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@mikemoxon

Wildlife photos at (mostly Somerset but in Yorkshire regularly & visit elsewhere - shouldn't need to log in to view them): https://m.facebook.com/groups/305832500995370

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Firecrest

21.01.2026 08:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now they are nesting in wild not all the knepp offspring get ringed

20.01.2026 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Knepp birds all have blue rings starting GB, cove valley yellow CV, and Dayshul Brake two white numbers on blue (all UK schemes I have details for)

25.09.2025 20:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But picture shows a great egret - correlation busted...

25.09.2025 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was even madder, as 24 were also at blagdon, two miles from chew; and camel flock ended up being 92 (91 of which were presumably over the Dart later)

09.09.2025 11:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many glossies?

09.09.2025 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But potentially widens the gene pool, as they are likely to have fathered most of the other cubs

03.07.2025 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe because trophy hunting isn't actually threatening the survival of species, unlike numerous other factors such as overpopulation...

03.07.2025 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hanging around humans is generally a very good way of avoiding natural predators, unfortunately the same can't be said for cats and dogs

02.07.2025 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many were released at the other site in Devon?

01.07.2025 08:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Underwater cygnets: www.facebook.com/share/p/19n5...

02.06.2025 23:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My pics of same: www.facebook.com/share/p/16cc...

24.05.2025 07:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting. 3 years ago I had a displaying red ruff at goldcliff: www.facebook.com/share/p/16ZC...

15.05.2025 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

Looks like the one that was at goldcliff until yesterday (& presumably slimbridge before that): www.facebook.com/share/p/1HhF...

13.05.2025 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0