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Recent content by Mike in Cumbria

  1. M

    Great tits too low to fledge

    No, they'll manage fine by themselves
  2. M

    Gretcher or no gretcher

    Yes - good description of a female blackbird (as your photos clearly show)
  3. M

    Long tailed grackel .

    Blackbird
  4. M

    Gretcher or no gretcher

    Female blackbird. What is a gretcher?
  5. M

    Tawny owl - adult or juvenile?

    This picture was taken through my kitchen window this morning (9th June). I've also recently had glimpses of a tawny owl flying about in the wood during the day, maybe the same bird. Are this year's young fully feathered up now, and flying around, or is this an adult bird?
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    Pied flycatchers - Wales

    Thank you. Makes sense.
  7. M

    Pied flycatchers - Wales

    Hi Do you think this picture shows two pied flycatchers sharing one nestbox, or is it a very washed out looking male?
  8. M

    Cuckoo in February?

    Thanks everyone. I'll have to stop trying to convince them that they're mistaken though - it gets pointless after a while.
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    Cuckoo in February?

    On a Cumbrian facebook page, someone claims to have heard a cuckoo in Cumbria this week. It seems highly unlikely, especially as all the tagged birds are still in West Africa. Other people are jumping on the thread claiming to have heard one too. They have almost certainly mis-heard a collared...
  10. M

    Flight feather ID, West Cumbria, UK

    Yes, of course. Thank you.
  11. M

    Flight feather ID, West Cumbria, UK

    That looks likely - thanks!
  12. M

    Flight feather ID, West Cumbria, UK

    Any ideas what bird this came from please?
  13. M

    Garden warbler?

    Thanks everyone. It was briefly in a woodland building, but was soon released.
  14. M

    Garden warbler?

    Is this a Garden warbler? Woodland, UK
  15. M

    BoP Cumbria UK

    Thanks all. I'm glad no-one is suggesting buzzard, but kestrel is an interesting possibility.
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