Fieldfare

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We had a much closer look at Fiedlfare than the last, even though we were without a telescope this time. So far we have had quite good fortune birding around Thames Valley Park (we can’t believe the last time we were there [...]

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Recently our backyard is frequented by this new bird called Dunnock. Dunnock is supposed to be a very shy bird, but strangely this one moves around our backyard in our presence as if we weren’t around. It’s definitely not as fearful as the Robin that lives around, which will easily fly away as soon as [...]

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The bird feeder I hang in my backyard is supposed to be for the birds. I’ve complaint before in my previous post about mice somehow mysteriously taken the fat ball I hanged outside. But these days the mice not only start taking food from my bird feeder, they are even bold enough to do it [...]

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These days Robin is not coming over for mealworms as frequently as before, when he has his children to feed. It’s likely that he’s not short of food now that it is summer (I think) with plenty of insects around.
Talking about insects, we recently bought three berries plants, Holly, Raspberry and Blackcurrant, to help boost [...]

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It was a very fruitful day for us last Sunday. We managed to spot some new birds we have not seen before like Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler and Wheater Trush. We also saw a large bird of prey in the air that we couldn’t identify, and heard a Cuckoo close to us in some shrubs. [...]

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