WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

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I found a very young Dunnock fledgling this afternoon. I was asleep on the slabs at the back of my house. I spoke to it and it woke up and hopped into some cover.
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Could not say if it flew out of my garden or over it. But a sparrowhawk was flying low over with something in it talons.
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A Sprawk flew through my back garden at high speed this morning, It did not make a kill because I was out there and all the birds had gone elsewhere. :)
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First time had seen one since winter here.
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My first for many years. A tawny owl. Sadly it was a road kill.
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Willpar wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:38 pm My first for many years. A tawny owl. Sadly it was a road kill.
:( :owl:
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Today I had a male sparrowhawk in the bird bath
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Great bird to have JS.
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Does not happen very often, but just now, went out to bring in a couple of the garden cameras. Was surprised to see at least 8 LTTs on the trees in the small plot. Very welcome guest indeed.
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Willpar wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:07 am Does not happen very often, but just now, went out to bring in a couple of the garden cameras. Was surprised to see at least 8 LTTs on the trees in the small plot. Very welcome guest indeed.
Yes, it always makes me very happy when they turn up mob-handed :)
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