the garden but it didn’t...
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    Sure I saw a Goshawk

    Hi, Last week whilst out running, i’m 100% sure I was lucky enough to see a Goshawk. I’m in the Midlands and the precise location was over Grange Lane near Alvechurch. It wasn’t a Buzzard and wasn’t a Kite, but it was just like a bery big Sparrowhawk. Also there were lots of Crows flying right...
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    Red Kites heading North

    Just seen a Red Kite above my house on the Worcestershire / Warwickshire border. Anyone else seen them this far north?
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    Winter Wish List

    What are you hoping for this winter? I'm hoping that last year's resident Marsh Tit returns, and i've never seen a Brambling before so that would be great!
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    Attracting woodpeckers

    Hi We already have a good variety of garden birds visiting, and i know there are woodpeckers around as they have been in our garden before. Just wondering what other people's experience has been with attracting woodpeckeckers and what feeders/food works best? Thanks Will
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    Under my bird feeder.....

    Anyone else had sunflowers self seed under their feeder? I used to pull them out but then decided i'd let them grow and see what would happen and I have loads of them now. They were all standing up till the strong winds last week, I could do with some canes or rods to stand them up again. Not...
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    Cleaning Birdfeeders

    Hi, looking for suggestions on how to remove sunflower heart residue from feeders as I can't ever seem to get it off. Think i read something about white vinnegar mix once but i'm not sure. Thanks
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    Cuckoos vs Sparrowhawk

    Just seen 2 Cuckoos chasing off a Sparrowhawk. Wish I had my camera! Quite amusing as one of them was cuckooing at the same time! They wouldn't leave it alone!
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    Goldcrest or Firecrest

    Hi Sadly my wife found this dead bird whilst out running. I'm guessing it wouldn't be firecrest but do goldcrest have orange on their head? Thanks Will
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    How do they know?

    The other day a sparrowhawk took a visit to our garden, but it was flying into the wind so fairly slow. But all the birds vanished well before it got there. Well i know the answer is natural instinct but how do the birds know the sparrowhawk is a predator? And the difference between say a...
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    Just Rescued Baby House Martin!

    Was just out in the garden pulling some weeds out and noticed a baby HouseMartin crawling along the ground!! So i took it in the house (locked the cats away first) and checked it out. Then noticed this really weird insect crawling all over it. Then it went on me and back on the chick. So i...
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