Crane Spotter
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Crane Spotter – July 2021 – Many happy returns
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White Stork, (Ciconia ciconia). Impressive glider: Look what conservationists are bringing back The day was hotting up and as I gazed down from my vantage ...

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Crane Spotter – June 2021 – Eyes for the Osprey
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The Osprey searching high above the landscape looking for fish A magnificent bird attracting more media coverage than most others put together was back in ...

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Crane Spotter – May 2021 – Bye, baby Bunting
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‘Fancy meeting you here!’ Rustic Bunting and Little Bunting - in the same Surrey bush, Photo by David Carlsson Have you ever been somewhere hundreds or ...

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Crane Spotter – April 2021 – Jokers out the back, Wood Pigeons
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Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) - so surprised to see you Is there any bird sillier than a Pheasant? They stand there beside the road, you cover your ...

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Crane Spotter – March 2021 – Now it’s time we care two big hoots for Little Owls
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Little Owl (Athene noctua) giving you the eye It’s a moonlit dusk in early March when suddenly a two-syllable scream breaks the silence. There it is again, ...

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Crane Spotter – February 2021 – From Russia With Love
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Russian White-fronted Geese It was one of those mornings we had this winter when a foggy grey blanket hung heavily overhead. Some nearby house lights ...

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Crane Spotter – January 2021 – Merlin produces a magic show
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A Merlin with a capture (Falco columbarius) With no traditional pantomimes available to us right now I am pleased to report that, at least in the bird ...

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Crane Spotter – December 2020 – Going Home For Christmas
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I can report a happy little - or should I say huge - Christmas story this month from the birding world. Regular readers may recall the massive White-tailed ...

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Crane Spotter – November 2020 – A rare autumn windfall
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A Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) in full flight A surprise early Christmas present came my way back on one of those still and lazy September days we ...

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Crane Spotter – October 2020 – Sparrowhawks, our spies in the skies
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A Sparrowhawk eating a Collared Dove in a Surrey garden © Mark Davis Suddenly all peace in the garden is shattered. The ever-watchful Blue Tits switch ...

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Crane Spotter – September 2020 – High-flying Godwits grab the glory
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Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) All was eerily quiet on a clear still night in Cranleigh during lockdown. No cars, no planes, no distant loud ...

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Crane Spotter – August 2020 – Array of Med Sunshine
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Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) With the arrival of August it should be holiday time in a nice hot place like Spain or Greece. But the pandemic ...

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