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Your favourite bird
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
His name is Treacle and he lives in Staffordshire.
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
i can't choose just one!
there is the Peregrine (Charlie the Charing Cross falcon is my favourite) for being such an amazing animal.
The Bewick's Swan - an amazing bird for the length of the migration and the daintyness of it.
Barnacle Goose - for the amazing sight and sound of them on the Solway in winter - again, quite a dainty bird considering it is a goose.
Terns - just wonderful
Great Crested Grebes - my favourite native water bird
Starlings - murmurationtastic
Mallards - much overlooked, but stunningly beautiful
Blackbirds - who wrote that song of summer that they sing at dusk?
Swift - only touching down to nest, their first three years on the wing. the best sign of summer.
those are the ones i have seen... then there is the Albatross.
there is the Peregrine (Charlie the Charing Cross falcon is my favourite) for being such an amazing animal.
The Bewick's Swan - an amazing bird for the length of the migration and the daintyness of it.
Barnacle Goose - for the amazing sight and sound of them on the Solway in winter - again, quite a dainty bird considering it is a goose.
Terns - just wonderful
Great Crested Grebes - my favourite native water bird
Starlings - murmurationtastic
Mallards - much overlooked, but stunningly beautiful
Blackbirds - who wrote that song of summer that they sing at dusk?
Swift - only touching down to nest, their first three years on the wing. the best sign of summer.
those are the ones i have seen... then there is the Albatross.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Still got them in our garden.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Yup. The combination of a pointy beak and flappy feet is rather endearing.
OP
OP
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Sorry, you have to choose just one, I did not start this thread to pander to the indecisive.
One, and only one.
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
Sorry, you have to choose just one, I did not start this thread to pander to the indecisive.
One, and only one.
meanie
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Blimey! The very rare Jackson Pollock?
laurence
Veteran
- Location
- in the aeroplane over the sea
this is Charlie, the Charing Cross Hospital falcon. for the last few years i have watched her young fledge and seen her and her partner flting with them.
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i have been very close to a couple of the youngsters, but she is wary of humans and i've even been treated to the 'falcon stare' from her as she perches 15 floors up.
it's not that Peregrines are my favourite species, but she is my favourite singular bird.
i have been very close to a couple of the youngsters, but she is wary of humans and i've even been treated to the 'falcon stare' from her as she perches 15 floors up.
it's not that Peregrines are my favourite species, but she is my favourite singular bird.
OP
OP
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
There you go, it was easy after all.
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Two of the "locals" 
, they like to have a good laugh...
, they like to have a good laugh...
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Yes, they're around all year but they don't need to get into most exposed and visible places for food in summer, they can hang around in the bushes, and of course, there's so much more foliage. And this is not the high time for staking out territories so they don't seem to do a lot of clicking either.
Ansome
Well-Known Member
- Location
- On the Cornish side of the Tamar
This image was in the Wildlife Trusts twitter feed... excellent bird and massively good timing.
