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21-06-2009, 07:08 PM
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| | | Ground Nesting Birds
On our travels through the Outer Hebrides we nearly trod on this nest of Plover chicks, luckily we saw them just in time. Just goes to show how careful you need to be in the Breeding Season.  |
21-06-2009, 07:13 PM
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| | | Re: Ground Nesting Birds
Too right!  I used to work monitoring shorebird species nests and you do get tuned in to spotting them - but the camoflage is amazing. |
21-06-2009, 07:44 PM
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| | | Re: Ground Nesting Birds
What Chicks?  
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22-06-2009, 04:23 AM
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| | | Re: Ground Nesting Birds
Hello BloomingMarvelous, I used to have the same experience with skylarks when I was a lad. We had this large area of open grassland near where I lived with loads of skylarks and they would nest under a small tuffet of grass almost impossible to see. It`s true though you do seem to develop an instinct for spotting them...Bob
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08-07-2009, 01:13 PM
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| | | Re: Ground Nesting Birds
I for one will be treading more carefully when I'm out and about Bobbarber.
I've been reading about the Plovers and there clever little things you know. They leave the nest soon after hatching, thats amazing. | | |
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