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9P1A3585 Dipper (juvenile)

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Another posing young dipper. The rock that the bird is perching on is inside but close to the opening of a small bridge. In the background there are three culverts discharging water from a small stream which feeds the river Irwell. Three Dippers fledged but on the following day I only ever saw one bird. A magpie investigated the river bank on a daily basis and occasionally I saw a sparrowhawk hunting the river's edge. I can only presume that the fledglings fell victim to the hunting birds.

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Uploaded on October 7, 2021
Taken on May 7, 2021