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Often we don't have enough photos to create a full thread so thought I'd start an Odds & Sods thread where you may want to add a pic or two when you don't have enough for their own thread . Feel free to add your rogues gallery here !
I only had a couple of pics today, one a Treecreeper and the other a very hacked off looking Great Egret huddled against the reeds trying to keep warm !
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Regards, Hazel
Two and a half hours I spent trying to get this noisy thing at Pennington on Thursday - it was being loud for most of that, although not always with the traditional song. I had lots of very brief sightings but always behind tangles of twigs, leaves, etc and this is still the best I could come up with.
Cetti's Warblers eh? I hope it got a sore throat!
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So, while waiting for the Cetti's to show, a hoard of warblers passed through, resulting in these two quite different birds.
Now, I'd say they were both Chiffchaffs as both have short primary projections (and black legs). I originally had the first down as a youngster, for no reason other than instinct, but then thought perhaps that one is the adult, haggard after a breeding season and the second, pristine one might be the new youngster. Or maybe they are both the same age. Anyone else have any thoughts??? (Well, it's a different twist to the more typical WillowChaff question )
Back up to see if there was any signs of the rutting on Big Moor yesterday, not yet. Also great to see the deer hiding amongst the ferns and long grass and the stags forgetting they have a foot and half of antlers up there, easier to hide when you are a doe I think.
Thanks Hazel. To be honest I still like the neighbouring moor (Blackamoor). It's not as grandiose as Big Moor and lots less deer but because of that and because they have less people going to see them they come a lot closer, especially early doors. Often at sunrise (especially during the week) it's just me and them which is pretty great.
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Lot to learn