Originally posted by Pulcinella
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What birds (are you/have you been) watching? What birds have been watching you?
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Originally posted by Joseph K View PostWish I had had my camera (my phone) with me when out on a walk - I spotted a heron chilling out in the river...
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI spotted one of them the other day while cycling alongside the Ravensbourne in Lewisham - pure white it was; I assumed it to be a heron.
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Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostYes I think that's probably right. It seemed smaller than herons I've usually seen.
A late afternoon visit to our local estuary revealed a nice little roost of Curlews, Redshanks, a few Dunlin, at least 7 Greenshanks, Mallards, 8 Wigeon, about a dozen Shelduck, a large flock of Canada Geese and three Mandarins.
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Scotland in November isn't exactly cheerful - all a bit grey and dark by about 4.30pm - but the two bird feeders in the back garden easily seen from a large kitchen window are a constant source of wonder - how do coal tits manage to eat so much? And for a bird of its size, the resident nuthatch seems to bully pretty much everything else off the feeders, apart from greenfinches. They - nuthatches - are a relatively recent addition to the birdlife of the Southern Highlands but make a colourful splash. There is also a resident pair of tree-creepers and of goldcrests - which, along with watching a pair of golden eagles spiralling around in the sky above the house plus a red squirrel leaping about the birches in the garden, has been a good antidote to the general gloom.
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostScotland in November isn't exactly cheerful - all a bit grey and dark by about 4.30pm - but the two bird feeders in the back garden easily seen from a large kitchen window are a constant source of wonder - how do coal tits manage to eat so much? And for a bird of its size, the resident nuthatch seems to bully pretty much everything else off the feeders, apart from greenfinches. They - nuthatches - are a relatively recent addition to the birdlife of the Southern Highlands but make a colourful splash. There is also a resident pair of tree-creepers and of goldcrests - which, along with watching a pair of golden eagles spiralling around in the sky above the house plus a red squirrel leaping about the birches in the garden, has been a good antidote to the general gloom.
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostScotland in November isn't exactly cheerful - all a bit grey and dark by about 4.30pm - but the two bird feeders in the back garden easily seen from a large kitchen window are a constant source of wonder - how do coal tits manage to eat so much? And for a bird of its size, the resident nuthatch seems to bully pretty much everything else off the feeders, apart from greenfinches. They - nuthatches - are a relatively recent addition to the birdlife of the Southern Highlands but make a colourful splash. There is also a resident pair of tree-creepers and of goldcrests - which, along with watching a pair of golden eagles spiralling around in the sky above the house plus a red squirrel leaping about the birches in the garden, has been a good antidote to the general gloom.
(A pair of Golden Eagles!)
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostOne of the answers in yesterday's Times crossword was cole tit, which threw me for a bit, as I didn't appreciate that it was an alternative spelling.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostAnything to do with Nat?
Time flies in lockdown.
Or, one day is much the same as the next!
The clue was:
French novelist briefly keeping island bird (7)
So, most of Colette with an i inserted.
It didn't help that it was thought of as a single word (7 letters) rather than two (4,3).
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Oops! I could do a Trump and blame someone else as in predictive texting but, no, I typed the word for that black Carboniferous stuff rather than the surname of the great singer Nat. Great crossword clue which would clearly have fooled me, unable as I am to spell the island bird’s name. Anyway, they are wonderful little birds whose presence is a source of great cheer.
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