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    Young Birder

    Indeed, don't think we did I've sent you a PM (well, I will do in a minute) S
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    Young Birder

    Hey everybody, How's it going? Haven't been on BF for absolutely ages for various reasons, but decided to join the mayhem again Quite a few new Young Birders since last time I was on (months ago), rock on! Was at Minsmere yesterday... 2 Curlew Sands, Little Stint, 4 Spotshanks, Wheatear, 2...
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    Brandon was pretty good today Had a summer plumaged Dunlin on East Marsh, plus up to 4 Hobbies at one point, all visible at the same time, with Buzzards, a Kestrel and a Sparrowhawk all in the sky as well. The highlight though was a hepatic morph female Cuckoo (a gingery version of a Cuckoo...
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    Young Birder

    Oooh, sounds quite exciting. Ah, maybe not so much fun in that case then... Boring child! ;)
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    Young Birder

    Following on from a TV programme I saw last night about extreme weather, I was just wondering if any of you lot had ever seen a tornado? What's it like? Sam P.S. Sorry this post is totally unrelated to anything... just wondering
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    Young Birder

    Scops Owl back in Oxfordshire! Who else here is planning to go for it?
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    Young Birder

    American birds reported in Britain so far today (by 4:30pm): Ring-necked Duck Spotted Sandpiper American Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Yellowlegs (Only including birds that are exclusively American/definitely not British) As for the GWG, probs some decent pics around, will try and...
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    Young Birder

    Due to, ahem, 'popular' demand ;) I have returned to the thread Sorry I haven't been around... been a bit busy lately And coming back to this thread, congrats to you Americans for sticking at it and posting all the time, but where are you Brits!? Come on lads, give us a show! Personally I had...
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    Not a local patch, but just had my first two Swifts of the year over my house
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    There's a pair nesting on the reserve (can't say where, for obvious reasons...), so chances are it was around there, as (as far as I know) there are no others in residence on the reserve. Sam
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    Had the Wood Warbler at Brandon at 5:45pm today, after waiting 90 mins without so much as a trill! Waited for a better view until I had to leg it to reach the car park in time for Dad to pick me up. The best of the rest was finally hearing the Gropper, seeing a Sedge and hearing a few more...
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    I've spent more than 2 hours waiting for sight or sound of the Grasshopper Warbler on two consecutive weekends - still haven't even heard anything! All I got for my troubles yesterday was a Sedge Warb. The best of the mix on the pools was a female Ruddy Duck, one Dunlin and a Little Ringed Plover
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    Young Birder

    Am I the only one who thought the lunar eclipse was a total waste of time and a load of rubbish!? It would appear so...
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    Smack in the face

    Never been hit, but I've had a total of three near-misses with Sparrowhawks! A few weeks ago, walking back home from town, one (chasing a Pied Wagtail) avoided my by barely an inch, and I actually ducked to miss it. Even felt the wind from its wings! I also know someone who kicked out in...
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    Young Birder

    What time did you get for the run? Out of interest, as I would love to do something like that in my PE lessons (at my school we never do cross-country or anything like that - we aren't even allowed to do full-contact rugby!)
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