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Flying a Kite

ken — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:44:33 +0000

Flying a Kite The Red Kite is becoming quite a common bird nowadays, but it is still a rare pleasure to see one right over the house, we think it is because they a using the up draught from edge of the cliff that they seem to hover just over the house before drifting off on [...]

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All That Glitters is not Gold

ken — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:41:59 +0000

All That Glitters is not Gold What sort of birds do you find using you bird table? the lady guest inquired as I carried her bags through the sunroom which overlooks the bird table. After running though the various types of tits, finches, bigamy birds, nut hatches hedge sparrows etc. I said my greatest disappointment is [...]

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We Wuz er Fust me Old China

ken — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:43:04 +0000

We Wuz er Fust me Old China Two years ago a lovely little river warbler used the swallows nest in the garage to rear its two chicks, luckily they fledged on exactly the same day that the swallows returned, so no harm came to them, but there was a bit of a karpuffle initially as the [...]

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Pam Nicks the best Birds

ken — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:44:00 +0000

Pam Nicks the best Birds Whilst Pam’s lodge is being prepared she has moved in the house with us, she has also commandeered the large cherry tree which is now festooned with her various bird feeders,, We have two sorts of woodpecker in the vicinity and it is the Greater Spotted Woodpecker which has been visiting [...]

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Rejected By Swallows

ken — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:41:17 +0000

Rejected By Swallows: It was only after we had begun to demolish the old garage that Isabel remembered the Swallows which always nested in the rafters. What are they going to do this year? just imagine how disappointed they are going to be after flying all those thousands of miles only to find that their homes [...]

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