Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
The Peregrines are back at the central Cambridge nest site on the Pitt Building. Lots of food passes and plenty of noise when the two of them are there
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gbb
Legendary Member
- Location
- Peterborough
An urban fox skulked out of the roadside, saw our car coming and disappeared back whence it came....with one rear leg obviously injured, it wouldn't put its weight on it (in the 5 seconds I saw it )
Later in the day....several red kite, one right over our urban estate. You're as likely to see one round here as almost anything else.
Later in the day....several red kite, one right over our urban estate. You're as likely to see one round here as almost anything else.
[QUOTE 5542477, member: 9609"]join natures calendar
https://naturescalendar.woodlandtru...ap/?type=6&speciesId=180&eventId=12&year=2019[/QUOTE]
I have registered and recorded it.
The first one near me was spotted on the 11th of Feb.
I know that some red admirals overwinter here so can appear on a warm winter's day but not sure if they then survive a cold snap.
https://naturescalendar.woodlandtru...ap/?type=6&speciesId=180&eventId=12&year=2019[/QUOTE]
I have registered and recorded it.
The first one near me was spotted on the 11th of Feb.
I know that some red admirals overwinter here so can appear on a warm winter's day but not sure if they then survive a cold snap.
philk56
Guru
- Location
- WAy down under
A solitary Waxwing in Wheathampstead yesterday
philk56
Guru
- Location
- WAy down under
As others have said, an Australian White Ibis. Due to loss of much of their natural environment they have successfully (some may say too successfully) adapted to urban life, leading to a variety of nicknames, such as Bin Chicken. Having lived in both East and West Australia it's interesting that in the West they are much less visible on the streets, probably due to a larger abundance of natural wetlands that will hopefully continue.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
We've been seeing a pair of Bald Eagles regularly in the last few weeks in the bay near our house, or from the ferry. They are much bigger than I'd thought.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Have you moved house?
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I saw one, rather incongruously, in the middle of London today near Chancery Lane
[QUOTE 5544258, member: 9609"]never seen a bald eagle but believe they are the same size as a Golden Eagle which I have seen many times - and yes they are big birds, sometimes people will say "I wasn't sure if it was an eagle or a buzzard" which means it would have been a Buzzard - because the one distinctive feature of an Eagle is its sheer size.
Where did you see it, was it hunting on the water ?[/QUOTE]
Golden Eagle has a larger wingspan than the bald Eagle. Which I believe is the largest eagle.
Where did you see it, was it hunting on the water ?[/QUOTE]
Golden Eagle has a larger wingspan than the bald Eagle. Which I believe is the largest eagle.
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
[QUOTE 5544258, member: 9609"]
Where did you see it, was it hunting on the water ?[/QUOTE]
Seemed to be. When it comes to the ferry sightings, both these eagles and the Snowy Owls we see frequently here in the winter have developed a strategy for getting the ducks that are too slow or tired to get out of the way of the ferry - there's only a narrow ice-free passage in the winter kept open by the ferry so the ducks don't have a lot of choice about where to hang out.
No, or at least not recently. We moved to Ontario from Newcastle in 2009. Had a year in Tokyo 2013-14, but apart from that we've been here the whole time, although we have built a new house.
Where did you see it, was it hunting on the water ?[/QUOTE]
Seemed to be. When it comes to the ferry sightings, both these eagles and the Snowy Owls we see frequently here in the winter have developed a strategy for getting the ducks that are too slow or tired to get out of the way of the ferry - there's only a narrow ice-free passage in the winter kept open by the ferry so the ducks don't have a lot of choice about where to hang out.
No, or at least not recently. We moved to Ontario from Newcastle in 2009. Had a year in Tokyo 2013-14, but apart from that we've been here the whole time, although we have built a new house.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
I was stunned to see one last year on a South facing sunlit wall when it was 0° outside. It was the first week in January.
Cancelled boat trip due to fog this a.m. - black redstart spotted nr Quay was a consolation . Not my picture. Tho same location .
Wandered alone on the north harbour and spotted : shovelor black wit pochard redshank curlew pintail teal shelduck bh gull .
Wandered alone on the north harbour and spotted : shovelor black wit pochard redshank curlew pintail teal shelduck bh gull .
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