- Bulrushes (Typha), were filling the new estate drainage ponds with fluff, last week.
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), male, in his element. Apparently common, but I'd never spotted one before. Thought it a coal tit, by eye.
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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."
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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.
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