Guest 661- Registered: 16 Mar 2008
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27 December 2010
17:1486597#1
Went to put the kettle on today before March of the penguins started, looked out of the kitchen window, and in the garden that backs on to mine was an egret in the tree, tosay I was gobsmacked would be an understatement. I cant get the photo to download at the moment will send it to the boss to set his magic on it.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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27 December 2010
17:2986602#2
How lovely.
Guest 661- Registered: 16 Mar 2008
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27 December 2010
17:3886603#3
I dont know if it is the one that we have all seen down by Morrisons or not, the lady who owns the garden no longer has a pond so I have no idea why it was just sitting in the tree, the two gardens are right next to the old a&e entrance to the hospital and nowhere near water.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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27 December 2010
17:3986604#4
Quite a scoop with that one Elaine. Great stuff!
I ran the pic through one of my programs.
Guest 661- Registered: 16 Mar 2008
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27 December 2010
17:4286605#5
thanks for that Paul
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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27 December 2010
18:5986610#6
Beautiful, well spotted Humphy
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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27 December 2010
19:0686611#7
Super, thanks for sharing with us. Not too many years ago it was a treat to see one anywhere never mind a back garden.
Keith Sansum1
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27 December 2010
19:0986612#8
we have an all day audience with different type of birds
large and very small
the smallest pecks on the door till gets his food
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Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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28 December 2010
21:3786708#9
You lucky thing Humphy! Between Barton Path and the bowling green behind the police station, I saw three Little egrets today:
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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28 December 2010
21:4286709#10
Pencester heron and a Water rail at Barton Path:
Jan Higgins
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28 December 2010
23:2286718#11
I wonder if the cold has driven them into the relative warmth of the town because their normal river habitat is frozen over.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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29 December 2010
08:5986739#12
Wow Phil you have excelled again there..great shots particularly of the Egrets, three of them! well its just fab!
Its really great to have these birds in the centre of town. I dont think I had ever seen a heron before I moved to central Dover.
