Great Knowley sightings

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Leonard Poxon
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Great Knowley sightings

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Birds seen/heard - 1st winter female Sparrowhawk in the garden yesterday morning, we seem to be seeing it more frequently now.

Insects - Several Bumble Bees seen over the last few days including Queen Buff-tailed and Early Bumble Bees. 1 Peacock butterfly .

Mammals - Pipistrelle bat seen tonight.


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- Sparrowhawk (1st. winter female)
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Great photo!
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Thanks Mark. Its not turned out too bad considering it was through a double glazed window.
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I've had a young male Sparrowhawk hunting regular in the last couple of weeks,only successful once,
nice capture.
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Three peacock, two comma -both species displaying to each other.

PS agree that it's a fine picture of a very handsome bird, Len
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A brilliant pose and capture Len.
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Thanks all.
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