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Winter Birds in South Notts
This winter’s cold weather and northerly winds brought some interesting garden visitors, including yellowhammers and flocks of field fares...
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Yellowhammer pecking seed spilled from feeder |
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A yellowhammer foraging on a frosty morning |
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Yellowhammer perched in a lilac – they’re very easily disturbed when feeding on the ground and take cover in shrubs or trees |
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A fieldfare enjoying a splash of sun |
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Fieldfare breaking into an apple |
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Putting out some apples soon attracts fieldfares – they will quickly clear any windfalls! |
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Fieldfare protecting its apple – this one was quite aggressive, and would chase off other fieldfares, blackbirds and even woodpigeons if they tried to take a peck of the apple |