I live in the middle of a heavily industrialised dockland. Unprepossessing? Not a bit of it. A ten-minute walk towards the town centre may give me goosander, eider, cormorant, a whole raft of gulls, mainly herring and lesser-blackbacked (in a month or so I'll be able to watch lesser black-bach chicks being raised in the shadow of the town hall). I swear I've seen a peregrine hunting from the big crane (no, unfortunately not that kind of crane) but have heard no confirmatory reports. Only slightly further afield there are goldfinches and stonechats amongst the gorse on the dunes, and all manner of shorebirds on the miles of unspoilt and uncommercialised beach. A huge flock of starlings performs an aerial ballet every evening at sunset before roosting in the bridge over the docks.
Am I lucky or what? Would I go back to the Home Counties? Gerrawaywithyou, as my dad would have said!
Welcome to the forum Steampunk!! Sounds quite idyllic!! Look forward to hearing more about your 'neck of the woods' and seeing pics (hopefully) too!
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Hello steampunk and welcome to the forum. One of the joys of this forum is that we all live in such different place, ie town/rural/ seafronts etc. and it is so interesting to see and hear what birds others are seeing and when they see them. Thanks for sharing yours.
Hello Steampunk, and welcome to the forum from me.
Thankyou for the brief glimpse at your great local birdlife. Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Cheers, Linda.
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Hello Steampunk, and welcome to the forum.
Regards Buzzard
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Welcome for me too.
Sounds great where you are, looking forward to see your photos :-)
Regards
Kerry
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Hello Steampunk and welcome!
Your very lucky to have all them different species practically on your door step!
Regards Daniel
Hi Steampunk and welcome from me too. That's a great variety of birds you have nearby, I am envious. Look forward to hearing more about your area.
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Hi Steampunk,
Welcome from me too. Your area sounds great for birds, Hope you can post some photos soon.
Chez
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Hi Steampunk, welcome to the forums!
It certainly does sound interesting round where you are. I hope you'll share some photos with us soon :o)
Welcome to the forums from me too!
Littleowl