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Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
I think I have found it but it don't look that easy to ID.
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Michael Frankis
conehead
Firecrest, no probs!
In a Scots Pine
In a Scots Pine
Jane Turner
Well-known member
In my garden too!
Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
Aaah... I had the scale all wrong there.
Michael Frankis
conehead
Wish I had room for a Scots Pine in my garden!
Jane Turner
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Its only a baby, but it pulls the crests!
Jane Turner
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Jane Turner
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Why, did you find a Black and White warbler in there as well?
Stephen Dunstan
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I couldn't see the Firecrest at all, but CJW appears to have added a (Red-breasted?) Nuthatch.
1 out of 2 isn't bad for me if that's the case. My first self-found Long-eared Owl in the Fylde was last week when one flew past me whilst jogging at night. I can never find them in bushes unless someone gives me twig by twig instructions.
Stephen.
1 out of 2 isn't bad for me if that's the case. My first self-found Long-eared Owl in the Fylde was last week when one flew past me whilst jogging at night. I can never find them in bushes unless someone gives me twig by twig instructions.
Stephen.
Michael Frankis
conehead
Been looking a bit closer . . . I think its just a Goldcrest . . . carrying a feather for nest material
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Elizabeth Bigg
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Think I need new glasses - but my present ones were new last month!!!
Michael Frankis
conehead
Hi Mark,M N Reeder said:
How do you tell LEO sh-t (rarely to be found) from crow / pigeon / heron / sparrowhawk etc sh-t (abundant)?
Michael
Stephen Dunstan
Registered User
Mark,
Thanks for the tip, I will certainly bear it in mind! Unfortunately at the local site (Marton Mere) they often shift from roost sites soon after they are found because people don't stick to the paths and pressure them. So the accumulation of 'guano' doesn't get that great.
Stephen.
Thanks for the tip, I will certainly bear it in mind! Unfortunately at the local site (Marton Mere) they often shift from roost sites soon after they are found because people don't stick to the paths and pressure them. So the accumulation of 'guano' doesn't get that great.
Stephen.
Pie Face
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Michael Frankis said:
Good question Michael
Pigeon and Crow muck is usually splattered randomly around the upper branches. In my experience LEO's tend to sit in the same spots (close to the trunk) on a regular basis, because of this the mess tends to be concentrated in a small area close to the tree trunk and on every branch below the bird. The birds that I find are usually in Pine or Hawthorne. Once you find a suspect area follow it up from the bottom and with luck they should be a LEO at the top of it.
Mark
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