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04-06-2010, 08:25 PM
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| |  Re: Bird of the day!
Hi All,
I also went to College Lake (this afternoon though), but no little ringed plovers for me 
However, my bird of the day has to be a juvenile cuckoo which I saw there. I heard other cuckoos around but only saw the one.
Chiltern Ben |
04-06-2010, 09:11 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chiltern Ben  Hi All,
I also went to College Lake (this afternoon though), but no little ringed plovers for me
However, my bird of the day has to be a juvenile cuckoo which I saw there. I heard other cuckoos around but only saw the one.
Chiltern Ben | I heard a cuckoo too while I was there this morning, but didn't see one. However I did get probably my best ever view of a cuckoo there a few years ago. |
05-06-2010, 08:22 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Norfolk
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Yesturdays BOTD would be a Nightjar flying about 15 feet away on salthouse heath, Norfolk.
Best views i've ever had so i'll probably head back another evening for another look.
David  |
05-06-2010, 10:24 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dorset
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Red Kite to the SW of Sherborne earliler this morning. Not sure if I'm just getting lucky (this is the third one in as many weeks) of if there are more around this area at the moment. |
05-06-2010, 03:21 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire (W/ends) and Huntingdon
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
I heard and then saw a Turtle Dove at Totternhoe quarry, South Beds., this afternoon. It's a known site for them, I've heard them but not seen them there before. It was the first definite Turtle Dove sighting I've had since 2003. |
05-06-2010, 03:24 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
Posts: 5,208
| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A family group of 5 Ravens not far from where they nested on the Forest this morning. Other highlights from today were Dartford Warblers, Tree Pipits, Spotted Flycatchers, Crossbills & Hobby. |
05-06-2010, 03:47 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vauxhall, London
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Saw my first ever Red Kites today from the train between Reading and Earley stations, I saw one on the way to Reading and to make it even better, 4 on the way back just gliding around and quite low so i got a good view, shame I was travelling and couldnt stay to watch them for a while.
Za |
05-06-2010, 03:55 PM
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| |  Re: Bird of the day!
Hi,
Today it has to be a red kite I saw from a garden in Bledlow Ridge in the Chilterns. Although it was overcast, I managed to get this shot (having "borrowed" my Dad's camera!!  ) 
(Click to enlarge)
Chiltern Ben |
05-06-2010, 03:56 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
We went to Ruislip Woods/Lido today + high on thermals we saw Buzzard, Sparrowhawk + Hobby within minutes of each other.
On the lake 3 Common Terns gave much pleasure + many house Martins were collecting mud from the shore. I was amazed to see c15 juvenile Pied Wagtails on a small raft with no adults + also 2 Grey Wagtails too. Later I did see 1 adult Pied.
Great-spotted Woodpeckers seem to have had a good breeding season as birds were calling everywhere; also 2 family groups of Nuthatch were watched. |
05-06-2010, 08:36 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southampton
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A Honey Buzzard and some Tree Pipits today. | | | |
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