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2012 (5) Monday 30th January Last week was mild again, despite forecasts of cold weather, which has hit Devon and Cornwall already, with TV shots of Dartmoor under snow. Here, Thursday and Friday were even sunny. It is forecast to get much colder, later this week, but with the wind from the east the winter migrant birds still won’t be arriving. The Big Garden Birdwatch over the weekend produced encouraging numbers of residents, however. We have only seen the first few ‘tick sheets’ so far, but high tallies to date include 32 house sparrows (Petite Blaye), 20 starlings (Church Street), 14 long-tailed tits and 8 great tits (Vallee Clos) – and sparrow hawks and pheasants at several sites. A blackcap at Vallee Clos was seen chasing blue tits from the hanging feeders. The watchers at Longis and Mannez saw the expected little grebes and shovelers on the ponds, but no new arrivals. Read more |
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