Your day's wildlife

[geocycle]

Sat down for a cuppa and the sparrowhawk drops in!

 

[biggs682]

Loads of bugs out in our garden today

 

[Randomnerd]

Swallows arrived for a recce today, in North Yorkshire. So happy to see them back again. Makes my heart sing when the swallows arrive. Grey wagtails busy. Wrens very active with their nests. Hedge sparrows going at full tilt. Lovely birds

 

[biggs682]

Caught these two in the act , sorry if the pictures are a bit poor.

 

[Glow worm]

Yesterday's list from a couple of hours viewed from the garden
Blue tits
Great tits
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Reed bunting
Jackdaws (one flew off with half a fat ball- cheeky sod!)
Collard doves
Nuthatch
House Sparrow
Dunnocks
3 little egrets
7 buzzards
2 red kites
2 Kestrels
Starlings
Pheasants
Song thrush (heard)
And best of all- later on near dusk- Swallow! first of the year.

 

[Cuchilo]

Had a red kite gliding over my house the other day . Amazing to see one in London !

 

[figbat]

Today appears to be goldfinch day chez figbat. I know they're not the most exotic of birds but it's nice to see them, and perched atop the sycamore catching the sun they are a handsome sight.

 

[newfhouse]

Nest building is well underway in South London. This box was completely empty a week ago but we did see a lot of inquisitive activity prior to that. It's a poor quality camera that I had intended to replace but never got around to. It'll have to wait to be upgraded next season now.

My other monitored box has a much better camera, and hosted coal tits last year, but no activity so far. That's the remains of last season's nest.

 

[Poacher]

Caught these two in the act , sorry if the pictures are a bit poor.

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Some kind of Bee Fly?
Wrens normally sing fairly low down and at least close to deep cover, if not actually in it.
Not this fella, singing his little heart out on a telephone line just outside our house, about 6 metres up.
Only got one pic, and he's facing away, doing his ventriloquial thing, so everyone within earshot gets a bit!

Wood anemones just coming into bloom in Stoke Wood. Focus is better on the leaves than the flowers; I'm not very competent.

 

[Chris S]

A heron on the canal by Lifford Lane. They're either getting a common sight now or I keep seeing the same one.

 

[biggs682]

Yes @Poacher beeflies

I love the snake head fritillaries

 

[biggs682]

A good selection of birds today including Roz from next door , robins , sparrows, dunnocks , blackbirds , magpie and sure there was a blue tit at one point .

Seen quite a few big bee's buzzing around as well .

 

[biggs682]

This little fella had gone a bit stiff in the cage

 

[philk56]

A pelican in glorious self-isolation, passed on my ride this morning by the Swan River in Perth.

 

[biggs682]

This slug is making its way up the garden