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Weekend thrushes & rubbish birdfeeders

Posted in Bird projects, Local sightings, tagged , , , , on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The winter thrushes keep on coming – 240 Redwings and Fieldfares counted by Paul yesterday in the ‘usual’ fields just south of the village centre.
I often hear them over the centre of the village, but you’d never know there were so many so close by.
The previous day, volunteers with the RSPB were busy helping kids [...]

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Merlin

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, a Merlin was seen in the fields behind Place Farm (by Paul Stevens). A good sighting, and rather jealous-making as I’ve yet to see one in Firle.
Also notable in this area is a decent gathering of Fieldfares and Redwings (70+, according to Paul). Small groups have certainly been quite noticeable in recent weeks, [...]

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Winter thrushes

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Brrr. Last Thursday, my first flock of Fieldfares for the autumn flew over the garden – seven chucklers in all.
Winter thrushes are like buses – the following day I saw another Fieldfare during a brief visit to Somerset, and on Saturday I saw my first Redwing in Hampshire. Back in Firle on Sunday, Redwings number [...]

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