WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:38 pm

Good spot Mike :yes: . She was posing well for you. :nod:

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Post by nuthatch » Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:37 am

Gosh :bird2: brilliant to get those photos :clap:

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by nuthatch » Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:59 am

Yesterday afternoon I saw a pied wagtail bobbing up the high street (pedestrianised). It stopped awhile outside Holland & Barrett looking all around then turned around and flew back down the street :D
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Post by Placido » Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:20 pm

Obviously didn't fancy Today's Special Offer :shrug:

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by greenfinch2 » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:13 pm

I would love to see a LTT,and would like a Holland @Barrett as well. :wave2:

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Jacksparrow » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:25 pm

nuthatch wrote:Yesterday afternoon I saw a long tailed tit bobbing up the high street (pedestrianised). It stopped awhile outside Holland & Barrett looking all around then turned around and flew back down the street :D
It seems a very odd place for a LTT to show up. When you say "bobbing" it makes me think Pied Wagtail. Similarly coloured but a little bigger.

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by nuthatch » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:51 am

:doh: :laugh: :rolleyes: that's what I meant :(

Thanks, Jacksparrow - I'll change it.

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Post by Placido » Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:44 pm

:chuckle: giggles all round :)

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Willpar » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:02 pm

Caught this today. Was a little upstream from the waterfall I have put on here before.
Not sure what kind of duck it is though. Don`t look like a mallard.


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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Jacksparrow » Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:18 pm

It looks like a Mallard to me or at least half of it's parentage was Mallard. There are some interesting cross breed ducks on my local river and all of them are similar in size and behaviour to Mallards. The only other wild ducks with similar colouring to Mallards is the Shoveller which has a very distinctive bill.

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