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Saw a Kestrel yesterday.
And this sort of bird singing on a branch a tree, might be whitethroat.
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That is a Whitethroat - they are gorgeous! Where did you see it and how can you be sure it was?
They are my fave Warblers.
In Berkshire you have these beauties too!
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two things…it has this triangularish head and wedged tail similar to a Red kite but way smaller of course…it was sitting on an apple tree branch in the garden and singing beautiful songs.
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In the garden what sort of area do you live in? Is it built up?
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In the garden what sort of area do you live in? Is it built up?
We have woodlands around the 200 houses in the area.
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Whitethroats are not really garden birds and are rare there. They prefer hedgerows, scrub ie Hawthorn, Gorse, ........ they do not liek dense/closed woodland
That does not mean they do not occur in gardens or in small trees - they do sing in small trees and any garden in a very green area is not an issue.
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Any new species Hareem to your list?
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Hareem you are quite the bird watcher. The only time I learnt about birds was when I was hunting :/
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Hi, how are you? 
I recently went to New Forest but didn’t get a chance to look around for birds.
Is it just me or is the population of jays are increasing everyday?
Near my house, saw a crane few days ago. It was huge.
I see goldfinches almost everyday in my garden.
I spotted few eagle type birds while driven through the countryside near Newbury but I always find hard to identity eagle birds. 
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Hareem you are quite the bird watcher. The only time I learnt about birds was when I was hunting :/
I developed my love for birds 4 years ago during my stay in countryside where a family of bluetits would regularly visit my backyard.
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Dont you feel weird killing a living thing for sport? You would learn so much more if you observed them for longer and they will enchant you.
Hareem you are quite the bird watcher. The only time I learnt about birds was when I was hunting :/
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A Crane? They are big! What was the area called it was in. Did you go to the forested areas of the New Forest or the heathlands? You could have seen Nightjar, Hobby, Goshawk, Honey Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker…too name but a few!
My recent firsts are Wood Warbler, Eider and I hope to get Tree Pipit and Cuckoo too. Cuckoos are heading back but I hope to get juvenile at least.
I have seen over 500 different species of birds!
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A Crane? They are big! What was the area called it was in. Did you go to the forested areas of the New Forest or the heathlands? You could have seen Nightjar, Hobby, Goshawk, Honey Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker....too name but a few!
My recent firsts are Wood Warbler, Eider and I hope to get Tree Pipit and Cuckoo too. Cuckoos are heading back but I hope to get juvenile at least.
I have seen over 500 different species of birds!
The crane was in Surrey in a marshy field...if you want I can pm you the exact location.
In New Forest, we went to the wildlife park in north east of the park (near Lyndhurst) but we stayed in the south near Lymington.
500 is a lot.
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Let me know the location. i will try to give the details to a Surrey recorder. Also the date you saw it.
The birds of prey you see are likely to be Buzzard or Red Kites.
In Surrey there are even more Nightjar, Nightingale and Dartford Warbler. If you get to see or hear them you wont regret it. Why dont you join an RSPB Nightjar walk. You will find it fascinating. I did one in Dorset last June, exactly a year ago this week.
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Let me know the location. i will try to give the details to a Surrey recorder. Also the date you saw it. The birds of prey you see are likely to be Buzzard or Red Kites.
In Surrey there are even more Nightjar, Nightingale and Dartford Warbler. If you get to see or hear them you wont regret it. Why dont you join an RSPB Nightjar walk. You will find it fascinating. I did one in Dorset last June, exactly a year ago this week.
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