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new sightings for me
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whilst in france recently i made eight new sightings to add to my list. in no particular order these are:
turtle doves, yellow legged gulls, long eared owl (3 babies and 2 adults), white throats, black winged stilt, blue throats, fantailed warbler, and most extrordinary 5 kentish plovers with chicks.
blooming marvellous :)
turtle doves, yellow legged gulls, long eared owl (3 babies and 2 adults), white throats, black winged stilt, blue throats, fantailed warbler, and most extrordinary 5 kentish plovers with chicks.
blooming marvellous :)
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yep, almost identical to a herring gull but the legs are marigold-rubber-gloves yellow, totally unmistakable. also saw a lot of mediterranean gulls which i had seen before but these were alongside black headed gulls and it was interesting to compare the two at close quarters.
the first spot was a turtle dove, such a lovely bird, the markings are beautiful. we heard it before we saw it, a purring sound which is unlike any other dove or pigeon.
it's really made me realise how birds are totally reliant on their own particular habitat, something which i was always aware of but it really did bring it home to me.
off to normandy in september to bay of the somme where there's a huge reserve. will be interesting to see what's there although we may be a bit early for any great numbers of autumn visitors.
the first spot was a turtle dove, such a lovely bird, the markings are beautiful. we heard it before we saw it, a purring sound which is unlike any other dove or pigeon.
it's really made me realise how birds are totally reliant on their own particular habitat, something which i was always aware of but it really did bring it home to me.
off to normandy in september to bay of the somme where there's a huge reserve. will be interesting to see what's there although we may be a bit early for any great numbers of autumn visitors.
go to ile de re then chaffinch, you're certain to see them there :)
didn't spot one for the first few days but after the first one they seemed to then be round every corner. it was a british birder who we got chatting to while we were there who did the call for us and enabled us to recognise it immediately when we heard it.
didn't spot one for the first few days but after the first one they seemed to then be round every corner. it was a british birder who we got chatting to while we were there who did the call for us and enabled us to recognise it immediately when we heard it.
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