Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

@nickyboy and a diamond shaped tail.

I’m really lucky in south Devon, they will turn up everywhere.

 

[Dave 123]

 

[Dave 123]

A female bullfinch. So shy….

 

[Gillstay]

She is getting to be a right pain, working through our bluetit population at a rate of knots. Bearing in mind that previous ones have gone solely for blackbirds and small pigeons, she seems to be treating the bluetits as some kind of amuse bouche.

I think we will have to try a few days break from topping up the feeders to force her elsewhere, unless anyone has a better idea.

Is your feeder near a bush the birds can dive into for cover, and is it in a spot where it is perfect for the hawk to get a surprise attack in. i watched one take a bird from a feeder when I was high up and you could see the prey had no chance until the Hawk was right on top of it as it came between the houses.

 

[Chief Broom]

This female sparrow hawk appeared just outside my window the other day pulling the curtains apart and only being 8ft or so away i expected it to fly off...nope!

 

[Rezillo]

Is your feeder near a bush the birds can dive into for cover, and is it in a spot where it is perfect for the hawk to get a surprise attack in. i watched one take a bird from a feeder when I was high up and you could see the prey had no chance until the Hawk was right on top of it as it came between the houses.

Thanks - that's more or less what we've done. The centre lawn feeders are about 5m from a large bush where the small birds gather to dash out to feed and then come back. However, we've seen the sparrowhawk dive straight down onto these feeders and grab a bird in one clean movement.

So, we've switched to using only the feeders hanging by the kitchen window, which have a fig tree bush right by them for cover. This hasn't stopped the sparrowhawk having a go but being so close to a wall, the wall is preventing a clean dive down, plus she can't get into the bush very easily (she has tried!). As she is less successful, she's now having a go at the blackbirds on the lawn.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

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I went up to Horsey Gap today. A notice had been put up that there were 2881 adults sighted there in November.

 

[biggs682]

I went up to Horsey Gap today. A notice had been put up that there were 2881 adults sighted there in November.
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We did Horsey a couple of years ago

 

[Dave 123]

A nice half hour this afternoon

 

[potsy]

From a walk yesterday up in the Lake District, only had my pocket camera unfortunately...

 

[MichaelW2]

A Wolf....Moon

 

[newfhouse]

Early nest box investigations from a pair of blue tits.

 

[rockyroller]

shopping for cars, found this beauty!

 

[Chief Broom]

I came across this photo comparison between raptors handy for ID, obviously stitched together shots or the most flukiest shot in history! From left- Sparrow hawk, Kestrel. Hobby. Peregrine

 

[Willd]

Most common round here - Buzzard

Plus a few of these, if I stray a bit further - Red Kite