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07-07-09, 06:48 PM
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Keep hearing this bird.....!
As i am cycling over the ribble to preston.... and aroundabouts there!Today i heard it coming towards me from one side of the bridge so i rushed to the other side to see if i could see it.....!Nope as usual..the sound is something like peww wiiii several seconds then the same again,it must only be small because i have not seen it yet.........!Heard it loads..!Went on the rspb site checking out the waders sounds no joy.....!Any help most appreciated..!Peace...Its not a lapwing pee wit....!and it seems to fly really fast ......as when it is calling it soon fades away,always on the river.The river is tidal where i am and there is always a lot of mud..!
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07-07-09, 08:38 PM
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cheers, John
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08-07-09, 09:26 AM
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Maybe a Dipper if you have streams around????
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08-07-09, 02:38 PM
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Nailed it.......It is 100% a grey plover ...........!If you listen to the calls on the rspb site...you will see where i got my peww wiii from........!It is also found on the ribble according to the site....in the where to see them bit..!My first ever investigation into what a bird is by its call alone.........buzzing.........!
 Next thing try to see the thing...!Peace..!Pic request john......hehe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPd1...om=PL&index=67 This is the call.........deffo.....!
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08-07-09, 03:00 PM
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 An early migrant then on it's way back from the Arctic!
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08-07-09, 03:22 PM
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BELOW: summer plumage Grey Plover  BELOW: winter plumage  BELOW: watch out for the diagnostic black armpits  cheers, John
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08-07-09, 04:14 PM
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Where i have heard it i do not go birding there,it is just the nearest bridge to get to preston from where i live on the other side of the river.!I just assumed it was small and fast because i had never seen it,although heard it quite a lot recently........!thanx for the replies....!Peace..!
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09-07-09, 12:42 PM
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Learnt,a few important lessons here i think!firstly the importance of birdcalls in id birds ,and secondly getting to know what you are likely to see wherever you are going to be..!I have checked out some links on birds on the ribble due to this,as it my local patch which believe it or not i have never really in depth done before..!Every week i am down there bumming around for one reason or another either,drifting,walking,cycling or birding....!A lot of the birds i have seen,but a lot i have not, i will be familiarizing myself with there calls and appearance pronto..........!Peace...!
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