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I am certainly that age or beyondYer've got to be of a certain age to know that
I would just like to say
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one of my earliest memoriesYer've got to be of a certain age to know that
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Mine is 'listen with mother' sat by the wireless with motherone of my earliest memories
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My earliest memory is getting out of bed this morning.
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probably true, at some point, everything becomes a memory of a memory...My earliest memory is getting out of bed this morning.
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"I caught sight of an unknown to me, bird of prey today. I was driving over the wild wilderness area not far from the Crychan forest and the army ranges when this bird flew up off the top of a wide, old farm hedge. It took me by surprise but I couldn't keep my eye on it as I was approach a sharp blind bend in the track I was driving along. Just a few metres before I saw it I had passed a track on my left with a sign pointing to MERLIN COTTAGE - It stayed in my mind as I wondered just who would want to live so far away from any habitation! A sign to a farm,I could understand as it is very much sheep country but to a cottage is a bit different - holiday cottage for a farm?? Any way, my thoughts are is there a possible connection between the name of the cottage and the mystery bird?
The only thing I saw clearly was the 'underneath' was very light coloured.
Just had a thought, my car Road Hawk camera
is recording all the time! I will check out the SD card tomorrow."
Just taken me a long time to find the file but 'ere it is.
Looking at it, I think it is a buzzard - a bit big for a Merlin according to the description given in my original post.
The only thing I saw clearly was the 'underneath' was very light coloured.
Just had a thought, my car Road Hawk camera
is recording all the time! I will check out the SD card tomorrow.
"Just taken me a long time to find the file but 'ere it is.
Looking at it, I think it is a buzzard - a bit big for a Merlin according to the description given in my original post.
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"I caught sight of an unknown to me, bird of prey today. I was driving over the wild wilderness area not far from the Crychan forest and the army ranges when this bird flew up off the top of a wide, old farm hedge. It took me by surprise but I couldn't keep my eye on it as I was approach a sharp blind bend in the track I was driving along. Just a few metres before I saw it I had passed a track on my left with a sign pointing to MERLIN COTTAGE - It stayed in my mind as I wondered just who would want to live so far away from any habitation! A sign to a farm,I could understand as it is very much sheep country but to a cottage is a bit different - holiday cottage for a farm?? Any way, my thoughts are is there a possible connection between the name of the cottage and the mystery bird?
The only thing I saw clearly was the 'underneath' was very light coloured.
Just had a thought, my car Road Hawk camera
is recording all the time! I will check out the SD card tomorrow.
Just taken me along time to find the file but 'ere it is.
Looking at it, I think it is a buzzard - a bit big for a Merlin according to the description given in my original post.
where abouts are you? looks too white for a buzzard
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I was driving in wild-west country
but if you put BABEL in goggle maps it should give you an idea - I think there is only one homestead in the village!! I don't know if it is Carmarthenshire or Powys - border country.
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buzzard/kite country then.. but with the flash of white i wouldn't rule out hen harrier
i have seen one a couple of times, but not in wales
i have seen one a couple of times, but not in wales
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sometimes its hard.. to be a woman..
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Certainly NOT a kite and I was doubtful if it was a buzzard. It is too big for a merlin and not like a goshawk. I will look up hen harrier - the area is very remote.
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Specially if you are a bloke.......
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doesn't stop some folkSpecially if you are a bloke.......
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Hen Harrier looks to be the winner! The glimpse I got as it took off was a blue-grey colour before it turned and showed its undercarriage - tart
- although I think that colouring is the male." The hen harrier is a slim bird. Males are blue-grey with a white rump, pale underside and black wing tips. Females are brown above and streaky below, with a white rump and a banded tail."
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very exciting if so! they might eat the odd grouse so they get hammeredHen Harrier looks to be the winner! The glimpse I got as it took off was a blue-grey colour before it turned and showed its undercarriage - tart
" The hen harrier is a slim bird. Males are blue-grey with a white rump, pale underside and black wing tips. Females are brown above and streaky below, with a white rump and a banded tail."
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I’ve got a pair of hen harriers, a pair of peregrines, a pair of sea eagles, three pairs of buzzards, a pair of merlins and a partridge not in a pear tree
And a pair of choughs - noisy barstools the lot of them
And a pair of choughs - noisy barstools the lot of them
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always nice to see a chough
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They give me an earful on a regular basis and manage to do massive shits on the paintwork of anything parked in the shed
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My earliest memory is getting out of bed this morning.
Don't ask me what I had for lunch..
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