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Old 08-04-2008, 02:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 8/4/08 13:30, in article
, "Cat(h)"
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On Apr 7, 11:47*pm, Sacha wrote:
I'm bad indeed at bird recognition but I saw one the other day that I really
do not recall before. *It was a very little larger than a sparrow and much
the same colour but while it was on the ground, its tail had a constant
'bobbing' action, rather like a wagtail. *Can anyone help me ID this one?

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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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children.'


I think birdwatchers have a term for those... LBJs, as in Little Brown
Jobs :-)

Cat(h) (who only recently cottoned on that what she took to be girly
sparrows were in fact dunnocks).

I saw Echinosum had used that but didn't know it was a technical term. ;-))

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South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'