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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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    Young Birder

    I went back to school on Wednesday as well - hate that feeling when you get up on the first day back! Only had one day of birding (and then only a couple of hours), so haven't bothered sorting out a list for 2007 yet Nice one on the Firecrest, Firecrest Sam
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    Young Birder

    When do you lot get back to school?
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    Most Common First Bird of 2007?

    BHGull
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    Young Birder

    Yeah, Devon is of course crap for gulls (note intense sarcasm) You're a coastal county! It can't be too bad for gulls, unlike us inland people
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    Young Birder

    Jyothi, mate - Goldeneye, a lifer!? You got the Murrelet, Least Sand and a few other good birds before Goldeneye. They can't be that hard to find in Devon. Even in the deep dark depths of the horrible Warks I can see a couple of dozen in an hour or so at a resorvoir no problem. But still...
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    Young Birder

    Hey, I've never been to Mull (yet!), but in the summer hols managed tpo persuade Mum and Dad to take me for the summer holida of two weeks to the beautiful Isle of Skye (complete with both species of British eagle). Oh, and welcome to BF
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    Young Birder

    Hope you all had a great Christmas! I personally got very little bird-related, bar a couple of books, but loved both. Non-bird-related stuff included a new bike (about time!), a lava lamp, the series of Alex Rider books in one volume (by Anthony Horrowitz) and a few other bits and bobs. Oh...
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    West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches.

    Spent a good 90 mins (ish) at Draycote yesterday Highlights were: Great Northern Diver (some good pics of it by Steve Seal somewhere on Surfbirds) 12 Goosander (5 male, 7 female) Just one Little Grebe Grey Wagtail Sam
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    Young Birder

    Thanks for that, hadn't realised. Empty again now. And I would be more than happy to relay my sightings across to you guys in America, but to be honest, I've barely seen anything of interest lately! Haven't had much time at all... Oh, the goldfinches have returned to the feeders in the back...
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    Young Birder

    Stop trying to offload our American friends! If it wasn't for them, this thread would probably disappear before too long! btw, out of interest, how is birding viewed across the Atlantic? Is it classed as the same anorak-type hobby as train-spotting as it is over here?
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