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| Two flocks of Lesser Redpolls, one of 100 and another of 130 contained many Mealies. Felt sure I would find an Arctic but I never properly nailed the whole group. |
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| Male Mealy Redpoll. Hint of pink below the eye. |
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| Male Mealy with a Lesser Redpoll |
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| Mealy |
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| I first saw this Mealy flying around the hillside and made an effort to look at it properly. The rump appeared very white in flight but it is the same as above photos. |
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| A Mealy with three Lesser's. |
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| A nice big Mealy |
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| Several Mealies (two in flight and one perched top middle) and Lesser Redpolls feeding on docks. |
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| Grey Wagtail - bloody stunning |
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| Juvenile male Goshawk |
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| Slightly surprised |
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| Juvenile female |
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| Female Sparrowhawk mobbed by mipits |
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| Black Grouse just been flushed by a Buzzard |
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| Small group of Reed Buntings using old sheep fencing as makeshift bushes. |
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| Tagged juvenile female Hen Harrier. Yet to be killed but give it time. |
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| Juvenile female Hen Harrier arriving at its roost in the last few minutes of daylight. |
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| Sub-adult Hen Harrier. Looks like an adult from below but has a brown saddle and a brownish wash to head. |
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| Tagged Juvenile HH |
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| Pink-feet Geese flying west over the moor. |
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| Trod on a Jack Snipe while trying to stalk the male Harrier |
