Paul2d ago

If you're ever down in #Devon a walk around the fields of Stantyway Farm, in the Spring sunshine, is a good way to spend a morning... Cirl Bunting, Brown Hare and Red-legged Partridge ... worth a few moments of your time (promise). #UKBirds #nature #wildlife #BirdsofMastodon #MammalsofMastodon #Hare #ukbirding

https://youtu.be/YWxZth2ccVs

Stantyway Farm, Devon - Cirl Bunting, Brown Hare & Red-legged Partridge; what a place!

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Show threadPete5d ago
Oh, a bonus first local curlew sighting of the year too. (crappy digital-zoom snap) #ukBirds #birding
Richard Lewis6d ago
- 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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Richard LewisMar 26

House sparrows, again very common, but I had to bike out to find any.

They apparently love the large mechanically hacked hedge between estates; it has so often been filled with mysterious bird song when I pass.

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Richard LewisMar 17
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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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PeteMar 14
"I saw a Golden Eagle today. At Tebay Services."
"Nah, I think you'll find it was a buzza … ah, ok."
#UKBirds
Richard LewisMar 13
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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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GörllewinMar 13
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
Richard LewisMar 12
- Dunnock, a much clearer back-garden photo.
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Richard LewisMar 5
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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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