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Red Kite (Milvus milvus)!
- I dashed inside for SLR when I saw this one slowly floating in over the house.
- Weeks before, almost home, on bike out looking for one; dived our feeder.
- Common Buzzard, another day.
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"I saw a Golden Eagle today. At Tebay Services."
"Nah, I think you'll find it was a buzza … ah, ok."
#UKBirds
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Starlings, common, but never in our garden:
- Moon! 2 exposures combined with Gemini. Pleased with my patience, waiting under this branch, on my bike, for 10 minutes.
- Hullo! Yellow beak for mating season?
- Our estate, later.
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We just spotted a Lesser Redpoll on the feeder. Not sure how rare they are but it's the first time I've ever seen one. #birds #ukbirds
- Dunnock, a much clearer back-garden photo.
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Jakdaws, common but still impressive:
- Beady eye on me, through our fat-ball feeder cage.
- Pair flying overhead (they often mate for life).
- Huge communal roost taking flight
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Today’s extra visitor at the bird feeder camera.
#Birds #birdwatching #ukbirds #uk #greattit
The new bird feeder camera installed for Sylvie is working very well. This little visitor has practically taken up residence at it.
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I've seen Moorhen hundreds of times but, like any other wildlife watching, sometimes a species does something that makes you stop and watch - no matter how often you've seen them.

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https://youtu.be/p97L4MR7gAQ

Eurasian Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) displaying / scrapping, Stover CP, Devon.

YouTube

#Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law, in contrast to Westminster's rejection of the £35 measure as a barrier to housbuilding
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/28/swift-bricks-to-be-installed-in-all-new-buildings-in-scotland-after-holyrood-backs-ruling

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Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law

Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds

The Guardian