No Mum today for the little Tuffties, but all 7 youngsters were ok. I am not sure if Mum has left the youngsters or is just having a little ‘me’ time. In previous years Mum has left when the youngsters were a bit bigger than these ones so we will have to wait and...
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Another different day as I saw Spotted Fly Catcher and a Song Thrush having a bath, Mel said he saw Hedge Sparrow but it disappeared before I could get my ‘bins’ onto it. The Tuffties are still doing well The 2 adult Dabs were still by New Street bridge and our parents with the...
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There has been for some time a third adult Dabchick seen near Quackers Today just past New Street bridge I heard the unmistakable call of 2 Dabchicks calling each other, so today there were 4 adult Dabchicks on the Slea, these two and our pair with the 4 babies downstream of the Leisure Centre...
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Here are the Tufted Ducks that Graham mentioned … now the puzzle ? 1. I think it is fairly obvious that these 7 ducklings are not just out of the nest and they are probably a few weeks old. 2. Grahams report of seeing these yesterday was the first day that any one has...
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The Dabs are still doing ok, here they are today… …although you have to look quite hard you will see all four babies and the one on the right has a small fish that dad had just brought to him. Terry
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I only saw two of the baby Dabchicks today but mum was sitting on them keeping them warm so I didnt get a good view, Alan said that he saw 4 babies yesterday so I assume that eveything is ok Interestingly Alan also said he has seen THREE teenager Dabchicks between the Mill and...
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I didn’t go down today because I went to the Rutland Water Birdwatching Fair, but Paul told me that yesterday he saw 5 baby Dabchicks, so the other 2 have hatched but today he could only see 4, so we may have lost one already, hope not but it looks like we have Terry
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I have to assume that the little Coot is no longer around I didnt see it again today but did see both adults. He/she was not big enough to look after itself so I think something must have got him/her So the curse of the Coots on the Slea seems to have struck again...
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First the good news, 2 of the second brood of Dabchicks have hatched I saw them today as mum moved, but I only saw the 1 teenager downstream of the Mill, the other 2 were hopefully in the reeds somewhere. Now the potentially bad news, I saw both adult Coots, 1 near the Leisure...
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Another different day…. Although not a very good photo this is the first time I have personally see this on the Slea… … yes a Cormorant Here he is taking off from near the Mill but he had circled around for a few minutes before this. Also saw 6 (yes SIX) Dabchicks – our...
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