New Posts For Thread: Bird threadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-threadNoticing a few more blackbirds and starlings this year. What birds are you seeing?Blackbarn - After some research it seems I saw the Northern Wheatear, Greenland version but still a Northern and v. similar. These breed in Eastern Canada and leave from Newfoundland, about 70 miles north east of here and travel on to Greenland, Irelhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539054325#539054325Blackbarn - After some research it seems I saw the Northern Wheatear, Greenland version but still a Northern and v. similar. These breed in Eastern Canada and leave from Newfoundland, about 70 miles north east of here and travel on to Greenland, IrelThu, 24 Apr 2014 09:21:31 -0500a dipper in a garden? remarkable scenes.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539051255#539051255a dipper in a garden? remarkable scenes.Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:54:34 -0500On my garden list, Sultan....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539051111#539051111On my garden list, Sultan....Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:34:00 -0500I've always wanted to see a Dipperhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539050725#539050725I've always wanted to see a DipperThu, 24 Apr 2014 03:22:50 -0500No, not one of the others it was a Northern Wheatear, I have seen them before when I lived in the UK and Ireland. No doubt about it, got a good identification through my bins while it hung about for five minutes or so.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539048935#539048935No, not one of the others it was a Northern Wheatear, I have seen them before when I lived in the UK and Ireland. No doubt about it, got a good identification through my bins while it hung about for five minutes or so.Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:10:59 -0500Al Dente - Its the Northern Wheatear (or Wheatear) we are talking about. Did you mean one of the others?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539047605#539047605Al Dente - Its the Northern Wheatear (or Wheatear) we are talking about. Did you mean one of the others?Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:37:49 -0500Saw a Northern Wheatear a couple of years ago on an Atlantic headland on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Nobody believed me.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539047267#539047267Saw a Northern Wheatear a couple of years ago on an Atlantic headland on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Nobody believed me.Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:08:55 -0500Sorry Clouseau - I missed your Wheatear reply. You have them spot on from your description. They arrived here in my bit of Sussex (edge of the South Downs National Park) about three weeks ago. You may find the attached interesting as historically Sushttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539044369#539044369Sorry Clouseau - I missed your Wheatear reply. You have them spot on from your description. They arrived here in my bit of Sussex (edge of the South Downs National Park) about three weeks ago. You may find the attached interesting as historically SusWed, 23 Apr 2014 13:13:18 -05003 blackbirds and a magpiehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539043465#5390434653 blackbirds and a magpieWed, 23 Apr 2014 12:09:36 -0500Finally, not one but a pair of robins spotted in the gardenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30245343/bird-thread?post_id=539040543#539040543Finally, not one but a pair of robins spotted in the gardenWed, 23 Apr 2014 09:21:12 -0500