"I thought you might like this video.
It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."
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Nurse Ratched
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I spent two weeks in Malta and Gozo at winter time and the only type of bird I saw was a sort-of-not-absolutely-sure-it-was-a sparrow. Even at the coast I didn't see gulls.
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Nurse Ratched
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I spent two weeks in Malta and Gozo at winter time and the only type of bird I saw was a sort-of-not-absolutely-sure-it-was-a sparrow. Even at the coast I didn't see gulls.
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Hermit Road
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"simon.s 2:13 Tue Apr 21 I’ve seen loads of Red Kite in that area. Beautiful looking birds. As for the bird killing fields, I think the Maltese are the main culprits. No bird is too small or too beautiful for them not to pop a cap in its arse and mount it on a bit of cheap wood in the living room."
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lowermarshhammer
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"A pair of swallows two days ago. Swifts in early April? Very unusual, I'd say another 7 to 10 days to go."
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Tomshardware
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Nurse Ratched
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That surprises me. I live in London and I'm watching the skies for swifts from the end of April onwards and never see them here until early May at the earliest.
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Nurse Ratched
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"Saw a swallow this morning and a couple of sparrow hawks and on a walk, very near to copped hall and a red kite yesterday in loughton. Good this bird watching lark."
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I’ve not seen any swallows/house martins/ swifts yet this year. Numbers decline each year. Probably due to other countries trapping them when they fly back home .
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Hermit Road
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Just had a look at a picture of one. That's what it was. I keep seeing a rat in my garden so was hoping it was one if his offspring but that's unlikely. Doubt they'd be out in the open if they were that small.
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lowermarshhammer
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Hermit Nailed on sparrowhawk I'd say Will occasionally take mice but was probably something like a dunnock or a house sparrow which had had the misfortune of making the acquaintance of it's talons.
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Hermit Road
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Hermit Road
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Incredible. I saw it standing on the lawn and thought it was bigger than any non-pigeon/corvid I’ve seen out there before and while I was trying to point it out to the missis it flew off and I noticed the bounty in its claws. She missed the whole thing.
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Tomshardware
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"Hermit that's a good spot. Seen a sparrowhawk killing a few times, it's amazing isn't it!"
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Hermit Road
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I just saw a bird of prey in my garden with what looked like a small mouse in its grips. Most amazing thing I’ve seen in the garden by a country mile. It was just standing there for a few seconds before taking off.
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ironsofcanada
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"WHU(Exeter) 3:01 Sun Apr 19 Ha. Is learning to get drunk intelligent or addictive behaviour? (I guess going from the Behaviour Psychology course I had to take in university, there is not a massive difference)"
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ironsofcanada
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"WHU(Exeter) 3:01 Sun Apr 19 Ha. Is learning to get drunk intelligent or addictive behaviour? (I guess going from the Behaviour Psychology course I had to take in university, there is not a massive difference)"
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"The classic crow intelligence test, which they generally pass with FLYING colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IBayVsbz8"