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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Swanpool 22/08. |
A walk around the fields of my local patch produced an unexpected fall of Spotted Flycatchers with 9 in one south facing hedge! Also in this hedge were 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs and 5 Willow Warblers. Also seen today:- 3 Buzzards together, flying high W, calling. 8 Grey Partridges feeding on stubble field. 4 Siskins flew over calling. 6 Yellowhammers. |
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| Author: | Alastair Carr [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swanpool 22/08. |
Well Andy, I thought I saw a buzzard when I went to Lincoln, but yet it wasn't. It had a too longer tail and I could not work out what the devil it was. My first instinct was a Honey Buzzard, but they are really really rare in England at ths time and I don't think there's been a report of one for 20 years in Lincolnshire. I could not work out what it was, and just passed it of as another unidentifyalble bird by a beginner birdwacher. However, I may have been correct, with your sighting of a Buzzard. Is there any chance it could have been a Honey Buzzard? |
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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Swanpool 22/08. |
Hi Al, It is most likely that it was a Buzzard as they are quite common around here now. Honey Buzzard is a rare/scarce passage migrant in Lincolnshire and is generally only seen on the coast with less than 10 records in most years. |
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