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12-12-2006, 04:33 PM
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| | | What birds do you most want to see?
I thought i would start this thread so people could say which birds they want to see and where in the country they live and then people could reply if they knew where to see them or give tips of how to spot them. Mine are Hen Harrier, Nightingale, LSW, ,Merlin and Bittern. And I live in Devon. |
12-12-2006, 04:37 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
Vinnychameleon there are so many I have yet to see.. I would like to see the woodies that visit next doors garden but never mine! I would like to see a hen harrier and a merlin. (marsh harriers are doing well here) Any raptor. Most of all I think, a Goldcrest. Up until a couple of years ago top of my list was hoopoe. I saw one within half an hour of being in spain.. ok.. not a brit bird.. but wow!
jaki
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12-12-2006, 04:45 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
We get LSW, & in winter Hen Harriers & Merlin in the New Forest. What I'd like to see is a Wryneck & also Red-backed Shrike & White-tailed Eagle back on the Forest. |
12-12-2006, 04:55 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
Well I live in a county where there are supposed to be many of these birds and anyone who knows me will know that my quest for the elusive bullfinch continues unabated. I'm thinking of painting the front of a sparroow salmon pink and taking a photo at a distance at the rate I'm going! 
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12-12-2006, 05:02 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
Hi guys. Deer stalker do you get the LSW's on your feeders if so what do they feed on and if they don't visit the feeders do you know what makes them visit your garden. I am asking because I know I have at least one pair in my local wood and have seen their nest hole (see pic below) and would love to encourage them into our garden. Thanks
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12-12-2006, 05:02 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  Well I live in a county where there are supposed to be many of these birds and anyone who knows me will know that my quest for the elusive bullfinch continues unabated. I'm thinking of painting the front of a sparroow salmon pink and taking a photo at a distance at the rate I'm going! | Hi Julie
You will have to come up here as I can guarantee you Bullfinches. 
My wish list for the UK are for various rarities that pop up from time as virtually all the other birds I know where to go to see them. However my top wanted bird that I have missed numerous times I am hoping to find when I go to Spain on my own on Dec 26th for a few days. It is a Black-shouldered Kite and if I see that then that means I have virtually cleaned up on my top ten most wanted birds (that are possible) this year.
I am going to have to think what my new top ten are. I know the first two, Wallcreeper and Eagle Owl. I suppose my most wanted bird in Britain is a Killdeer as I have missed them numerous times so that will go into my top ten. The rest I will have to give some thought to.
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12-12-2006, 06:26 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
I live on the side of a hill called Kite Hill, and would love to see the Red Kite as I assume it was named after them. We also have plenty of farm land and a newly planted wood, so more raptors. |
12-12-2006, 06:39 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grimsby, Lincs
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Well I live in a county where there are supposed to be many of these birds and anyone who knows me will know that my quest for the elusive bullfinch continues unabated. I'm thinking of painting the front of a sparroow salmon pink and taking a photo at a distance at the rate I'm going! | You should have been up here on Sunday, i saw a Dozen or so  find an area with overgrown Hawthorn and Brambles and Bullfinch wont be far away, you need to learn the call to have a good chance of finding them though, when you heard it you won't miss them again my personal favourate, mainly because it took me a year of searching to find one
For me, i'd love to see a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker |
12-12-2006, 07:17 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Well I live in a county where there are supposed to be many of these birds and anyone who knows me will know that my quest for the elusive bullfinch continues unabated. I'm thinking of painting the front of a sparroow salmon pink and taking a photo at a distance at the rate I'm going! | Hmmm julie?...i have told you before...darland banks for bullfinches and i have seen them also in the roadside hedgerows where i live around leeds. leeds castle and otham way. |
12-12-2006, 07:19 PM
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| | | Re: What birds do you most want to see?
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet Vinnychameleon there are so many I have yet to see.. I would like to see the woodies that visit next doors garden but never mine! I would like to see a hen harrier and a merlin. (marsh harriers are doing well here) Any raptor. Most of all I think, a Goldcrest. Up until a couple of years ago top of my list was hoopoe. I saw one within half an hour of being in spain.. ok.. not a brit bird.. but wow!
jaki |
also 2 goldcrests currently in my back garden although not on the feeders as far as i have seen....just in the bushes and buddlea?
yes isle of sheppey in north kent/swale area? a huge list of raptors can be seen year round....marsh harriers almost garauntee all year round, hobby, barn owls, hen harriers in winter, long eared owl, peregrine.
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