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| Bearded Tit, Alkborough, Lincs. October 2016 (Copyright T D Wright ) |
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| Tree Sparrows, Blacktoft RSPB, Lincs. October 2016 (Copyright T D Wright) |
Three times I rented a car in 2016. Not too much considering the cracking birds I saw both locally and further afield. Local goodies are great but I ventured up to Lincolnshire in October for 4 days and saw a number of species I don't usually see around East Devon.
Western Purple Swamphen showed well at Alkborough flats as did these
Beardies. Then Blacktoft RSPB was excellent for
Tree Sparrows and Spotshanks.
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| Bearded Tit, Alkborough, Lincs. October 2016(Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Western Purple Swamphen, Alkborough,Lincs. October 2016 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Spotted Redshank, Blacktoft RSPB, October 2016 (Copyright T D Wright) |
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| Bearded Tits, Alkborough, Lincs. October 2016 (Copyright T D Wright) |
At one time, people tried to change the name of Beardies to Reedlings but in typical British fashion we've refused that suggestion and stuck with Tits, even though they're not tits but babblers. (What about 'Bearded Babbler'?) However, the Alkborough ones spent so much time in bushes and trees, and even on the gravel paths, that Reedling almost seemed a misnomer. Call them what you like, they don't care...
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