Ray.Scott
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Ray - 5 superb captures. I especially like the 4th one. Brilliant! :t:
Cheers Gordon :t:
Sparrow Hawk In garden this morning.
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Ray - 5 superb captures. I especially like the 4th one. Brilliant! :t:
no sign of Bittern from the hide at Rainton, untill just after 16:00
the front edge of the phragmite reedbed having 'collapsed' with the weight of snow.
http://s-evans.blogspot.com/
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A Sparrowhawk was back in our garden as well this afternoon. We've had a very pale brown backed one a couple of times over the last week but it always sits well under cover in a dense bush. A different one turned up today. I've not seen one with quite such a reddish brown front before. It seemed a little desperate for food as it chased after everything it thought moved. I'm sure it was chasing snow flakes at one point as all the birds had left the garden by then.
We've quite a good number of birds coming to the feeders greatly incfreased with the snow the last few days. Around 60+ birds at a time visiting the feeders with Goldfinch c.20, House Sparrow 20+, Chaffinch c.12, Greenfinch x6, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Dunnock and Blackbird.
BF TV Sparrowhawk video clip
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Ever tried feeding Sparrowhawk with raw chicken?
Birdguides are reporting a Hoopoe at County Hall in Durham for its
2nd day. Not exactly the first bird you think of in conditions like this !!!!
They say access is being sought. Better get there quick before it freezes to death.
Birdguides are reporting a Hoopoe at County Hall in Durham for its
2nd day. Not exactly the first bird you think of in conditions like this !!!!
They say access is being sought. Better get there quick before it freezes to death.
Saw 2 flocks of waxwings in Darlington, about 25 in Salters Lane almost opposite Harrowgate Hill Club in the tall trees. Also a flock of about 40 flew over my house on Harrowgate Farm. Looked like they were searching for somewhere to feed.
Couple of waxwing pics from yesterday from Billingham.