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had a little walk today with ern, me old mate who ive known for some time has add a stroke and I get him 1 or to bits, for his tea, I think cooking them and preparing the, passers the time of day for

I TOOK THIS TODAY, GIVE IT 4 / 5 MORE WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE THE HOBBY TIMEING THE YOUNG SAND MARTIN AND DRAGON FLY,,HIT S THE LATEST BIRD OF PREY TO GO DOWN,, ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LIKE

I was a avid egg collector in my youth through the 70s. Had some nice sightings of birds in the following years a old pic of a capercallie when on a mooch in scotland many years ago.  

 

I found a chap for his collection, about 8 years ago andy south of france for a eagle owl,, fack hit make going up the dales seem round the corner,,, the rare then are the common ones now,,, you try and find a tree sparrow..lol

Your spot on Jim..what was once rare are commoner nowadays but many of the once popular such as Blackcaps,Linnets,Redpolls,Reed Buntings Etc ain't nowhere near as abundant as they once were infact I can't even recall the last time I sen a Blackcap?..and a Tree Sparrow lol..we even have an Osprey up here but not a fecking chance you'd find a Tree Spuggy haha

 

i find reed buntings in abundance,plus 4 blackcaps nests last season and 3 linets nests only a seconds away from my house,the reed buntings arnt to far and me and a mate also found a few whitethroats which i could never find as a kid

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GOT WHITE THROATS NEAR ME,,, WHAT A GREAT SINGER,,, I CAN TALK BIRDS ALL DAY,, SPENT MY TEENAGE HOOD LOOKING FOR NESTS,,, WHAT ABOUT THE GREEN FINCH HES WELL GONE WERE I LIVE,,, YER GREY SQIUAL, HAS A LOT TO ANSWER, FOR,,,

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GOT WHITE THROATS NEAR ME,,, WHAT A GREAT SINGER,,, I CAN TALK BIRDS ALL DAY,, SPENT MY TEENAGE HOOD LOOKING FOR NESTS,,, WHAT ABOUT THE GREEN FINCH HES WELL GONE WERE I LIVE,,, YER GREY SQIUAL, HAS A LOT TO ANSWER, FOR,,,

also found a greenfinch about 2 weeks ago i posted that on another thread

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ONE MORE LOL TURTLE DOVE,, WHEN A KID YOU CUD FIND THEM,,,THE LAST TIME I SEEN 1,,,WAS WISBEACH,,,8/1O YEAR AGO,,, THERE MORE TO BEING A DOG MAN THAN JUST KILLING, I LIKE TO THINK IM A FEILD MAN,, I NO ME NATURE, MORE SO THAN DOGGING,,,SOME THINK THE YOUNG UP AND COMING KIDS TAKE NO INTREST IN,,,

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ONE MORE LOL TURTLE DOVE,, WHEN A KID YOU CUD FIND THEM,,,THE LAST TIME I SEEN 1,,,WAS WISBEACH,,,8/1O YEAR AGO,,, THERE MORE TO BEING A DOG MAN THAN JUST KILLING, I LIKE TO THINK IM A FEILD MAN,, I NO ME NATURE, MORE SO THAN DOGGING,,,SOME THINK THE YOUNG UP AND COMING KIDS TAKE NO INTREST IN,,,

never found one ever only collards,had a mate though who went out with a well known egg collector and they got nightjars now that some egg ill probably never see one again

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