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Recent content by Andy Lakin

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    Dead baby robins - advice please

    The single fledged Robin should be fine it was obviously making the most of your generous handouts of mealworms. People often don't realise just how vulnerable recently fledged young are with them still fully building up the muscles to fly efficiently. Its pretty amazing that any chicks survive...
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    Did Merlin Bird ID really hear these in my garden?

    Just downloaded it and given.it a quick go. It correctly identified some species but also added Blackcap (which I couldn't hear so doubtful) and Swift which are present but I couldn't see any at that time. Personally I wouldn't want to rely on it without getting some kind of look at the bird...
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    Derbyshire County Birding

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    Black Grouse, Osprey, Ring Ouzel, Wood Warbler in North Yorks/Northumberland?

    Shaw House this is the spot, you can't miss it due to the very short grass surrounded by dry stone walls directly behind the farm.
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    Black Grouse, Osprey, Ring Ouzel, Wood Warbler in North Yorks/Northumberland?

    Apparently the farm is Shaw Farm. Haven't a clue where I bought this but very informative and only £8.
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    The Ladybird thread

    How many ladybird species are on the British list? Fascinating stuff learning about all the different names I've not heard before.
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    Black Grouse, Osprey, Ring Ouzel, Wood Warbler in North Yorks/Northumberland?

    Arkengarthdale is very much in the public domain for Black Grouse. It should be very easy to Google the name of the farm you need. They are viewable distantly (but still decent views) from a public road overlooking the farm where they frequent. They are often tricky to connect with so patience...
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    Can somebody id these ladybirds please South Yorkshire on rough grassland thus weekend.

    Thanks for the reply. I did consider Harlequin but wrongly assumed that they were noticeably bigger. Thanks for the id pointers, there were quite a few ladybirds in that small area, I will have to have a closer look the next time I'm up there.
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    Can somebody id these ladybirds please South Yorkshire on rough grassland thus weekend.

    Just had a quick Google and am I right in thinking that the right one is a 2 Spot Ladybird? Am I wrong thinking that all three were mating (whatever the correct term.is)?
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    Can somebody id these ladybirds please South Yorkshire on rough grassland thus weekend.

    Are these all the same species? Obviously I can see that they look different but am unaware of the range of variability.Do Ladybirds ever hybridise? Thanks Andy
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    Memorizing tips

    I would definitely recommend a good bird id app i.e Collin's for Europe as the illustrations are top quality and it has a compare similar species option Also a lot of beginners (understandably) opt for a bird book with just a few species in but often they are next to useless with very poor...
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    blue tits breeding season

    A clutch is usually 8 to 12 but up to 16bhas been recorded. I would imagine it could be a massive effort if the nest box is any distance from a decent source of caterpillars. People have different opinions on spring/ summer feeding, but I believe it is a great help to the adult birds being able...
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    hello new to the site and pretty new to all things birds

    If you are talking about the type of ringing of birds with mist nets then you need to.have a really good understanding of bird id. This would, I imagine involve lots of studying both from.books and especially in the field.
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    Blue tits nesting in tennis post

    I had a very similar scenario but the post didn't have a cap on. It didn't end well as the post filled with rainwater and flooded the nest. I'm pretty sure if the parents can manage to get in and out the young will manage ok when they are ready to fledge.
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    How many of the potential raptor species for the U.K have people seen?

    Thanks for the replies, I hadn't realised there have been quite a few very tricky birds to connect with.
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