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		<title>The Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grey Wagtails are a bright active bird, rather more colourful than their name suggests. They prefer to live along fast flowing sections of rivers &#38; streams and are native residents across much of Britain, particularly western areas like Wales. An ideal location would be one with plenty of rocks &#38; pebbles to perch upon and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Surveys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RSPB Big Garden Bird watch, it’s amazing how quickly the year goes by. We chose to do our watch on the Saturday this year and it’s been a beautiful crisp cold day. Most of the expected birds turned up for their daily feed, you can see our results further down this post. A Nuthatch enjoys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singing Reed Buntings – Courting Toads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be spring, just the other day this cheerful reed bunting was singing away. Reed buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus)&#160; breed in areas of rush &#38; reed at the side of bogs &#38; lakes. They are noted for singing from tall reeds or from shrub branches that overhang the water; indeed this is exactly what this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Birds &#8211; Landing Technique</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To view how some of the garden birds approach landing on a feeder, I photographed them at high shutter speeds. The composite image below shows some of the results: &#160;&#160; click image for a larger view … They each appear to approach at significantly different speeds. The chaffinches certainly seemed easier to catch in frame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These beautiful little birds, a garden favourite here in the UK, have been having a tough time in the recent spell of winter weather. The British variety is in fact a sub species called “Erithacus rubecula melophilus”. Several Robin’s have been visiting our feeders and I thought I’d share some recent pictures … Click on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Kite flight &amp; feeding video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised here is the video short that accompanies my post about the Kites at Gigrin Farm, from last Wednesday. I’ve adjusted my video export settings for upload to YouTube, I think these are better – hope you agree. As usual this post is split to assist quicker loading of the site, so please click [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of Prey in the snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday we took a trip down to Gigrin Farm to photograph the feeding of wild Kites. Firstly may I say what a wonderful job Chris Powell at Gigrin Farm &#38; the Welsh Kite Trust do in helping these magnificent birds of prey to thrive once again. If possible please do show your support by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Kites &amp; Buzzards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some pictures of welsh birds of prey, from our trip to Nant yr Arian, Ceredigion; yesterday afternoon. &#160;&#160; Click on images for a larger view … The Welsh uplands have become a stronghold for the beautiful Red Kite (Milvus milvus). There are several places where the wild kites are fed, to help in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden BirdWatch &#8216;09 &amp; 5D MkII</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its that time of year again where many of the UK’s families get out into gardens &#38; parks to count the number of birds that are there. If you’d like to find out more please visit the RSPB web site. We duly did our count, with the noticeable change being more house sparrows &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jay &#8211; Garrulus glandarius</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AnnMarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eurasian Jay is a colourful member of the crow family and is resident across most of Europe. Jays breed in various types of woodland but prefer oak, for its abundance of acorns. We are lucky enough to have a reasonable number of these rather shy birds, breeding locally. This year they have taken to [...]]]></description>
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