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Having worked for 20 days straight, this was my first time out with the camera for a while.   A lovely male Stonechat   

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A different take on a Common Blue Damselfly ....     "I can see you"     

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Managed to catch a glimpse of a Reed Warbler sitting on eggs.   What always amazes me is the nest, they weave them around 3 reed stems just using their beaks.  

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Winsford Soul

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The picture on the right is a peregrine. Is the other one a peregrine too?

 

Nice pics .

 

Peter

 

Peter. You took the words out off my mouth. I think the other one is also a peregrine

 

Ste

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Peter. You took the words out off my mouth. I think the other one is also a peregrine

 

Ste

Hi Ste

 

I think the left picture is a peregrine - but a youngster. Doesn't appear to have all it's grown up feathers.

 

Peter

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pete think your right thats what i thought when i took them and looked them up, but im'a no bird whatcher

must say i do like watching birds of prey in the wild hunting the hovering before the swoop on to something is a thrill to see if not for the poor animal.it's good to see the numbers are on the up

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pete think your right thats what i thought when i took them and looked them up, but im'a no bird whatcher

must say i do like watching birds of prey in the wild hunting the hovering before the swoop on to something is a thrill to see if not for the poor animal.it's good to see the numbers are on the up

Have you seen my peregrine thread Paul? Here's a link with all the details and a link to a live web cam. The first egg is due to hatch next week - although we are waiting with baited breath as the severe cold and snow may have stopped the eggs developing.

 

Peter

 

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Martyn. I,m flattered. Thank you. Yeah the dippers wouldn't play. but I will get them

 

Ste

Like dippers. have to try and get some photo's. Just never got a camera to hand when i see them.

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I haven't a clue what this is, I took the photo at the Safari Park this afternoon, it kept opening and closing it's mouth and it had these rows of really sharp teeth, I don't think it's a piranha though

 

 

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I haven't a clue what this is, I took the photo at the Safari Park this afternoon, it kept opening and closing it's mouth and it had these rows of really sharp teeth, I don't think it's a piranha though

 

 

Looks like a moray eel I think.

 

Aid

 

 

Looks like a Moray eel to me to. Don't know about the horns though

 

Ste

 

 

Maybe it's a Horned Moray.

It didn't say what it was in the description.

It's definitely an eel of some sorts.

 

Peter


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Loads of Swallows and house martins in the Manchester area.

 

Ste 

Ay up Ste

 

I saw my first swallows driving to work in Loughborough last Friday.

 

Peter

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Ay up Ste

 

I saw my first swallows driving to work in Loughborough last Friday.

 

Peter

Try and get a photo of the Swallows driving to work Pete, I'd love to see that :-)

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Try and get a photo of the Swallows driving to work Pete, I'd love to see that :-)

That made me smile Pete. I had my cat called Little Smith for 18 years - lost him three years ago. :(

 

Anyway, i had a really vivid dream about him one night. It was his first day at work and I waived him off from the front gate as he set off on his push bike with his sandwiches in a rucksack on his back! :D Still makes me smile. I miss my little cat.

 

Peter

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Ay up Ste

 

I saw my first swallows driving to work in Loughborough last Friday.

 

Peter

 

Saw two Saturday afternoon in Bradford first this year.

Kegsy

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Winsford Soul

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Ay up Ste

 

I saw my first swallows driving to work in Loughborough last Friday.

 

Peter

Hi Pete

 

Looks like they all over the place now. With a bit of luck I will see / hear cuckoo on Sunday when I,m fishing

 

Ste

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Martyn Pitt Long Time

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Hi Pete

 

Looks like they all over the place now. With a bit of luck I will see / hear cuckoo on Sunday when I,m fishing

 

Ste

I saw a Cuckoo on Sunday Steve, sadly a species in decline

 

Anyway back to the images, a Grebe fancies a Perch

 

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Winsford Soul

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I saw a Cuckoo on Sunday Steve, sadly a species in decline

 

Anyway back to the images, a Grebe fancies a Perch

 

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Martyn. I was fishing at border fisheries on Sunday, no sign or sighting of Cuckoos in a area that normally supports them.

Love the Grebe picture mate, tried to get pics of the mating dance earlier this year but failed

 

Ste


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I can of course but not the same somehow  :lol:

 

Just watching them now, blown away by how attentive the parents are!

 

 

 

 

Hi Joan, nice to see the youngsters ... hard to imagine that if they survive those little fluffy things will be able to reach speeds of 200 MPH when they grow up.

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Yellow hammer taken near Tenby. Sorry about the over exposure on the background but if you click on the picture you can see the bird properly

 

Ste

 

 

Wow - dead jealous.  It`s been decades (literally) since I`ve seen a Yellow Hammer  :thumbup:

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Martyn Pitt Long Time

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Steve

 

A pair of GCG courting (we have several on nests so it must have worked)

 

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We also have a pair of Little Grebe (or Dabchicks) sat on eggs

 

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And a good number of Tree Sparrows

 

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Steve

 

A pair of GCG courting (we have several on nests so it must have worked)

 

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We also have a pair of Little Grebe (or Dabchicks) sat on eggs

 

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And a good number of Tree Sparrows

 

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Great pics!Otters are devestating the grebe population in Norfolk.

Tony A Long Time

Tony A

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Still not seen any swifts in Manchester. Whats happened to them ?

Ste

 

Not seen any round our area either, too cold for them ???

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Missing Link

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Still not seen any swifts in Manchester. Whats happened to them ?

 

Usually have a lot of swifts in Wrockwardine (near Telford) - there are some but the numbers are a bit down. Plenty of house martins and swallows here though.

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Managed a couple of hours fishing at week-end saw both swallows and sand martins (Scottish borders area). And my 1st butterfly this year, a Green veined white (had to check my books to confirm).

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The black birds in my garden have fledged today. Watched dad feeding a youngster on the ground for 15 minutes and hoping that the cat from up the road didn't turn up!

 

Sorry I didn't get a picture.

 

Peter

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