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Best House/Garden ticks (1 Viewer)
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birdboybowley
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Common Rosefinch, Melodious & Wood Warblers, Pied Fly, both redstarts and Firecrest in it.....Stone-Curlew & Honey Buzzard over it
gropperwinch
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In it Black Redstart, over it Honey Buzz, Marsh Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, dad has also seen 2 Bee-eaters and a Pallid Swift (swift not accepted by BBRC cos he only saw its underside but it hung around for about five mins so he got good view). In my dads old garden when he was teenager they had Pied Fly, Redstart, Kingfisher, Sedge and Reed Warblers and Melodious Warbler
edenwatcher
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In it - not so good: waxwing, redstart, pink-footed goose(!), tree sparrow, brambling.
From it - well documented on BF. 159 spp including lesser yellowlegs, American golden plover, green-winged teal, white-winged black tern, snow goose, long-tailed skua, Sabine's gull, honey buzzard, little egret, avocet, curlew sandpiper, little stint, jack snipe, Mediterranean gull, garganey, smew, water pipit, long- and short-eared owl ...
Rob
From it - well documented on BF. 159 spp including lesser yellowlegs, American golden plover, green-winged teal, white-winged black tern, snow goose, long-tailed skua, Sabine's gull, honey buzzard, little egret, avocet, curlew sandpiper, little stint, jack snipe, Mediterranean gull, garganey, smew, water pipit, long- and short-eared owl ...
Rob
rokermartin
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I have had 2 Icterine Warblers,Pallas's Warbler and a Crossbill in the garden.Also seen a couple of Hobbies flying over.
rokermartin
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Adam you will be making everyone green with envy.
Farnboro John
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Almost nothing comes in my 20 X40 foot bit of gravel with pots and a buddleia (well, the buddleia has had White Admiral, and up to five Hummingbird Hawk-moths at once), but over the top:
Black Kite, Honey Buzzard, Peregrine, Merlin, Hobby, Little Egret, Woodcock: in the willows behind it Yellow-browed Warbler.
For the middle of Farnborough, Hampshire its not too bad.
John
Black Kite, Honey Buzzard, Peregrine, Merlin, Hobby, Little Egret, Woodcock: in the willows behind it Yellow-browed Warbler.
For the middle of Farnborough, Hampshire its not too bad.
John
Adam W
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I know Martin, sorry just couldnt resist it:-O
gropperwinch
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Were you the sibe rubythroat guy! I heard about that on birdguides one day, I thought whoever had found that would still be skipping with glee to much to write anything on BF!!
were the hell is your garden!! when I'm older and have enough money I am moving nextdoor!
Adam W
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It was I and i was rather chuffed to say the least, its still a bit of a sore topic amongst some birders which is understandable.
If you saw my garden you wouldnt believe its produced some of the birds it has there's nothing extraordinary about it at all.Next door is probably a better garden(all my good birds have been in there aswell) but luckily i can see into it easily.
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
Ooh, had nearly 20 addresses, but perhaps some of the highlights I've had from the house would be:
Wolverhampton - Waxwing, Oystercatcher, Redpolls and a Meadow Pipit (in the garden).
Aberystwyth - Med Gull, Bottle-nosed Dolphin. (Surprisingly very little from any of my addresses in the town).
Montbéliard - White Stork, Short-eared Owl.
Besançon - Wallcreeper, Black Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Red Kite.
Wolverhampton - Waxwing, Oystercatcher, Redpolls and a Meadow Pipit (in the garden).
Aberystwyth - Med Gull, Bottle-nosed Dolphin. (Surprisingly very little from any of my addresses in the town).
Montbéliard - White Stork, Short-eared Owl.
Besançon - Wallcreeper, Black Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Red Kite.
I don't really have a yard but I do have a "perched in the mahogany tree in front of my balcony list." 
Best/good birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Barn Owl (resident), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black-throated Green Warbler, Ovenbird, Indigo Bunting
Carlos
Best/good birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, Barn Owl (resident), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black-throated Green Warbler, Ovenbird, Indigo Bunting
Carlos
Espen
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i'm with you mate, best bird i have had is probably a sprawk. cant believe the rarities other peoples gardens have tured out
