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<blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1659664" data-attributes="member: 32998"><p>Thanks Sancho. I'll try and hang onto the idea of the idyll bit, and I'm sure it'll get there... </p><p></p><p>Anyway, that's the scene set;</p><p></p><p>.... A taste of the birdlife this afternoon...</p><p></p><p><u>30th Nov 2009</u></p><p></p><p>Arrived and walked through the gateway (too muddy to drive it) to a mini-plethora of passerines in the hedgerow and the muddy trackway part of the field. Of course the bins were still in the car... Blackbirds, finches and Meadow Pipits seemed to be the score though...</p><p></p><p>Returning with a second armful of stuff, and bins, I more easily resolved the flitting waifs into numbers, with;</p><p></p><p><strong>Meadow Pipit</strong> c.50</p><p><strong>Bullfinch</strong> 4, feeding on the docks (they're good for something then)</p><p><strong>Goldfinch</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Blackbird</strong> 2 (3 in total)</p><p><strong>Song Thrush</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Rook</strong> 1, flying over</p><p></p><p>The (female) <strong>Barn Owl</strong> was still sat in the entrance to her box, the other already out hunting in the field. Not a bad move given the bad weather recently and the need to feed...</p><p></p><p>Additional species seen over the 2 hours;</p><p></p><p><strong>Redwing</strong> 3 flying over</p><p><strong>Wren</strong> 1</p><p><strong>Robin</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Greenfinch</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Dunnock</strong> 2</p><p><strong>Blue Tit</strong> 3</p><p><strong>Great Tit</strong> 1</p><p><strong>Chaffinch</strong> 12</p><p><strong>Magpie</strong> 1</p><p><strong>Jackdaw</strong> several flying over, large flock distantly</p><p><strong>Carrion Crow</strong> ditto</p><p><strong>Herring Gull</strong>, distant in flight and flying overhead</p><p><strong>Starling</strong>, several flying through and in nearby trees.</p><p><strong>Woodpigeon</strong> flying over</p><p><strong>Grey Wagtail</strong> 2 flying over</p><p><strong>Raven</strong> 2 flying over</p><p><strong>Tawny Owl</strong> (heard only)</p><p><strong>Woodcock </strong>1 at dusk flying over</p><p><strong>Snipe</strong> 1 at dusk flying towards neighbours pond</p><p></p><p>The latter 3 experienced whilst waiting for the ducks to go to bed, the rest as I pulled docks and moved black plastic ground cover around, work stuff, and a sneaky 'walking the bounds' (ok, 20 minutes of actual birding <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dantheman, post: 1659664, member: 32998"] Thanks Sancho. I'll try and hang onto the idea of the idyll bit, and I'm sure it'll get there... Anyway, that's the scene set; .... A taste of the birdlife this afternoon... [U]30th Nov 2009[/U] Arrived and walked through the gateway (too muddy to drive it) to a mini-plethora of passerines in the hedgerow and the muddy trackway part of the field. Of course the bins were still in the car... Blackbirds, finches and Meadow Pipits seemed to be the score though... Returning with a second armful of stuff, and bins, I more easily resolved the flitting waifs into numbers, with; [B]Meadow Pipit[/B] c.50 [B]Bullfinch[/B] 4, feeding on the docks (they're good for something then) [B]Goldfinch[/B] 2 [B]Blackbird[/B] 2 (3 in total) [B]Song Thrush[/B] 2 [B]Rook[/B] 1, flying over The (female) [B]Barn Owl[/B] was still sat in the entrance to her box, the other already out hunting in the field. Not a bad move given the bad weather recently and the need to feed... Additional species seen over the 2 hours; [B]Redwing[/B] 3 flying over [B]Wren[/B] 1 [B]Robin[/B] 2 [B]Greenfinch[/B] 2 [B]Dunnock[/B] 2 [B]Blue Tit[/B] 3 [B]Great Tit[/B] 1 [B]Chaffinch[/B] 12 [B]Magpie[/B] 1 [B]Jackdaw[/B] several flying over, large flock distantly [B]Carrion Crow[/B] ditto [B]Herring Gull[/B], distant in flight and flying overhead [B]Starling[/B], several flying through and in nearby trees. [B]Woodpigeon[/B] flying over [B]Grey Wagtail[/B] 2 flying over [B]Raven[/B] 2 flying over [B]Tawny Owl[/B] (heard only) [B]Woodcock [/B]1 at dusk flying over [B]Snipe[/B] 1 at dusk flying towards neighbours pond The latter 3 experienced whilst waiting for the ducks to go to bed, the rest as I pulled docks and moved black plastic ground cover around, work stuff, and a sneaky 'walking the bounds' (ok, 20 minutes of actual birding ;) ) [/QUOTE]
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