Peter Howlett

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@LeyshonOwen @PelticSurveys @folkestonebirds Yes, 15:55, also quite a few tuna around too, including a some a few hundred metres off Dunge

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@lizardschwartz @AcroDWade Greyish head, apparent browner wings, yellow on the carpal bend and darker ear coverts below the supercilium look good

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@welshbirders Still called Pied Wagtail on the current BOU British list🤷

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@StephMurphy @blodwyn50 If you have the money and can deal with the weight then the Z9 is fantastic, otherwise save some money and go for the Z8, which apart from the battery is essentially the same

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@Lleyn_Birding @TarsigerTeam @birdsinwales @BirdGuides Would have been good to get a good enough view to see if it was ringed or not!

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@CoopAlex3 As there was a 13m tide at 07:18 this morning I suspect the barrage did its job very well, potential for serious flooding this morning without it. They'd dropped the water level by over a metre prior to high tide and it filled up to this in the 2 hrs the sluices were shut

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@PatchBirding I take it mapping fairly accurately around a body of water/inaccessible land that's in the middle of your patch is okay? Won't have much of a patch otherwise

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@lizardschwartz Once upon a time spending some time ringing at Kenfig at this time a year would almost guarantee one, sadly rather rare now (8 yrs since last Uskmouth rec - when was last at Kenfig?)

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@sconzani @welshbirders @PennardGolfClub Had a Common Blue in the garden just now but that's a rarity! Just part of the trend in declining insect populations I guess. Drove back from Poole through some great countryside on a lovely warm evening last Sunday - barely a splat on windscreen 😟

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@npaulroberts Lovely shots

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@GOWEROS1 Having just had another look at the reporting page, it is a Euring portal so should be reported via this https://t.co/aIZX2cImSp

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@sconebirding Having voted then counted the birds (I wasn't that close) are you sure the correct answer is in the above?

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@TorBlythe @mimosacymru @RSPBCymru No, afraid I don't know of anyone local that cares for injured Swifts

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@GrahamFAppleton @VMendezAragon @whiteleggdan @acorncarver @slimbridge_wild @Dans_Pictures @ProjectLOTE An interesting read. In this case (provided they survive) perhaps not go not very far at all unless they cross the Channel to France

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@sconzani I'll keep an eye open for them

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@RRyanspencer Sorry to question your id but are you sure they were Eider? Extremely unlikely that a sea duck would be that far up the Taff

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@piddlewords Yes, they do get up and fly from the reeds occasionally, saw one 2 days ago

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@PBOprof Firecrest - well gripped! Have to keep an eye open over next few days

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@RobStratton8 They've actually managed to raise 2 broods in the past. I did wonder whether the gulls were a bit more aggressive earlier on in lockdown with so little human waste to feed on