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louisfh
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I reckon the best Garden bird that's ever actually been in the garden was a Woodcock. Totally gutted that it was only my sister that saw it though! Other than that flyover Yellow Wagtail, Common Buzzard and Skylark have been pretty nice birds for a very built up area of West London although not really in the garden!
wildlifelove
Hopefully Birding...
It's great how strong this thread is going..Years it's been up
Aquila Tours
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Its great to see so many young birders on here, I hope you keep up the hobby. Really impressed with all your blogs as well. I started birding when I was 10 and I'm 24 now. 2010 has been a fantastic year for me as not only did I see over 300 in the UK in a year but also launched my own tour company based in Spain. Anything is possible with this hobby and I hope you all continue to enjoy it. Checkout my blog if you like - link at the bottom of this post,
Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year,
Ash
Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year,
Ash
wildlifelove
Hopefully Birding...
Thanks aqulia Tours!
Best bird in the Garden would probably be Water Rail or Black Redstart and around/over, probably 4 (2.ad, 2.juv) Greenland White-fronted Geese in the field next to our house (although i didnt see it, seen and photo'd by my mum! :-C)
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Michael M
JUst seen a flock of Waxwings in my garden 
Joseph N
Lothian Young Birder
JUst seen a flock of Waxwings in my garden
Congratulations! How many? I've had several different in my garden over the years, the largest amount being 45 in 2008
.ATB,
Joseph
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Michael M
Three actually landed, but i would have said the flock contained 40-50 birds
PS Merry CHristmas everone!
PS Merry CHristmas everone!
Joseph N
Lothian Young Birder
Three actually landed, but i would have said the flock contained 40-50 birds
PS Merry CHristmas everone!
Nice one, that's a decent total! :king: The 45 in my garden back in 2008 only landed very briefly - they are after all very flighty!
Merry Christmas,
Joseph
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Michael M
I found some wo years back, and saw them regularly, and aparently a flock was seen on my Estate when I was away. So it was extra special to catch up with them!
I really like the blog too Joseph :t:
Joseph N
Lothian Young Birder
Cool, I see what you mean - it's always good to catch up with birds you've been pursuing!
Thanks very much, your blog is great too! I am following your blog, and I also have it on my blog list on my blog. If you really like my blog, I would really appreciate it if you kept up to date with it by following the blog. :t:
Hope you've had a good Christmas,
Joseph
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Michael M
Canny good day today, ringing in N Yorks.
7 Coal Tits
3 Blue Tits
2 Great Tits
1 Robin
1 Long Tailed Tit
1 Redwing- My 3rd
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker-my 2nd
1 Brambling- my 1st
Going to sum it up on my blog now, lots of posts on there recently.
Plans- Ringing hopefuly twice before the weeks out.
New Year-
*New years Day- Saltholme?
*2nd- Teeside, North Yorks.
*3rd Up coast (Aberlady?)
Quite afew birds possible with that line up- could have a brilliant start to the year! Anyone else got any plans?
7 Coal Tits
3 Blue Tits
2 Great Tits
1 Robin
1 Long Tailed Tit
1 Redwing- My 3rd
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker-my 2nd
1 Brambling- my 1st
Going to sum it up on my blog now, lots of posts on there recently.
Plans- Ringing hopefuly twice before the weeks out.
New Year-
*New years Day- Saltholme?
*2nd- Teeside, North Yorks.
*3rd Up coast (Aberlady?)
Quite afew birds possible with that line up- could have a brilliant start to the year! Anyone else got any plans?
birding maniac
Michael M
Best bird in the Garden- Woodcock, Waxwing, Peregrine are probably the best, though the first and last were fly -overs/ throughs
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billsbirding
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Michael M
Sleeping and sobering up
Lucky, I think
Were not having a big party this year as far as I know so I got an early morning
Went to RSPB Saltholme today. ABSOLUTLY FANTASTIC! Just a short visit in the afternoon. We went straight to the Wildlife Watchpoint and a Water Rail was on show practically the whole time I was there, and I got afew ok pictures (well, not that good). Then we headed of after a while to try to see the Bittern that had been seen in the area. Well, it was showing well, sorry brilliantly on the frozen edge of a little stream for hours on end. I got some photos of that too
After it was lost from sight for a bit I headed to the Owl watch point and had amazing views of two Long Eared Owls. Wow! Photos on later I hope, and Blog post too!
Oh yeah- another Garden first today- Brambling female. There were also two at Saltholme (F) and the one I rung yesterday was a male!
jimmyg
Good game boys, good game!
Lucky, I think
Were not having a big party this year as far as I know so I got an early morning
Went to RSPB Saltholme today. ABSOLUTLY FANTASTIC! Just a short visit in the afternoon. We went straight to the Wildlife Watchpoint and a Water Rail was on show practically the whole time I was there, and I got afew ok pictures (well, not that good). Then we headed of after a while to try to see the Bittern that had been seen in the area. Well, it was showing well, sorry brilliantly on the frozen edge of a little stream for hours on end. I got some photos of that too
After it was lost from sight for a bit I headed to the Owl watch point and had amazing views of two Long Eared Owls. Wow! Photos on later I hope, and Blog post too!
Oh yeah- another Garden first today- Brambling female. There were also two at Saltholme (F) and the one I rung yesterday was a male!
Great day! What's that about an owl watchpoint? I've never seen Long-eared Owl except for one flying around in the dark, so if there's a permanent watchpoint I'll try and make a visit there at some point in the future...
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Michael M
I'm not sure if its permanent, but at RSPB Saltholme there is a flock of about 8 LEOs and there showing well, you can visit between 11-2 I think.
simmojunior
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Just back from a great trip to Gambia. 178 species of birds including 4 species of Roller and 4 species of Bee Eater.
Will post the list shortly.
Happy new year everyone.
Will post the list shortly.
Happy new year everyone.
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