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twowheelsbest

Well-known member
Nov 1, 2009
489
Brighton
Robins 1 Seagulls 2 - both :albion2:our goals came from a sparrow!
 




seagullsovergrimsby

#cpfctinpotclub
Aug 21, 2005
43,976
Crap Town
We also heard the west country tits in the home stand on the radio.
 


Gully

Monkey in a seagull suit.
Apr 24, 2004
16,812
Way out west
There are plenty on here crowing about the result!

Let the bird related pun-fest commence!
 




Si Gull

Way Down South
Mar 18, 2008
4,775
On top of the world
No doubt Albion fans will be raven about our swift return to form - but Swindon fans will find the result hard to swallow despite it being nothing to grouse about.
 












Goldstone Rapper

Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Jan 19, 2009
14,865
BN3 7DE
Yet another media source using NSC to get their news angles! :angry:

:jester:
 




Horney

New member
Oct 12, 2008
549
Saw a bloke outside the County Ground hawking tickets. He had a blackbird with him, dressed up as a wren. She was scratching like mad and I asked if she had thrush. Told her, it was no good swanning around here. Get over to the Heron garage for some Stork margarine and rub it in where the sun don't shine.
She thanked me, said she owed me a good tern and maybe, just for a lark, we could have a shag when she came back.
Then met up with a mate, Jay Finch who hoped there wouldn't be any " owl-ers " today. His hobby is learning club grounds parrot fashion. I asked whether he had bittern off more than he could swallow.
There was a massive crane near the ground and he said it was a ruff job, climbing one of those.
Saw Matt Sparrow after the game, couldn't believe how pigeon toed he was. Said he was delighted to be in the starling line-up, pleased with his goals, coot have gone any better, although he was puffin towards the end.
A great bustard of a robins fan was slagging off the seagulls, crowing about last season. We said " you can snipe all you like mate but it was a screamer of a redstart for us "
We were choughed to blazes and on the way back called into martins and bought some pheasant ale called jackdaw, to celebrate a Mother Carey's chicken of a day out.
 




Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
20,741
Southwick
Toucan play at that game.
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,294
Quick question, what bird is this, please?
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Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,294
Thanks guys! I did attempt to use a bit identifier app but it was so much of a faff I thought I'd ask on here!

Mrs Bobkin's first thought was a falcon, but I thought they were larger than that. It definitely looked on the hunt for something...
 


Wardy's twin

Well-known member
Oct 21, 2014
8,944
Thanks guys! I did attempt to use a bit identifier app but it was so much of a faff I thought I'd ask on here!

Mrs Bobkin's first thought was a falcon, but I thought they were larger than that. It definitely looked on the hunt for something...
Sparrowhawks are more common and often (relatively to peregrines) are in gardens targeting bird feeders .
 




Zeberdi

“Vorsprung durch Technik”
NSC Patron
Oct 20, 2022
7,247
sparrowhawk
Yes.

It’s a male.

Mrs Bobkin's first thought was a falcon, but I thought they were larger than that. It definitely looked on the hunt for something...
You are right, Peregrines are larger than Sparrowhawk ( at least males) Also unlikely to see one perched on a low roof - they don‘t hunt/stalk from perches but stoop/dive bomb birds in the air ( at incredible speeds)

Nice picture and an exciting spot for the garden 🙂
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,294
Thank you NSC - to the rescue (not literally, but you know what I mean!) once again :thumbsup:
 


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