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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Just heard a Curlew while I was upstairs. Fantastic!
    Didn,t know you had birds in your bedroom on Sundays DT! Well done on the Sub 6 hr Hobblihlike y'day.See ya soon

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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Tawny Owl on tonight's headtorcher
    Poacher turned game-keeper

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    Tawny Owl on tonight's headtorcher
    I've seen curlews, lapwings, mountain hares(still white) and a swift iin the last few days, also saw a Kestrel sat on a tree by the road along strines feeding. I got 8 ft from him sat in the car but he didn't fly off until I open the window to take a pic

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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
    I've seen...and a swift in the last few days...
    Swift? Doubt it...unless tha's been abroad? Sand Martin p'raps?

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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    5 Golden Plover on Boulsworth (couple of weeks ago actually)

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    Quote Originally Posted by wharfeego View Post
    Swift? Doubt it...unless tha's been abroad? Sand Martin p'raps?
    House Martin possibly but didn't see any white on it. Black all over and flew in to a hole on a barn roof thin swept back wings. flashed past pretty quick though so just assumed it was a swift.

    Lots of Curlews and lapwings dancing in the wind today.

    The Kestrel I saw earlier I've seen 3 more times and always close by, once with it's mate. I've not seen one this close in this area before so I'm assuming(again) it's a new nesting pair.

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    Heard a curlew on Shelf Moor tonight but didn't see it, what a lovely sound, haven't seen any swifts , swallows or house martins yet but lovely to see lapwings dropping out of the sky on the way to work.

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    Which usually arrive back first out of swifts, swallows and house martins and what're their approx. arrival dates?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grouse View Post
    Which usually arrive back first out of swifts, swallows and house martins and what're their approx. arrival dates?
    Apparently, swallows should arrive this month. - http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...low/index.aspx

    Swifts in April....http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ift/index.aspx

    House martins - Also April http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...tin/index.aspx

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    Swifts shoud be first, shouldn't they?

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