philk56
Guru
- Location
- WAy down under
Pelicans can always be relied on for a good pose 
Your day's wildlife
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
The rare breed sheep are back at Summer leys
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I thought I had being seeing Ospreys flying about recently but made the first positive observation of this summer as one tore apart a fish on a rock.
rualexander
Legendary Member
A few beasties from monday,
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
This is a whimbrel, posing obligingly earlier this in the river Camel in the centre of Wadebridge:
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I think it might be a Buzzard nest as I saw a pair of them displaying near it the other day. When I cycled past it I spotted another nest lower down and a Buzzard perched on the crossbars.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
For the first time in a few years, I decided to get live mealworms to help the nesters. Ordered a kilo from https://www.livefoodsdirect.co.uk/ just before midday on Monday; they arrived about 10:15 on Tuesday, and blackbird and a pair of robins helped me unpack them. They don't miss a trick. Unfortunately nor do the magpies - we can't leave the feeding bowl (ceramic and heavy to prevent tipping over) unattended, otherwise the magpies move in and quickly empty it.
These pics were today. Robin was first to take advantage.
Robin's slightly nervous, and gets rather excited on 'catching' a mealworm:
When not filling his own belly (I try to direct him to suet pellets instead), he takes plenty back to the nest. Here he is in "half Puffin" mode; when in "full Puffin" mode he can get 8 mealworms in that beak!
These pics were today. Robin was first to take advantage.
Robin's slightly nervous, and gets rather excited on 'catching' a mealworm:
When not filling his own belly (I try to direct him to suet pellets instead), he takes plenty back to the nest. Here he is in "half Puffin" mode; when in "full Puffin" mode he can get 8 mealworms in that beak!
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
The High Peak is full of birds now that Spring is here (although it was really cold today). Curlews, Lapwings, Skylarks, Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipits
The Goyt Valley runs up out of Whaley Bridge to the top of the Cat & Fiddle. Cycling up there today I heard a song that you don't hear that often.....Pied Flycatcher. It's classic habitat for them; upland oak woodland. But still a really nice surprise
The Goyt Valley runs up out of Whaley Bridge to the top of the Cat & Fiddle. Cycling up there today I heard a song that you don't hear that often.....Pied Flycatcher. It's classic habitat for them; upland oak woodland. But still a really nice surprise
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
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Sadly my wildlife spot wasn’t a good one. This buzzard had just been hit by a car when I retrieved it from the road. It was mortally injured and on it’s way out. I just felt I had to hold it till it finally died. It was a surprisingly light morph.
Reason No. 41 why cars and wildlife don’t mix.
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Sadly my wildlife spot wasn’t a good one. This buzzard had just been hit by a car when I retrieved it from the road. It was mortally injured and on it’s way out. I just felt I had to hold it till it finally died. It was a surprisingly light morph.
Reason No. 41 why cars and wildlife don’t mix.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Just had an hour at our local wildlife reserve and we go to stand about 20ft away from 4 fox cubs playing in a field we both stood there for 10 minutes fascinated by them and then walked to one of the hides and saw half a dozen Gadwell prs , 4 nesting Lapwings and quite a few red shanks hunting for food .
And then walking back to the car park we got to less than 10 ft away from a Cuckoo before it flew off and carried on with its call .
And then walking back to the car park we got to less than 10 ft away from a Cuckoo before it flew off and carried on with its call .
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
4 little egrets fishing in Deptford Creek today. Youngsters probably chucked off their parents' breeding and feeding grounds. They don't stay in the creek long, though some do move upstream. Most seem to go elsewhere in search of food.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
One of our bird boxes has an almost constant flow of bee's going in and out of it .
rualexander
Legendary Member
Buzzard (I think)
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Whilst out on my ride on Saturday afternoon I stopped at Reybridge to take a photo and to have a look for fish.
Whilst looking down into the river I caught sight of a medium sized brown bird fly up from some reeds and land on some branches on the bank. My immediate thought was that it was a female Mallard, but perching on branches confused me. The bird was too far away to see clearly so I reached for my small pair of binoculars. It was a female Sparrowhawk and was busy plucking something! A couple of walkers and I watched for several minutes before it flew off into some trees carrying whatever it had caught .
I saw a pair of Swifts yesterday but they were very high up .
Whilst looking down into the river I caught sight of a medium sized brown bird fly up from some reeds and land on some branches on the bank. My immediate thought was that it was a female Mallard, but perching on branches confused me. The bird was too far away to see clearly so I reached for my small pair of binoculars. It was a female Sparrowhawk and was busy plucking something! A couple of walkers and I watched for several minutes before it flew off into some trees carrying whatever it had caught .
I saw a pair of Swifts yesterday but they were very high up .
