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Wild stuff, data, Rush, Haggis, Pinot Noir

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@jokuwildlife @CambsBirdClub Likely still there this morning (buff bird seen from distance) on the Green Murphy compound fence but also likely to be using the churned bare earth inside the rail station workings

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@Pyrethrum53 @CambsBirdClub @DeepSeaHugh Nice breeding record then!

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@Pyrethrum53 @CambsBirdClub Any young? were they noisy?

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Willow Tit right on county boundary Gors Llwyn between Glamorgan and Brecon. SN853109. I have not recorded one here before ⁦though visits very occasional @GOWEROS1⁩

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One of at least two fledged Willow Tit this morning in Glasfynydd forest at Usk reservoir. Wood Warbler drowned out my attempts to record their contact calls

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Caught this Tawny Owl napping next to a minor road today in Bannau Brycheiniog SN93. Closest I can recall getting to one. Also a calling Tawny chick nearby and that seems rare this year.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Robert Plant

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@_BTO

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Bullfinch nest 6 foot up in the thorniest Berberis shrub in my garden in VC42.

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Parakeet species Trumpington guided busway ⁦@CambsBirdClub⁩

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@bardseyben @BTO_Cymru @RSPBScience @TimBirchWild @RobThomas14 Tendency for increasing usage of Larch or Spruce plantations in VC42 was noted around the time of the second BTO breeding Atlas (~1990). So this has been going on for a while.

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@StephMurphy66 My Epynt BBS has live hand grenade ranges on opposite hill. Hell of a thud even at 2 miles range. Last year's 5th section was lost in smoke grenades and a mock firefight after I'd passed section 10

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@Jon_Heath_ @Cambsmoths Thanks. Makes sense as found underneath large leylandii

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I’d appreciate some help Identifying this larva on a path at Bassingbourn today please ⁦@Cambsmoths⁩

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I've just added around 30 small paintings of insects to my website. RTs appreciated https://t.co/4zMDpjvuCV

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A squeal and a plop and I thought I’d disturbed a tussle between a mink and a rat/vole on a small stream in Bassingbourn. Turned out to be a Water Rail. A record that would have been lost without thermal as froze in thick bank cover ⁦@CambsBirdClub⁩

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Some of the 26 Waxwing at Granta Park this morning. Feeding on scruffy old dog rose hips between AZ buildings. ⁦@CambsBirdClub⁩

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@Jon_Heath_ Agree. No Bullfinch records in Kneesworth/ Bassingbourn since 2022. Most squares covered in 2020 had them so a steep decline

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Not every overflow hydrated poorly maintained flat roof wetland in Cambridgeshire has a regular Grey Wagtail. Probably the most reliable visitor to this Bassingbourn garden this winter. ⁦@CambsBirdClub⁩

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@Pyrethrum53 @jokuwildlife @CambsBirdClub Probably. Lots of Alders planted there near skate park