Your day's wildlife
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potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Blue Tit doing his best Zorro impression 
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I went up to my garden pond and spotted a Red Damselfly hovering around, I then found 3 empties with one of the occupants drying out on a plant stalk.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
First goslings (or any young for that matter) of the season saw on Sunday in Abbey Park.
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Been a while since I took the binos up to Cupwith Res, but over the last couple of weeks I could hear a Sandpiper so was determined to see whether they were back. On Sunday evening there was a pair on the rocks in front of me, about ten yards away. Yesterday was a treat. Looks like the whole moorland reservoir gang were out. Sandpiper (only one this time) various Reed Buntings, the usual proliferation of Meadow Pippits, several Curlews, one of which landed on the shore opposite and looked to be taking a bath, a Pied Wagtail, several Mallard, (one pair and a couple of bored-looking drakes), a Canada. Saw/heard a few Red Grouse in the distance and had a fly-past from two more Curlews. I could hear a couple of Skylarks, but the bright sun and panorama background meant it was hard to find them against the sky. My patience was rewarded just as I was chatting to a couple of walkers, and sure enough, one started about 60 feet up, right above a line of grouse-butts.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
What have I just seen patrolling the skies above my house?
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Cracking sight this morning on today's ride. Some humongous bird of prey took off from the road side as I rode by and it flew along side me for a few seconds before going over the fields. I reckon it was a Buzzard.
midlife
Guru
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Well that was a bit strange......
Cycling up a hill in the middle of nowhere a couple of miles out of Marple, Cheshire. Little country lane. Went around a corner and there was a Lesser Black Backed Gull standing in the middle of the road. I slowed down expecting it to fly off. But it didn't. I cycled around it, I look at it, it looked at me. I carried on, looked back and it was still just standing there in the middle of the lane watching me disappear
Cycling up a hill in the middle of nowhere a couple of miles out of Marple, Cheshire. Little country lane. Went around a corner and there was a Lesser Black Backed Gull standing in the middle of the road. I slowed down expecting it to fly off. But it didn't. I cycled around it, I look at it, it looked at me. I carried on, looked back and it was still just standing there in the middle of the lane watching me disappear
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Red Kite. The white under its wings distinguish it from a Buzzard.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Thanks.
Not my area of expertise, only seen it by chance as I was testing the camera on a passing plane
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Thanks.
Not my area of expertise, only seen it by chance as I was testing the camera on a passing plane
Red Kites are not common in the Manchester area so you were lucky to see one
Called a common plume.
