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Devonian
03 November 2024 17:57:54

Sounds great…Roger…I’ve never seen  Yellow -Browed Warbler….atleast not to my knowledge! 

it’s been a very poor summer down here for hirundines…in last 10 plus years there’s been a drastic decline in the numbers of house martins nesting…the last small colony of martins here in Chichester has gone sadly…and just north of here at Lavant…which used to have a large colony ..this summer virtually devoid of them…yet when we were in Wales back in re seemed plenty around…I wonder if it is to do with the monoculture around these parts and the lack of insects? 

Originally Posted by: Chichesterweatherfan2 


The answer is, partially,  nest boxes. Several of them. House martins love them. There are not many, if any, house martins in the local villages (as a kid there were many) but we have more than a dozen pairs in nest boxes each year.

Yes, modern agriculture doesn't help and I suspect another problem is intolerance of nests by...humans.
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Devonian
03 November 2024 17:59:11

Speaking of Badgers - I don't think folks realise how many badgers there are around the place, hoovering up anything edible. We live in the middle of a fair-sized village and have videoed them in our garden and the next-door churchyard. Badger "signs" are easily spotted along the river and dyke banks, footpaths and in local woods. And along the coast. Here's a local story today. From Mablethorpe. Enjoy.
Burrowing badgers cause £100,000 damage to road
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4l1gk5dxlo 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 


Ring ouzels? Several reported from their favourite nature reserve near Hay Tor.

Did I mention hawfinches too???
DEW
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03 November 2024 19:18:59
Weird things happen in Devon. There was a breeding population of porcupines near Okehampton from 1969 to 1979 when they were rounded up for causing too much damage!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=154834479398021&set=a.123192172562252 
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
DEW
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03 November 2024 19:58:06
Mind you, there's weird elsewhere too.

Did you realise we have just lived through World Jellyfish Day?
https://earth.org/world-jellyfish-day-2024-celebrating-the-graceful-drifters-of-the-ocean/ 
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
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StoneCroze
04 November 2024 07:26:27

Mind you, there's weird elsewhere too.

Did you realise we have just lived through World Jellyfish Day?
https://earth.org/world-jellyfish-day-2024-celebrating-the-graceful-drifters-of-the-ocean/ 

Originally Posted by: DEW 


That'll cheer my missus up, she swims nearly every day and has come into contact about four times this last week with these stingers, loads about at the moment.
Would explain a local fisherman reporting coming into contact with a leatherback turtle, they love jellyfish. 
Alderney, Channel Islands. (previously known as Beaufort)
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12 November 2024 10:38:59
One for Fairweather. Or any one else.
https://www.wired.com/story/swarovski-optik-ax-visio-ai-binoculars/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb 
These are the world’s first pair of AI binoculars, the company claims, with an onboard computer that can identify nearly any bird you point them at.

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Windy Willow
23 November 2024 11:28:06
Today I have been lucky enough to see a Bullfinch visit our garden, my husband has informed me that he has seen one before today in our garden too. This is a first for me.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

Don't feed the Trolls!! When starved of attention they return to their dark caves or the dark recesses of bridges and will turn back to stone, silent again!
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Roger Parsons
23 November 2024 16:52:49

Today I have been lucky enough to see a Bullfinch visit our garden, my husband has informed me that he has seen one before today in our garden too. This is a first for me.

Originally Posted by: Windy Willow 


When we moved to this house in 2017 there was a pair of bullfinches here - but for some reason we never saw them here again!!!! ☹ Very attractive birds.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bullfinch 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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DEW
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23 November 2024 17:48:49
Chichester has seagulls - this from Friday morning

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War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

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Roger Parsons
24 November 2024 06:13:15
Unidentified drones - any birdwatchers seen one?
"A number of unidentified drones have been spotted over three airbases in Britain, the United States Air Force (USAF) has confirmed.
The incidents, which occurred between Wednesday and Friday, saw "small unmanned aerial systems" spotted over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell in the neighbouring county of Norfolk."
Mystery drones seen over three US air bases in UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2j54g5j9o 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Roger Parsons
24 November 2024 07:30:33
British bees are under threat from an invasive species, the Asian Hornet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002377x/the-killer-hornets 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
Northern Sky
24 November 2024 18:51:24

Today I have been lucky enough to see a Bullfinch visit our garden, my husband has informed me that he has seen one before today in our garden too. This is a first for me.

Originally Posted by: Windy Willow 


We used to have a small flock of bullfinches in our garden for years - up to 10 at a time around the bird feeders. About 3 years ago they just disappeared and I've only seen the odd one a handfull of times since. It's such a shame because they are beautiful birds. 

I've no idea why they went, the only possible thing I can think of is a huge rise in the number of sparrows in the garden which really dominate the bird feeders? It's good to see the sparrows because they too had disappeared for a number of years but I hope they aren't driving other birds away.  
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Roger Parsons
27 November 2024 15:45:00
"The RSPB Frampton Marsh site near Boston saw 1,440 of the birds last week, compared with the usual figure of 150-300 during the winter months.
They breed in Iceland and fly to the UK to spend the winter feeding.
Their name comes from the whooping trumpeting-like noise they make to regularly communicate with one another, the wildlife charity said."
Record number of whooper swans at wildlife reserve
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezy09rw3go 
RogerP
West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire
Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.
William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830
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