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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Some nice spots over the weekend around Filey / Bempton including several eider duck, a barn owl (Stef's first ), turnstone, purple sandpiper, ringed plover, redshank, kittiwake, fulmar, gannet, tree sparrow, little egret. Sadly the puffins have now gone from Bempton
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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Some nice spots over the weekend around Filey / Bempton including several eider duck, a barn owl (Stef's first ), turnstone, purple sandpiper, ringed plover, redshank, kittiwake, fulmar, gannet, tree sparrow, little egret. Sadly the puffins have now gone from Bempton
    I've got you beat today Andy

    Pelicans LOTS!
    2 Ospreys they flew only 5 m over our head whilst swimming
    plovers
    swifts
    4 black hooded parakeets
    loads of different small waders that I couldn't identify
    a pod of dolphins
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    a Magnificent frigate bird

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    Ravens at the Tower of London on Wednesday!

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    Took the up and coming pup for a walk this eve about 8 ish before it went dark and the bats were out in force catching the midges and stuff.

    Then when it got slightly more dark either and owl or some small ish bird of brey (looked brown) was screaking its head off in the woods.


    And I saw a fox last night cycling home from le supermarket de la sainsburys.

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    Also as we were watching the pelicans on the lake by Horse Guards Parade ground one of them caught a fair sized fish - must have been 8 - 9 inches and another came up and nicked it as it was manoeuvring it down its beak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Fowler View Post
    Took the up and coming pup for a walk this eve about 8 ish before it went dark and the bats were out in force catching the midges and stuff.

    Then when it got slightly more dark either and owl or some small ish bird of brey (looked brown) was screaking its head off in the woods.


    And I saw a fox last night cycling home from le supermarket de la sainsburys.
    WOW - A fox on a bike is a rare sight indeed Al!!

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    10 more friggate birds, these are suppose to be rare out here and swam with 6 manatees this morning on the beach
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Navigator View Post
    WOW - A fox on a bike is a rare sight indeed Al!!
    It was going at a hell of a speed as well

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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    I have the most forlorn looking dove ever sat under my tree in the wet grass. Yesterday it was nested down in my ground feeder. It's lost it's mate; probably to my new neighbours cat. Will it die? It's making me really sad.

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    Hurrah I saw the pair of doves looking as happy and healthy as ever....so...I think I have a baby dove not a folorn lovesick one. It's all fluffy!
    Last edited by Stef F; 22-08-2010 at 12:12 PM.

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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Found a heron with a very badly damaged wing today, tried to catch it and throw my jacket over it but it was having none of it and nearly got speared so went to the vet who gave me the number of RSPCA wildlife rescue who came out and put it to sleep so a bit of a sad day.

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