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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peewit" data-source="post: 1327419" data-attributes="member: 57492">Hi HI am here at last, and here to stay.  I love your report about all the birds on the move in your favourite patch.  It is like the migratory reshuffle at the moment.The Water Rail is an interesting bird for you to see.  I see that there was one mentioned on Autumnwatch recently.  What a funny scratching call they have.  Very easy to distinguish indeed.Their feet are huge.  What long toes they have compared with a Moorhen/Coot.  Different all together for their lifestyle that they lead. :eek!:You said you have seen 4 Thrushes so the Fieldfares and Redwings are out in force at the moment.  I remember seeing Fieldfares while living in Stirling Scotland, and they have an amazing call.  More like a clacking noise.  Very distinctive.  I have only seen them high up in trees so far.  They like to be in groups all of the time.  Safety in numbers no doubt.Tree Sparrows are beautiful and their white cheek pouches make them look so endearing.  A rare treat to see them for you. I have seen them at Titchwell Reserve a while ago.My OH has seen a Male bullfinch so it is one bird I have not seen.  Love to sometime, so you are lucky to have had that opportunity to discover a 'Bullie'What a great array of birds that you have seen, and it encourages us all to go out and see what there is to see at the moment.  The tree foliage/scrub-land is sparse now so it makes it easier to see birds.To have 50 species in a short period of time is quite a feat.  I am sure not many have achieved that amount in the same amount of time in the changing of the seasons.Keep us updated on any more interesting birds that you have the luck to see.  :-O:t::t:</blockquote>

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