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    State of Hirundine passage this Spring?

    its been a strange spring with sand martins being the last to arrive in the village,usually the first its odd i saw house martin first then swallow followed by swift still over 40 house martins over the house this morning
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    a very wet few days with near constant rain thursday the river was so high it flooded the sand martins nesting bank , time will tell if they take to the nesting box nearby friday still damp and grey weather though a dipper on the river whilst having a pint in the local bar was entertaining...
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    1990's Alpha glass 30+ years on: the Bausch & Lomb Elite 7x36

    Greekgeek I replaced them with meopta meostars 8x42 which I really enjoy
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    1990's Alpha glass 30+ years on: the Bausch & Lomb Elite 7x36

    Love my elites both 8 and 10 x42 both from 1991 which cost £600 each 33 years ago I only replaced them 18 months ago but still enjoy using them
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    78 whitethroat at brearley this morning
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    Well so far a great day set off in the morning up to the moors a bit of a slog but nice to get high up A lapwing flew over plus snipe drumming and curlew calling the usual skylarks plus the same stock doves as last week Female goshawk was the first raptor of the day Not much in the woods but...
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    Aurora Borealis 10 05 24

    great photos brian she danced for us in the sky in mytholmroyd from the garden what a weekend friday osprey over the garden then the display of the lights and saturday goshawk can send send more details in a message if you want
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    well after fridays osprey and a stunning display of the northern lights from the garden what would a nice day on saturday bring? headed up to erringden moor around 9am very warm and clear skies but nice breeze on the moor 3 kestrels playing over the ridge and 2 buzzards soaring then a large...
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    Aurora borealis/Northern Lights

    colette has always wanted to see them and despite trying a number of times failed. so friday night she goes to bed around 2245 i stayed up but headed to bed around 10 minutes later. at 2320 my phone buzzed with a message from the swillington bird group saying "northern lights over the reserve...
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    Good numbers of house martin and swifts over the garden plus one raven so sat enjoying the warm weather when an osprey goes over the garden high but what a garden bird over the moon to add it to the garden list Buzzing as we used to say 69 osprey
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    well back in mytholmroyd after what should have been a week away in sussex which turned into 4 days but in the 4 days walked 48 miles birding around tidemills and over to cuckmere haven missed all the good birds as usual but had a great time birding tidemills got back home at 1am via AA some...
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    mytholmroyd 2024

    Busy few days and fingers crossed tomorrow we will be in East Sussex But around the village in the last few days 65 swift flew low over the garden on 27/04 66 sand martin over the river 27/04 67 moorhen 1 on redacre pond 27/04 68 common scoter a small number flew west just after midnight 30/04
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    Seen the first Swallow 2024

    yes quite a few
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    Unknown bird drainage ditch Derby uk.

    moorhen and saw 2 juveniles in wakefield over a week ago
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    ID help please! South coast Uk

    looks like herring gull to me
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