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14-02-2012, 09:22 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southampton
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
[quote=Adam Cheeseman;872938] Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Claxton  A Paddyfield Warbler at Pagham today.QUOTE]
Not jealous, much!  | Hi Adam.
If it makes you feel better,its favourite haunt,the" Tyre Bush"(so called as it has a few tyres at its base),is hundreds of metres in from the sea wall,if you go for it make sure you have high mag.Nobody seems to mention the range.
Well done to those who toughed it out,even though the shore was frozen,and it was one of those days when you could smell warm soup at several miles.
It appears that the colder the day the later it seems to appear,probably like most of us, if we could.
Best of luck .
Jason.  |
14-02-2012, 09:34 AM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North London
Posts: 466
| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A goldfinch! 
This is a big deal for us... we hardly EVER get finches, and this is the first we've seen since last summer. |
14-02-2012, 02:34 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Hayling Island
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Can't decide.. the pied wagtail that cheered me up in the car park after my morning swim, the grey heron that startled me flying low over a hedge as I drove up a narrow lane near home, or the buzzard that delighted me by being roosted in the same tree as yesterday, overlooking a sharp bend in the same lane.... |
14-02-2012, 02:52 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: n.e.somerset
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Eurasian Bullfinch.Singing on a tall branch from a shrub.
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14-02-2012, 06:16 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2011
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Harriers, Harriers and Harriers! Marsh and Hen.
Went to Capel Fleet to see if the Short Eared owls are back hunting in daylight or early eve. No Owls seen. But for an hour and a half until dark I was treated to an almost non stop display by the local Harriers. Six in sight at one time, four in front almost together and two just past me heading out towards Elmley.
No idea how many different ones I saw. Just lots! Theyall seemed to have decided to hunt the Fleet near the Viewing Point and road today.
One chased another off and made it drop it's prey in the adjacent field. Not very polite!
Had one fly low right over the top of my car.
Did manage to get one totally grotty photo in the dreadfully dull conditions. It really was awful light. 
Cheers,
Bryan
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15-02-2012, 12:31 PM
| | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North London
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Quote:
Originally Posted by KentYeti Did manage to get one totally grotty photo in the dreadfully dull conditions. It really was awful light. | That's still a nice photo, even with the grey sky.
My Bird of the Day is a parakeet- first one that I've seen in the garden since before all the snow here in London. |
15-02-2012, 07:40 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North-east rural Angus.
Posts: 1,097
| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A convoy (around 30) of goldeneye heading up the loch in the gloaming this evening. Significantly more males since last viewing. Spring must be stirring!!
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16-02-2012, 08:58 AM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cardiff
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A couple of bitterns showing well at Forest Farm nature reserve in Cardiff this morning.
I had a perfect photo opportunity to catch one flying low from one side of the pool to the other, in great light - and completely muffed it up!!  |
16-02-2012, 04:13 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Molesey, Surrey
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
A very clumsy Bittern stumbling through the reedbeds today.
Cheers,
Adam |
16-02-2012, 05:32 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hayes, Middlesex
Posts: 3,712
| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Not one bird but 3, all common. A Red Kite, a Buzzard and a Kestrel. I love bird watching whilst driving, but i usually get told off
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