I went for Hobby .. simply because it was one of my first WOW moments of 2010.
We were stood between the two lagoons at Newport Wetlands, whilst they swooped and tried to catch the dragonflies over the ponds. Brilliant stuff!
Ant
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Swifts and Little Terns (the swallow of the sea) Such amasin wee birds. Fantastic to watch them fish on the Ythan .
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AL
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I chose Cuckoo, because there is nothing quite like that enigmatic call that just sums up summer for me. I have heard them in early April here at the Lodge before now - so I can't wait!
Claire
I went for Swift too - as they fly around the stram opposite my house - catching insects
Nick
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I'm not going to choose, it's too hard to! Aha!:-)I love them all and looking forward to hopefully observing/filming them all too! :-D
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They are all welcome so it's hard to choose. I voted for swallow because to me they are the epitome of summer. They are amazing little birds too. They travel all the way from sub-Saharan Africa, raise three broods sometimes four, and travel all the way back again. They are pretty feisty too. I once saw a flock of 50+ mob a kestrel.
TJ
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I voted for the swallow so that I can film them using the specially made opening, built into the new woodshed door
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I voted for swift, I just love hearing their screams fill the skies above as I'm walking the dogs on warm summer evenings.
But as always in these polls, I feel sorry for the ones with no votes :(
I voted osprey because that is the only one that matters! :)
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Diffficult but i had to choose the Osprey.I love peeping at the web cams and keeping up with Marge :0)
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Hi Ian,
I have voted for House Martin. They have nested on my house several times. I love sitting in the garden and watching them zoom in and out of the nest with such precision.
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Stephen
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The swift came out on top closely followed by the swallow with the osprey in third spot.
We won't be seeing the swifts for a little while yet but already reports of swallows are trickling in such as the one at the Portland bird observatory. There have also been osprey sightings as well so definitely keep your eyes to skies!
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With sand martins spotted in parts of the UK already, it'll not be long before our skies are filled with other returning migrants.
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Tom Monday's Magic Moment: birds on wire With sand martins spotted in parts of the UK already, it'll not be long before our skies are filled with other returning migrants.
i am voting for chiffchaffs, they must be getting rare in my part of the country,
about 5/6 years ago they would be singing all over the place,
i could even hear them driving around the roads with the windows down.
Silent night. Tom Monday's Magic Moment: birds on wire With sand martins spotted in parts of the UK already, it'll not be long before our skies are filled with other returning migrants. i am voting for chiffchaffs, they must be getting rare in my part of the country, about 5/6 years ago they would be singing all over the place, i could even hear them driving around the roads with the windows down.
LOL. I now have this picture in my head of Chiffchaffs driving around with sunshades on with the windows down.
Sorry, I know what you really meant.