Trying to identify birds on the Tour de France coverage usually involves looking for birds flashing by or for soaring raptors.
Until today! Stage 3 saw an extended discussion about a nearby bird reserve, plus Common Terns, Little Egrets etc on screen!
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Patch mega! A singing Reed Warbler in urban Oxford, in the tiny patch of reeds in Churchill Meadow this morning. Only my second record (and the patch 4th) in 7 years.
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This Reeves’s Pheasant was filmed yesterday by runner Julien L’homme (one of the fastest men in the county) on Shotover Hill, Oxford. An impressive burst of speed as the pheasant overtakes Julien, this is the nearest thing you’ll see to a Roadrunner in Oxfordshire!
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Flock of Cattle Egret in today’s Giro d’Italia stage
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