Flick of the Elbow
Pentlands Water of Leith
Canada geese ? We don't get many of them around here.
(In the UK, they mostly don’t migrate)
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(In the UK, they mostly don’t migrate)
Mr Google is helpful.
We have various species that winter here (i assume its too cold over there).
For a variety of reasons they chose to winter in different areas eg I think its Brent Geese that favour Ireland.
Come Spring they head back to Greenland/Canada/Russia etc.
As Mr Flick says, a lot of Canada Geese reside here all year but some migrate.
We have various species that winter here (i assume its too cold over there).
For a variety of reasons they chose to winter in different areas eg I think its Brent Geese that favour Ireland.
Come Spring they head back to Greenland/Canada/Russia etc.
As Mr Flick says, a lot of Canada Geese reside here all year but some migrate.
Sterlo
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We get quite a few flying over us, not sure which breed, they don't seem to be honking in a Canadian accent though. You can hear them long before you see them.
Flick of the Elbow
Pentlands Water of Leith
Steady trade at the feeder this morning, coal tits, great tits, dunnocks. No sign of the robin so far.
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
numbnuts
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I don't know one tit from another, but I do know what a robin looks like, they mostly wear black hoodies and hang around the garages at night, you can read about them two days later in the local papers
Talking of rare birds I am on record as having 2 1sts in the UK.
The BIGGEST rarity was an Alpine Chough off Holyhead (Anglesey).
At first it was decried as not possible then 3 weeks later someone managed to photograph it.
That is on record
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The 2nd was more local. It was a Parakeet which was on our feeder*.......1st record in Warrington at the time.
* I published a photograph as proof.
The BIGGEST rarity was an Alpine Chough off Holyhead (Anglesey).
At first it was decried as not possible then 3 weeks later someone managed to photograph it.
That is on record
.The 2nd was more local. It was a Parakeet which was on our feeder*.......1st record in Warrington at the time.
* I published a photograph as proof.
You can say that again I used to walk miles now I have stopped trying a short distance is murder thank goodness I got a ebike.
Flick of the Elbow
Pentlands Water of Leith
Birds that I’ve never knowingly seen that I would like to see : capercaillie, sea eagle, merlin.
The caper is the only one that’s properly rare. Sea eagle just a matter of going to the right part of the country. Merlin quite common around here but I’ve no idea how I’d recognise one. If I lived down south I’d add hobby to the list too.
The caper is the only one that’s properly rare. Sea eagle just a matter of going to the right part of the country. Merlin quite common around here but I’ve no idea how I’d recognise one. If I lived down south I’d add hobby to the list too.
numbnuts
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As all ready said I don't know much about birds, feathered or otherwise, but I do remember my first time a saw a pelican in Aussie, we were camped up over night and in the morning I went down to the river there was a mist over the water, but through the mist I saw a flock of pelicans swimming about..........WoW
We saw the Sea Eagle in Scotland.
We saw a Merlin on Holyhead mountain.
There was a Pelican doing the rounds down this neck of the woods a couple of years ago. It was sighted across the road from us and also down near the River Camel near Padstow.
We didn't see it ourselves but it made the national papers. 8 foot wingspan apparently.
We didn't see it ourselves but it made the national papers. 8 foot wingspan apparently.
They hate it when they get mistaken for American geese...
