The Runner
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Didn't see it myself sadly, just heard about it . Only ever seen one in the UK, that was in my uncles garden in Suffolk about fifty years ago...
There has been a few reports of Hoopoes lately turning up, this one was seen near Brighton, I have never seen one myself.Didn't see it myself sadly, just heard about it . Only ever seen one in the UK, that was in my uncles garden in Suffolk about fifty years ago...
That's a question that's hard to answer Seth, I think mine might be a Red Footed Falcon.I’ve only ever seen one and that must have been over fifty years ago, stunning bird and unmistakable for anything else. That and a purple heron are the two rarest I’ve seen.
That is a nice thing to see. I see something like that in a valley where I fish a little stream, catch it right and all the swallows and martins fly through it on their way to the coast nearby when they migrate back. Every time I look up flocks of them stream through all day. This stream and valley must be a natural collecting route for them and they must come from all over the south of England. Its usually just me and the birds as no one fishes there and no one about, very peaceful.Today i've took the car for it's service and MOT,I stood beside Priory lake in Bedford and watched in awe at the sheer numbers of swifts,swallows,house martins and sand martins,all flying low over the water quartering the lake hunting the vast numbers of midges being swept in the gale force winds,this is a big lake and everywhere I looked it swarmed with them....
Wow, I have seen them catching dragon flies, but they regularly go for swallows apparently, they follow them over and back on migration, I suppose it is their equivalent of a packed lunch.Not seen a swift yet, but saw a first on Thursday while fishing, a hobby trying to catch a swallow, it very nearly had it too, first one I’ve seen.