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by flyingfox
Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Parakeet post.
Replies: 2
Views: 240

Re: Parakeet post.

Hi Neville,

Yes there seems to be a big change and I hope its not man made..

Three/four times a day I had 5-9 birds flying over my house and I knew the trees they would land and rest...It wasn't gradual they just went missing..

Strange.
by flyingfox
Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:32 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Parakeet post.
Replies: 2
Views: 240

Parakeet post.

Parakeets flying over house: Lupin close, Whittle.

What used to be a regular occurrence is now a rarity... But I saw two yesterday which was great.

Also: The usual family of Buzzards...There seems to be only three now, two of which are adults!!
by flyingfox
Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:23 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Hedgehogs in garden.
Replies: 0
Views: 1940

Hedgehogs in garden.

Great to see..

I have two Hedgehogs that use my gardens daily (back and front) Lupin close, Whittle...

I have black slug like dropping on the front garden and now since the I haven't cut the grass for a week in the back garden I see "Tracks" circles of pushed down grass.
by flyingfox
Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Peregrine
Replies: 0
Views: 107

Peregrine

Peregrine seen in back garden of a friend yesterday.

Olive close, Whittle le woods
by flyingfox
Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:53 am
Forum: Brockholes Nature Reserve
Topic: Brockholes visit
Replies: 0
Views: 4860

Brockholes visit

Visited between 11:30 - 15:00 on the 21st Sept. (Very little about to be honest). Spent most of the afternoon looking for the Osprey to No avail. But we did see a Grey Heron catching and eating a large eel which took some doing.. Also saw- Crows, Wood pigeons, Ravens, and the usual Ducks, Coots and ...
by flyingfox
Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:34 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Pink footed geese
Replies: 0
Views: 93

Pink footed geese

Pink footed Geese: There back in numbers:

The last 3 days I've seen "over my house- Lupin close" Skeen's of 100+ Pink footed Geese...
by flyingfox
Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:10 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Parakeet post..
Replies: 0
Views: 98

Parakeet post..

At last: It's been many weeks since a Parakeet flew over my house but today one did.

The two which I used to see almost everyday seem to have moved!!
by flyingfox
Mon May 16, 2022 12:01 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hedgehogs
Replies: 0
Views: 93

Hedgehogs

Lupin close, Whittle:

Signs of Hedgehogs in the back and front garden most mornings.
by flyingfox
Mon May 16, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Parakeet post..
Replies: 0
Views: 114

Parakeet post..

Parakeet post: (Lupin close)

Not one bird seen for three weeks or more!!
by flyingfox
Wed Nov 17, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Out of Area Sightings
Topic: Malaga Trip
Replies: 0
Views: 313

Malaga Trip

Last week in Malaga ... Birds seen without birding around the Castillo de Gibralfaro.

Black redstarts, Monk Parakeets, Pied wagtails, Common Chiffchaff, Collard doves, Black wheatear, And some Great white Egrets which didn't look right !!

Also: A very dark Red Squirrel ....
by flyingfox
Wed Nov 17, 2021 6:42 pm
Forum: Out of Area Sightings
Topic: Swiss Red Kites
Replies: 0
Views: 338

Swiss Red Kites

While visiting my Son in Zurich for the first time.. I noticed Red Kites everywhere I went.

Also, I saw dozens of Red-crested Pochards which was a lovely surprise.
by flyingfox
Sun Oct 24, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Parakeet post..
Replies: 0
Views: 144

Parakeet post..

23rd, Barret estate, Lupin Close.

2 Parakeets in usual spot, 20+ starlings and a Female Sparrowhawk who landed in a tree above my head while walking down my road..
by flyingfox
Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Lupin close, Whittle
Replies: 0
Views: 157

Lupin close, Whittle

At home Lupin close,

A lovely view of two Parakeets in my back garden, five Buzzards overhead and 20+ Starlings out the front...
by flyingfox
Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:07 pm
Forum: Out of Area Sightings
Topic: Red kites..
Replies: 0
Views: 338

Red kites..

London last weekend ....17th/18th/19th sept (Harrow area, North-west, London)

I have been counting and watching the Red kites on my way down to London for years... Last weekend was the first time that they have been around the Harrow area every day ...They truly are migrating/moving further south.
by flyingfox
Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:47 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Brinscall Wryneck..
Replies: 1
Views: 234

Brinscall Wryneck..

11/09/2021- Went back last night a short visit 18:00 to 19:00 "Well lane on to Edge gate Lane". No sign ... 12/09/2021- This morning 10:00 to 11:30 We walked up to the very top of Edge gate Lane. No Sign... But we did see a beautiful little Goldcrest near the small waterfall on Edge gate l...

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