Let’s have today’s #Nature spots while we remember. Black headed gulls always make us think of Kehaar in Watership Down, this one came to share breakfast with the swan; Canada goose, mallard (and quacklets) Coot (and cootlets), water chicken and grey heron complete the waterfowl spots.
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, grey wagtail, goldfinch, magpie, carrion crow
Mammals: roe deer (terrible pic); grey squirrel
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Quacklets! Spotted again this evening for today’s #Nature spots. Also, an attempt at an arty pic of a water chicken on the cut, but the sun wasn’t playing ball. Other waterfowl: mute swan, Canada goose, grey heron, coot (and cootlets)
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, goldfinch, grey wagtail, magpie, carrion crow, kingfisher
Mammal: grey squirrel
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Robin to start our #Nature spots today; other birds: house sparrow, blackbird, starling, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, blue and great tits, goldfinch, swift, swallow, grey wagtail, magpie, carrion crow
Waterfowl: mute swan, mallard (and quacklets), water chicken, Canada goose, coot (and cootlets), grey heron.
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Smol waterfowl again for our #Nature spots, including a coot feeding a cootlet, and quacklets; mute swan, Canada goose, grey heron and some interesting ducks from this evening. Merganser? Scaup?
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, jay, magpie, carrion crow
Mammal: grey squirrel
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Exciting smol waterfowl news, with two (2) batches of quacklets on the Bottleneck this morning, to add to the two batches of cootlets. Delightful. Other wet birds: water chicken, mute swan, Canada goose.
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, grey wagtail, magpie, carrion crow
Mammal: grey squirrel
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Let’s have our #Nature spots from today, roe deer in the Vale and on the moor this afternoon.
Possibly our second worst bird pic ever, a swift over the bottleneck; other vale birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, blue tit, magpie, carrion crow; skylarks and swallows on the moors
Waterfowl: mute swan, mallard, water chicken, Canada goose, coot, grey heron
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Collared dove! Very common but not on the local nature reserve where we do our #nature spots for some reason. Other birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin (also pictured), wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, magpie, carrion crow
Waterfowl: mute swan, mallard, water chicken, Canada goose, coot, grey heron
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Buck in the brook! Actually a doe, we reckon, but always a great #Nature spot
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, blue and great tits, magpie, carrion crow
Waterfowl: mute swan, mallard, water chicken, Canada goose, coot (and cootlets), grey heron
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More cootlets! Another batch hatched on the cut to start our #Nature spots. Other waterfowl: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, water chicken, grey heron
Birds: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, goldfinch, blue and great tits, magpie, carrion crow
Mammal: grey squirrel crossing the road. Why did the squirrel cross the road? None of our business! Respect squirrel privacy.
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Some long-tailed tits for the #Nature spots on our morning amble; other birds spotted today: house sparrow, blackbird, robin, wren, wood and feral pigeons, song thrush, dunnock, starling, blue and great tits, goldcrest, grey wagtail, magpie, carrion crow
Waterfowl: mute swan, mallard, water chicken, Canada goose, grey heron and the cootlets!
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