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Juvenile Coots

I'm no expert but I'd day it's a Large Skipper as the antennae are hooked.

Yes a Common Whitethroat

Little Egret

It's a Lesser. Dark mantle, yellow legs.

My local patch here in south Derbyshire has seen a dramatic decline in Willow Warblers. Going back to the 80's and 90's there were numerous territories. A note from 1985 says "abundant visitor and breeder." In my time down there since 2001 there are sometimes blank years. We may get 1 or 2 if we...

Mallards will eat almost anything. I once saw Mallard eating Mallard! A group were crossing the road in Norfolk when one got killed. A drake then ate several bits. There's a thread on here from a few years ago on this subject. An incident at Blashford Lakes where a Mallard killed and ate a...

Just had some Com Scoters over my house in Belper, South Derbyshire at 00.11.

It is indeed a Goldcrest. They do occasionally visit garden feeders. We get one now and again after the suet and mealworms.

Juvenile Moorhen.

There have been 5 records this year but none since 18/02.

Males in eclipse still show the raspberry coloured bill so it's not an adult male. Which leaves a juv/female type. I suspect a juvenile as it lacks the white line at the base of the bill an adult female would show. And in the bottom picture there is a hint of red at the base of the bill so...

I do like the humble Goldcrest (Regulus regulus). Never tire of seeing those. And Eurasian Hobby (Falco Subbuteo). I've had many an encounter with Hobbies and they still fascinate me.

Marsh Tit for me.

1 are Egyptian Geese. 2 & 3 are correct. 4 is a Canada Goose. 5 correct.