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  1. johnboy19

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    Superb. An Osprey at this time of year, that IS priceless. Still looking for a sight of my first Crossbill. Heard them a few times in Muirshel Country Park, but never seen one. Great place,though, for Cuckoo's, Raven, and Hen Harriers.
    Also seen lots of Skylarks, Pied Flycatchers, and once seen a Great Grey Shrike , Wheatears and Tree Pipits in Muirshel Park.
     
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  2. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Cheers johnboy19 yes there still is a few Ospreys in the UK,but by November just about all will be well on their way to their African Winter quarters.
    Its only a matter of time before you connect with Crossbills pal.Muirshel Park sounds an amazing place.
     
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  3. johnboy19

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    Update on my Starling situation. It's now Carrion Crows, House Sparrows and Herring and Lesser Black-Back Gulls that are sitting on the roofs, wires and fences all around my house. It's superb to watch all their squables.
     
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  5. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    I got cracking lengthy views of the local pair of Peregrines this morning while out with my Boxer dog Jasmine.
    Also a Speckled Wood Butterfly,Butterflies are getting very scarce now,as you would expect.
     
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    Two blue * this morning and a stareling.
     
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    I never tire of seeing or hearing starlings.:50:

    Perfect time of year to see them, especially when flocking at dusk.
     
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  8. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Yes Starlings at dusk is always a cool sight!

    This morning on my local patch 4 Brambling showed very well,2 of them dapper males,one of my favourite small birds!
     
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  9. johnboy19

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    Love Brambling. Along with BullFinch and Great *, also one of my favourites. Not seen one this year yet but it's still early
     
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  10. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Cheers johnboy19,yes Brambling are cool,in spring the males are totally stunning! I love their call,adding to the superb Autumn atmosphere!
     
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  11. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Anyone see Autumn Watch last week,worth catching up on the auld I Player if you missed it.
    Tomorrow at 8pm on Channel 5 Loch Lomond A Year In The Wild looks good,a cool new 4 part series,each episode doing one of the 4 seasons on the Wildlife of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.
     
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    Cheers for the heads up Cider, I'll give that a watch.
     
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    Autumnwatch last week was amazing. Watching those Starlings mimicing the Curlew and the Buzzard was a stand out moment in the show. My daughter had a letter read out in the show to Chris Packam a couple of years ago. She still basks in that moment of glory
     
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  15. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Today while with my boxer dog Jasmine on my local beach,a cool Black Throated Diver was off shore feeding.Also a female Peregrine flew past with a Jackdaw in her talons,harassed first by a Carrion Crow,then 2 Herring Gulls joined in the mobbing as the large Falcon screamed at them.
    A Kestrel the beach as well and half a dozen or so Great Crested Grebes fished close in.No Seals today but yesterday 2 were very close in.Also yesterday a calling Chough flew over my house as did a male Sparrowhawk.
     
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    A Kestrel was the main reason my daughter and I got into birdwatching. We knew there was a nest near us but weren't sure where, but one day we saw the bird, followed it to it's nest , and watched all day as it hunted, and brought back food to it's chicks. We've now been doing it for years, and we've seen some really special sights in nature, all due to a Kestrel.
     
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    watched about 4 hours of wild scotland on nat geo wild last saturday. all about wildlife on the islands mull ect. mull sea eagles & golden eagles. cracking one of them programs you could watch all night.
     
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  18. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Snap johnboy19 back in the day when i was 10 and 11 years old for 2 straight summer holidays i really studied a pair of Kestrels on the nearby Golf course where i used to live,i watched them hunt,catch prey and feed their chicks.That is what really got me into Birding! I remember when i first found the nest,i was so excited because these were actual Falcons!
    And shaun.f you are spot on about these great progs!
     
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  19. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Yesterday a flock of 240 Lapwing flew over my nearby Golf Course,coming from over the sea.
    This morning at my local headland 20 plus Seal were in the bay,2 Chough showing well nearby and a handsome male Black Redstart was feeding in the quarry above,in the company of my boxer dog Jasmine of course,she wanted to go and say hello to the sealzees! Some were calling.
     
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    Sounds great mate.:50:
     
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