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The Birds In The Garden And Everywhere Else Thread
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I was on my way home on Friday across the Somerset Levels and was only a few minutes from home when a guy flagged me down to ask me if I knew where there was a metal plate across the road. I told him I'd just driven over it, gave him directions and asked him why he wanted to know that. He said a guy had just messaged him on Twitter that there's a mega-rare bird been sighted near there, an American Golden Plover. I went home, looked on line and it said "Normally a bird that migrates from North to South America, a few individuals are recorded in Britain each autumn" so I picked up a camera and drove over there which only took 4-5 minutes and when I got there the guy was just getting out of his car so I joined him and we only had to walk about 200 yards and there it was, just sitting in a field near a couple of pools about 100 yards away, occasionally pecking at the ground. So here's a photograph I took of a genuine rarity:
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Spent a few days in northern France this week and spotted this lovely female Cuckoo in a tree quite close to me and just managed to get this pic as she was turning away before disappearing
Then about 20 minutes later spotted her again in a more static pose but a bit further away
Then about 20 minutes later spotted her again in a more static pose but a bit further away
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That’s quite incredible.
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I won’t search through fifty odd pages, but in the case it hasn’t been mentioned, the phone app ‘Merlin Bird ID’ will be of interest to you.
It works on the very simple concept of identifying birds through their song. I used it for the first time last night whilst sat in the garden.
It works on the very simple concept of identifying birds through their song. I used it for the first time last night whilst sat in the garden.
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Swansea Zoo. 
'Do not approach' plea as creature escapes from zoo
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'Do not approach' plea as creature escapes from zoo
'Do not approach' plea as creature escapes from zoo
The public have been asked not to approach the non-native bird themselves, as it may be 'shy and scared', but the Plantasia attraction has stressed it's 'not in any way dangerous'
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