Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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27 September 2010
15:2872717Poor little fella, sitting on my fence this morning with eyes closed and not looking to good at all.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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27 September 2010
15:3272718Oh dear! maybe he is just having a bit of a rest. A siskin...havent heard of those before. Good shot though Ian.
By the way Ian have you noticed all the swallows zapping around in the past day or two.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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27 September 2010
15:4072719Thanks Boss.
Yes I have noticed Paul, all going on to warmer climates and having their last feed before the long flight to Africa.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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27 September 2010
18:2272743Aww poor lil' baby.
I hope he's ok. I don't think I've heard of a Siskin either.
Guest 661- Registered: 16 Mar 2008
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27 September 2010
19:3572755Siskins are a member of the finch family, that one looks like a very young female. They are around a lot during the winter, they like small seeds and insects particularly nyger seed.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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27 September 2010
19:4772759Thanks for the info, I shall be on the look out for them now - seed at the ready!
28 September 2010
08:1672801ooh look at him so adorable
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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28 September 2010
09:5072812Ah now...according to our RNLI ace contributor Martin Collins this picture of Ian's is actually of ..
" a rather unhappy/sickly looking juvenile Goldfinch.
so there we are. Many thanks Martin
28 September 2010
20:1772863The swallows/martins together with some other little yellow-coloured finch (my eyesight is going as well, so could not tell exactly what they were) were going Sunday, yesterday and today. Only a few stragglers left now, feeding madly before crossing the channel.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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28 September 2010
20:4472871cannot blame them diana, only snails and frogs legs await them the other side of the channel.
even the millet is coated in garlic over there.
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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28 September 2010
21:5872882Well whatever he/she is - it's very sweet. Thanks for showing us Ian.
Didn't Shakespeare say ".... a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"? You can call him a bald eagle if you want but I still think he's gorgeous!
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Brian Dixon
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29 September 2010
07:4872898ooooo howard now you have started bad as mel you are,snails and frogs legs with a large glass of red wine along a large chunk of garlic bread would go down nice now.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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29 September 2010
08:5772911Lovely pic Ian. I didn't realise the wing pattern was so striking as I've never seen one. Looks a bit bedraggled doesn't he?
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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29 September 2010
16:5572975As other`s above Ian, lovely picture mate, and I must confess to having never heard of them. Are they native here?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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29 September 2010
17:0672979They are native and are regularly spotted in hedgerows and fields, and out here in the sticks we get them in our gardens. The adults are even more striking with a red head but hard to photograph as they're rarely still for long. They're said to specialise on feeding on thistles.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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30 September 2010
17:2573143We used to get a LOT in our garden, they go about in groups. But in recent years numbers seem to have dwindled. Yes, they love thistles and teasles etc.
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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30 September 2010
19:1673175Just an ornithological aside, looking over Lydden and Temple Ewell nature reserve this morning there was a group of nine buzzards, the most I've ever seen together. It looked like a family outing enjoying the lovely weather.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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30 September 2010
19:5373189There seem to be a few Grey wagtails around in the Dour at the moment - I watched one hopping about the Morrisons section earlier. They are really quite striking with their bright yellow undersides, nice to see.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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30 September 2010
20:0173190I love watching wagtails too but I get a headache after a while as I can't keep my head still - I end up like one of those nodding dogs watching them!
Jan Higgins
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30 September 2010
21:2273196I always know it is Winter when the wagtails appear, lovely little birds.
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