WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

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  1. Sheal

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    Yes. :)
     
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      A female Tawny Owl close to my garden has been calling for the last four evenings.
       
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        Good afternoon :smile:

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          Three of our smallest waders, Sanderling, Dunlin and Ringed Plover with Oystercatchers in Poole Harbour here for the Winter.
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          Female Red Breasted Merganser, also here for the Winter and not fully moulted.
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          • Jiffy

            Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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            Flying and Not so flying

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            Now for a Clean up using this lovely moss
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              Peregrine, and some Guillemots who have not heard of social distancing! :smile:
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                I think that's called 'living on the edge' Strongy. :biggrin:
                 
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                  Peculiar situation here. I normally have to fill the bird feeders two to three times a week. I filled them a week ago and hardly anything has been touched - apart from the woodpeckers who are getting through the peanuts at their usual massive rate (four nests of them in the garden still in the poplar trees - high rise living).
                   
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                    In the last week birds have just started to come back into garden, but not as many as it used to be, at one stage we didn't have a bird in the garden, now farmer has moved his wheat out of the shed their starting to come back :biggrin: and eat the food we put out :yikes: :biggrin:
                     
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                      Lockdown?:scratch::smile:
                       
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                        Didn't think of that! :doh: :ideaIPB:
                         
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                          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                          Nothing has touched my bird feeders for a couple of weeks.:scratch:
                           
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                            Not as many birds here as usual, even a lot of the Sparrows have disappeared.
                             
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                              I still get the same amount of birds but i have to stop the cats from getting in under the side gate, i put some barricades at the bottom of the gate but have to move them in the evening for the hedgehogs.

                              Blue tit on the sunflower hearts feeder
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                                Dunock :dbgrtmb:
                                 
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