What's Buzzin' or Flying Near You Today..? MK 3..

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    A couple of fawns were only a few yards away quite happily eating so I didn't need to zoom in.:smile:
     
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      Fabulous Strongy:dbgrtmb:
       
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      Spotted the first Comma butterfly of the year today :)
       
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        Although this bird doesn't have the markings of a green woodpecker it moves and acts like one - except for one aspect. I wonder whether it's a young one!

        All its actions are identical to those we see with the greens and it has been digging in the lawn. The way it hops and digs are the same and its sharp movements seem the same. The only difference, apart from the markings and a shorter beak, is that it isn't as nervous as the usual greens - which nest in the poplar trees at the bottom of the garden.

        The greens only need to glimpse a bit of movement indoors and they're off. This one not only doesn't bother about the movement at the window but didn't even fly when I went out into the garden. It spends about an hour on the lawn every evening.

        I.D. please? :)

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          Thanks :dbgrtmb:

          We had a Fieldfare identified in our garden earlier on - the first one that we've seen in 41 years. That one was quite a distance away so I couldn't quite see the details. My first thought for this one was Fieldfare but then its actions looked so much like a woodpecker that I got confused :scratch: - easily done nowadays. :heehee:
           
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          This little thing flew into the front garden an hour ago and stayed long enough to get a picciie. He cheeped - no song as such, but beak was very orange. There's a pet shop 500 yards away - is he an escapee?
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            Yes Jenny probably, or from someone's aviary. It's a female Zebra Finch originating from foreign climes. :) Unfortunately it won't survive long outside of captivity here.
             
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            Aaaawwww Sheal, :cry3:
            thanks for the ID, what a shame. It has gone now,
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            Sorry to be the provider of bad tidings, later in the year it may have survived long enough for somebody to catch it.
             
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              Hi

              I had these arrive last year about the same time , sorry no picture , smaller than a robin, brown bird light silver/brown underneath , very fast flying look like they are after insects had a bout 20 last year all along the river bank about 4 different ones at the moment what do you think ?? it could be .

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              Possibly Swifts, Swallows or Housemartins Spruce. They all have a similar flight pattern. :)
               
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              Thanks Sheal , no sorry they are in the bushes in the garden , plus havnt seen any of the ones you have mentioned should be back in the next two weeks if the wind changes direction , I will have a look at spring migrants and see what pops up , its only a bit bigger than a jenny Wren .

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                It's over 30 years since our garden has been visited by ducks! :)

                The nearest pond is in the village a mile away.

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                  A Goldcrest perhaps? I think they usually fly solo though.

                  https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=NVJfUayVI4qx0AWqtoHQBg

                  Can't think of anything small then a wren?! An atom maybe? :snork:
                   
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