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    UK Norfolk - Juvenille bird of prey

    ;) Hopefully he was ok, most birds of prey that end up in our garden disappear fairly swiftly the minute they hear/see us.
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    UK Norfolk - Juvenille bird of prey

    Thanks for the replies.
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    UK Norfolk - Juvenille bird of prey

    Hobby? Kestrel? Can't quite make out what it is. Was worried he/she was injured because I had been moving around the garden for a few minutes before I noticed I was being stared at.
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    Ticks on garden birds

    Last week we found a male goldfinch who had died and he had a huge tick on the back of his neck. Today we could see a great tit struggling in the garden - wouldn't fly away when we went up to it. I could see he also had ticks so we caught him and he had four fully engorged ticks on the back of...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Wife filmed this sparrowhawk today - not sure if it's a juvenille or why it was holding up it's right leg. Apparently it's "Go Vegan" week for Sparrowhawks 8-P
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Very interesting, thank you. We have since changed the feeding arrangements in our garden but back then we had a number of Crows, Jackdaws & Magpies come to the garden and feed. When the magpies came to feed the other birds would usually get out of the way, however when the Jackdaws fed they...
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Results have come back. The summary says: Cause of death: The cause of death in the two starlings is considered to be trauma. The orientation of the wounds and fractures in the birds we suspect an avian predator most likely. We found no evidence for underlying infectious disease that might...
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    Toads in Norfolk, UK, climb trees?

    Just caught this toad pretending to be a blackbird - I assume he has climbed the tree as opposed to being dropped out of a birds mouth?
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    Meet Scruffy - the maniacal Blackbird with a condition!

    Scruffy has his territory in our back garden and has been hanging around for about a year now. He has always looked like this. Has a huge pink bare patch on his chest and one on his back. When it is raining he looks some sight! He is in charge as far as the garden is concerned. He will take...
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Still waiting for the results to come back - will update as soon as they are in.
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    We are visited by an insanely aggressive male blackbird that we have nicknamed "Scruffy" due to his untidy appearance. This is obviously his territory as he defends it with a vengeance as if it's his iron throne. Apart from one female who I assume is his mate, he attacks all blackbirds that...
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Update - One adult and one juvenille sent off for post mortem today after the BTO got in touch. They say most likely cause is mammal predation and they could have been weakened by the air temperature (it was hot in the garden yesterday) or perhaps illness/poison. Should have the results in a...
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    The first thing my wife said when she realised we had four dead spread around the garden was "They look like they've been shot". One has a puncture mark in it - I'm not sure if you can see clearly on the picture which I thought may have been a sparrowhawks talons/beak. If I get no reply from...
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Hopefully BTO get back in touch with me and perhaps they can autopsy them.
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    Number of starlings found dead in garden today

    Here are some pictures - if they had been poisoned or had an illness, would they have still have signs of injury on them like this?
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