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Originally Posted by rlchew John
A good account of your rewarding trip to Upton Warren. Hopefully, it took your mind off other sad events for a few hours. |
It sure did.
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Originally Posted by rlchew Are LRP's regular visitors to Upton Warren? This is a bird that I sometimes have difficulty seeing each year .... didn't see one at all last year! |
They breed on the flashes Rich so if you want a guaranteed LRP you now know where to go.
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Originally Posted by rlchew I agree with you about Swifts. A few more weeks yet I suspect but there wheeling and screaming around the rooftops is one of the sights and sounds of summer days. |
There have been two reported at Blithfield, Staffs today and my Mrs swears that she saw one over our house last weekend.
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Originally Posted by rlchew I see a few Alpine Swifts have been reported around East Anglia during the last couple of days.
Richard |
Tell me about it. I have seen thousands abroad but never seen one in Britain yet. I have had to give up the twitching for a while (perhaps for the rest of this year). Shame as I would have been over to Lowestoft like a shot yesterday. I see they are still there as well and at quite a few sites stretching along the south coast and now right up to Yorkshire as one has been seen at Filey. That's the biggest influx of Alpine's to this country for a while.
If you've never seen one then your in for a big treat when you do. They are quite a bit bigger than the Common Swifts and are real flying machines.
John