Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

@Dave 123 what are the birds?

Sorry, lazy me.

male and female Stonechat and Rock Pipit.

 

[Dave 123]

Another early morning walk on the SWCP. Today I turned right...

male linnet

Rock Pipit (on a fence post!)

Whitethroat

Out of focus... Cirl Bunting

The local coastline is nationally important for Cirl Bunting.

 

[AndreaJ]

Rubbish picture of a barn owl hunting, we have seen it ach night for the past 3 nights when walking the

 

[AndreaJ]

Rubbish picture of a barn owl hunting, we have seen it ach night for the past 3 nights when walking the dogs

 

[Dave 123]

An early morning wander at Wembury Today.....

Robin

Black cap

Dunnock, with the Mewstone in the background

Goldfinch

Juvenile Stonechat

Dunnock

Whitethroat

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Not a good picture; taken through glass. The early hog gets the pick of the food...

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

A couple of hours mtb’ing in the Pentlands this morning provided quite a list of sightings, topped by a ring ouzel, only the third I’ve ever seen. The list also included cuckoo heard not seen, along with skylark, red grouse, stonechat, wheatear, meadow pipit, swallow, common sandpiper and dipper. I passed a bank of nesting sand martins but none seemed to be out in the drizzle.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

These Konik ponies were at Wicken Fen, Cambrideshire yesterday. A lovely day for a walk and enjoy the birdsong. The birds were very elusive to be photographed but the ponies could not have cared less !

 

[philk56]

Seen in passing on my morning bike ride yesterday. The gull was waiting patiently for any scraps - I didn't wait around to see if it ended up as dessert

 

[Nigeyy]

the best I could do.... Ruby Throated humming bird. They can go as far north as Nova Scotia (poor things, it would be cold!). Sadly you can't see the ruby throat in this photo.

 

[slowmotion]

Mrs Slowmotion and a friend walked to Kew Gardens this morning and came back quite excited. In a wooded area

they had spotted a Golden Pheasant. Apparently there are less than 100 pairs in the whole of the UK. They look pretty exotic and slightly daft.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Work pond ,feeding time

 

[Levo-Lon]

It's a bit too hot for Mr Blackbird

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Ants nest, get the parasites removed

 

[Proto]

I've got to the age of 67 and I've never seen a woodpecker. I've heard plenty of them whilst wandering around the Chilterns but I've never seen one, and I had tried. Moved to East Devon/Dorset three weeks ago and not long after I saw what I think was a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker sitting in one of my oak trees. Quite small, and pattern not right for a Greater Spotted (I'm no expert!). But I digress. Today, look out the window and there's a Green Woodpecker sitting on my lawn.

Excuse the phone camera photo quality. It was a fair way away. I've now dug my Olympus DSLR and tripod out of storage and I'm on a mission to get some decent photos!

 

[Dave 123]

A wander along the SWCP. Today. Gannet, Buzzard, Cirl Bunting, linnet and a Fulmar

Nice pics of this lot....

Kestrel

Meadow Brown

Meadow Brown

Marbled a White

Large Skipper

Small Tortoiseshell