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Delighted that you shared such a wonderful sighting with us.

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Last one for today.   I was walking locally at the estuary and spent ages waiting for a warbler I could hear in the reeds to show itself.  In fact, it was starting to get embarrassing as the same

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Now this one I am really pleased with.  I saw this bird for the first time ever last week, but just couldn't get anything more than a smudge of a picture, it was moving around so quick.  I went out ag

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So it is about time I got to 100.   We heard reports of several Spoonbill making odd appearances at Leighton Moss so we stopped by on our way up the motorway and were lucky enough to find 5 of th

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michael-ibk

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Extremely cool sighting, and well captured. I have never seen a Barn Owl in Europe.

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@Zim Girl  thank you for sharing. Just like @Michael-ibk I have never seen one in Europe. It is very high on my wish list.

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Fantastic pictures of the Barn Owl and great story @Zim Girl ! It is such a beautiful owl and sightings like yours are something to treasure. 

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Wow, what a sighting!

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Thanks everyone.  

We were very excited about it.  Just like being on safari but only 30 mins from home :)

 

So back to the Whooper swans.  There were easily well over a hundred swans across the fields either side of the lane. There were a few close to the hedge and I was just about able to see over to take a picture.  (Lots of lapwings as well but I will be able to get better pics of them later).

 

10.  Whooper Swan

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Thurnham Moss  -  19/01/19

 

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Wow is not enough for the Barn Owls. I loved the build up too. Indeed I called Lady G into my study and ran the sequence for her. She is not the greatest fan of BY but her comment of 'Oh? YES!' says a lot.

Very envious. You have set the bar very high for us all and the beauty of it is/was that this sighting was just as it happened.

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Some of the easier to photograph inhabitants of the local park.

 

11.  Mallard

Female

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Male

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Stanley Park  -  09/01/19

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12.  Canada Goose

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Stanley Park  -  17/01/19

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13.  Common Moorhen

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Stanley Park  -  17/01/19

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14.  Eurasian Coot

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Stanley Park  -  16/01/19

 

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25 minutes ago, Zim Girl said:

Some of the easier to photograph inhabitants

 

.. but not any less beautiful!

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Now something that there is definitely no shortage of near the coast.  I have tried to find one that is closer to 'Rock' than 'Feral' :)

 

15.  Feral Pigeon

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And then one that is completely different!

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Stanley Park  - 16/01/19

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And here is it's bigger cousin.

 

16.  Woodpigeon

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Near Marton Mere  -  09/01/19

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Now this was an unexpected find on Saturday.  We had started our walk near to the River Brock where there is always a good chance of Dippers, in fact we saw them a number of times but they were just too quick for me.  But later on when we were walking alongside fields, we passed a farmyard with some interesting coloured Greylags in and it was only because I was looking at them so closely that I noticed on the other side of the fence in the open field a small group of Barnacle Geese. Actually a lifer for me :)

Picture took a bit of getting, the lane was lower than the field and I had to scramble down and up a ditch to get close enough to get the camera past the hedge and wire fencing.

 

17.  Barnacle Goose

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Fields close to Beacon Fell, Forest of Bowland  -  26/01/19

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Well done with the Barnacles. A very pretty goose indeed.

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A bit of sun appeared on Monday morning so I took a quick drive across to the estuary.  Didn't stay too long as it was freezing in the breeze but got a few additions plus one I didn't get last year.

 

18.  Twite

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Knott End  -  28/01/19

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19.  Turnstone

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Knott End  -  28/01/19

 

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20.  Redshank

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And another just on the marsh.

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Knott End  -  28/01/19

 

 

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Now I wouldn't have been able to distinguish this from any of the other pipits, other than it's location, but there have been regular sightings all month here by different local bird club members so I think I am safe with this. I didn't get this one last year so another lifer!

 

21.  Rock Pipit

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Knott End  -  28/01/19

 

 

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Some birds from the garden (because it is just too cold to go out at the moment).

 

22.  Dunnock

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Front garden  -  30/01/19

 

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These birds, along with blackbirds, are by far the most numerous visitor to our garden.

 

23.  House Sparrow

 

Female

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Male

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Front garden  -  30/01/19

 

 

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Then in among the house sparrows I spotted these guys.  This is the first time I have noticed them in the garden.  There was a small group of them on the feeders.

 

24.  Tree Sparrow

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Front garden  -  01/02/19

 

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