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Well, finally here, swallows this morning, brilliant 
In numbers too 
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Just been chucking my spinner out for trout in my local brook /river , seen loads of birds , yellow and white wagtails , dippers and a kingfisher landed within 10 foot before it spotted me an shot off ! also looks like the trout stock are rising as i caught quite a lot !
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#64 23 Jun 2020 at 6.25am | | |
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In reply to Post #63
They are impressive but that call isn't something you want to wake up too
Bit more hopeful now, mummy and daddy peregrine were eating a nice parakeet breakfast in the pylon when mummy flew off in answer to a distant call.
Edit, at least 4 in the group, possibly 5
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#63 17 Jun 2020 at 3.49pm | | |
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In reply to Post #62
Didn't realise that sort of thing was still rife 
Must be an impressive sight
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#62 17 Jun 2020 at 3.47pm | | |
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A lot of eggs have been pinched too elsewhere in the country. Its normally around this time of year I start seeing them with chicks diving off a pylon
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#61 17 Jun 2020 at 3.04pm | | |
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In reply to Post #60
Doesn't look great. There's been licences given to remove a small number of Peregrine chicks for Falconry, maybe that's the reason but unlikely 
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#60 17 Jun 2020 at 10.17am | | |
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I was watching the adult pair of peregrines this morning with no young ones present, is this a bad sign? In previous years I haven't seen both until they have the chicks with them
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#59 14 Jun 2020 at 7.44pm | | |
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I was out yesterday for a quiet day session feeder fishing for anything.
Loads of little swallows / swifts - not sure which - were swooping down and taking flies off the water. They were ace and definitely more successful than I was all afternoon!
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#58 14 Jun 2020 at 7.37pm | | |
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In reply to Post #56
I've seen a couple of groups of Swallow's last few days. Don't know if they've arrived too late to breed though. I believe they come all the way up from South Africa so not surprised they get delayed sometimes!
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#57 12 Jun 2020 at 8.27pm | | |
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Last Springwatch 
I have spent quite a lot of time watching grebes over the years. Anybody see the discussions about their eggs being able to cope with water? Fascinating really
Brilliant programme with some stunning photography
Lolo Williams like already mentioned, brilliant. Hope he gets the leading role
I like Gordon B too
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#56 11 Jun 2020 at 5.22pm | | |
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In reply to Post #50
Cats have a massive impact, there’s a few near me, not to mention ****ting in the garden 
Lot of fledglings around me, big family of thrushes, absolutely hammering the snails in garden!
Collard doves, Goldfinches, blackbirds, blue tits and even the sparrows are making a comeback and have all fledged. Saying that, I do get the odd sparrow hawk, bang, cloud of feathers, gone 
No sign of any swallows though around me as yet, guess it’s not going to happen?
I put some new feeders up this year, they have hammered the seed up to late
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#55 11 Jun 2020 at 11.11am | | |
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In reply to Post #54
Ive got a few feeders dotted about the garden, niger seed feeders are great for the Gold Finches as the squirrels leave them alone, ive got standard seed feeders and suet ball feeders as well they occasionally get pestered by all sorts, Starlings, green Parakeets and clever pidgeons even and squirrels but i'm not too bothered, they all have to survive as long as they all get their share its a pleasure to watch the wildlife, theyre all kept well away from the bird house
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#54 10 Jun 2020 at 11.28pm | | |
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In reply to Post #53
If you like the small bird's try a couple of small feeder's attached to a spindly branch that can just about hold the weight
It's incredible the change in bird numbers and species in the last couple of decades.
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#53 10 Jun 2020 at 10.20pm | | |
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In reply to Post #52
yeah true, it would make it easier for predators i guess, whenever I used to watch the Tits coming and going they always used it before hopping through the hole, I have placed the box on its own and not near any high bushes apart from a small lilac tree that they also used a lot to hop onto before they would go in the box but I made sure I never put any feeders near it, like I say its pristine and clean now so hopefully next year, got to do all we can for the little birds, i do get a lot of Gold finches feeding as well, love them
Its funny but when I was a kid in East London, Sparrows were almost as common as pidgeons back then, i'm talking fifty years ago, nowadays even little Sparrows are quite rare, in the suburbs at least, but all little birds had a bad time of it through the advent of pesticides being used more and more in farming, thankfully some have recovered in recent years with a lot more knowledge now
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#52 10 Jun 2020 at 9.52pm | | |
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In reply to Post #51
See what you mean
Wouldn't put a standing peg on the outside, other unwanted bird's can use it for predation mate.
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