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Sue H
Sue H
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Posted at 19:23 on 20th March 2009
I'm back! Can't tell what it is, I would hazard that it might be a Crow. What do you think Andy? I see that Bill Swan has commented that it could be a raptor.
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lancashirelove
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Posted at 19:31 on 20th March 2009
On 1st March 2009 01:47, Sue H. wrote:

This is the kind of picture that makes me truly homesick. I love it when the hawthorn bloom.

 

Hawthorn hedges along the green lane
Picture by Marilyn Harris



 


hawthorn bloom in late May, not long to go.
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Andy Edwards
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Posted at 21:03 on 20th March 2009
Hi Sue, if I'm not mistaken it's a wood pigeon...I'm going mainly on colour here!!
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Sue H
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Posted at 21:13 on 20th March 2009

It could be a Wood pigeon, that's true.

I was thinking that there was sun reflecting off the black back of  a Crow myself. But to be honest, unless Gary knows what it is, there will be no real identification, but it sure is fun giving it a shot.

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Andy Edwards
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Posted at 21:26 on 20th March 2009
I'm going to stick my neck out now and say it's definitely a wood pigeon. It has the central white bars on the wings which, to me, make the identification for sure.
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Sue H
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Posted at 21:39 on 20th March 2009

I'll bow to your excellent eye sight (or better computer) as I can't even see any wing bars.

I miss the call of the Wood Pigeon in the mornings, though we have Collard Doves over here now, and when I hear them, I can just close my eyes and think I'm home.

Here is my Woody

 

Wood Pigeon, Marcham, Oxfordshire
Picture by Sue H.



 

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Andy Edwards
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Posted at 21:48 on 20th March 2009
He's a beauty! I have several pairs in the garden lately, especially in the tree at the bottom of the garden, they're the first to fly when the resident sparrowhawk comes a looking for prey!!
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Ruth Gregory
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Posted at 22:24 on 20th March 2009
On 19th March 2009 08:03, Ray Stear wrote:
Thank you Ruth. that was taken a couple of weeks ago.I love Dartmoor. I dare not open that little shed in the foreground. I think the 'Hound' lived in there!

It wouldn't be a moor without a hound, Ray.  lol.  It's a beautiful shot!  I love that stone wall.
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Ruth Gregory
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Posted at 22:26 on 20th March 2009

Wow, look at this little beauty:

Even snails like flowers
Picture by Peter Hooper


Talk about nature at its finest!!

 

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Sue H
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Posted at 19:15 on 21st March 2009

I find this picture very unique and very interesting. I really like it.

You do need to click on the thumbnail to enlarge it to get the right effect though.

 

All Saint's Church, Brill, Bucks
Picture by Tony Tooth



 

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