tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post7181907467872682198..comments2023-10-29T14:15:18.570+00:00Comments on Curlews in the Goyt: The Curlews have gone......The Birdwatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-73576427106750132202008-08-18T07:35:00.000+00:002008-08-18T07:35:00.000+00:00chelley - thanks. Hoping to get a telephoto lens s...chelley - thanks. Hoping to get a telephoto lens shortly which will make it easier to shoot wildlife.<BR/><BR/>Malc- There are mean't to be Golden Ploves in the Peak District but I have not seen them. Saw a curlew on hols in Scotland though.<BR/><BR/>Kaz - Yes say hello to them. When they leave the Goyt goes very quiet.The Birdwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-5981595560562866552008-08-10T10:37:00.000+00:002008-08-10T10:37:00.000+00:00I'll probably see your Curlews on the Lancashire c...I'll probably see your Curlews on the Lancashire coast when I go birding next week.<BR/>I'll say hello.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-52616921844753992702008-08-08T19:26:00.000+00:002008-08-08T19:26:00.000+00:00We've had plenty of curlews for most of the summer...We've had plenty of curlews for most of the summer and now they've been joined by the golden plovers.Malcolm Cinnamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120038732155986660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-71320861260638971852008-08-06T22:48:00.000+00:002008-08-06T22:48:00.000+00:00Wonderful pictures!Wonderful pictures!Chelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824727510177766606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-80462489421479575292008-07-31T17:07:00.000+00:002008-07-31T17:07:00.000+00:00gadjo dilo - each to their own I suppose, some peo...gadjo dilo - each to their own I suppose, some people like football<BR/><BR/>Rol - Well they have left the Goyt. I guess the food supply is better at the coast. Once the young are fledged then they leave. Can't think where they have gone and they do it every year, though from my diary notes they are a little earlier this year.The Birdwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-34780975195098922292008-07-31T11:07:00.000+00:002008-07-31T11:07:00.000+00:00Curlews leave in July? I didn't know that. Does it...Curlews leave in July? I didn't know that. Does it get too hot for them?<BR/><BR/>In THIS country?Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-31684150584933517192008-07-31T08:37:00.000+00:002008-07-31T08:37:00.000+00:00We get lots of butterflies in Romania that I've ne...We get lots of butterflies in Romania that I've never seen in UK. There's crowds of little blue ones that love cow shit - it just doesn't look right somehow.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374261.post-64564028215552656742008-07-30T20:32:00.000+00:002008-07-30T20:32:00.000+00:00What a beautiful view. I haven't been on a hike i...What a beautiful view. I haven't been on a hike in so long.<BR/><BR/>I love those purple thistles. When they come up in my garden I let them grow. I'm sure my neighbors hate me for that, but you are right, the butterflies seem to love them.fiwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04816465372283594972noreply@blogger.com