Your day's wildlife

[matticus]

... delighted to see red kites spreading more widely in Devon. I know they are common elsewhere, but it's been a bit of a desert in Devon, for whatever reason.

The main reason being that they've made their way - in just a couple of decades - from Mid-Wales and/or South Oxfordshire! :-)

(One would suspect the latter, owing to much superior transport links. I live a few miles from the South Oxon site and they are an almost daily sight over our garden. If someone has a barbeque, a Kite's attendance is almost guaranteed :P )

wondering what that forked tailed bird was

bless you for getting that right! For some reason there was a pandemic of people calling them "TRIANGULAR" tails. WTF?!?!?!?!

 

[rockyroller]

our past cats were fond of sitting under furniture & not often out in the open. we always knew why ... Rosie the cat was acting shy early this morning, then I saw this on the camera. she must have witnessed the whole thing. I think it's a "Northern Goshawk"

poor chippy

 

[dicko]

May 3rd, 4 Black Bears, 3 Eagles and one Osprey in its giant nest. Various Moose and Dear too.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I haven't seen anything of great note in ages. 🙄

 

[geocycle]

Hen harrier in Garsdale, magnificent. Wish I’d had a camera with me.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I got scowled at by a buzzard yesterday, and while riding on the fields above the Neckar valley I could hear several skylarks.

The road into the valley drops suddenly and dramatically, and as I dropped into the valley and out of their habitat, I heard the sound of the skylarks fade away behind me.

 

[briantrumpet]

An Exeter heron...

 

[avecReynolds531]

 

[potsy]

In the garden ..

Out and about..

 

[matticus]

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Goslings!!! I havent seen any yet, just ducklings a few weeks back. BUT
partner counted TWENTY this morning on her run, and our lake is a tenth the size of yours :P

EDIT: I took a detour to gawp at them last night. All over the main path!!! Glad to say everyone - walkers, parents, dog-walkers, cyclists - either stopped to gaze at them, or made a wide detour. awwwwwwww

 

[rockyroller]

wish a certain neighbor would keep their dog on the leash ;-(

 

[PeteXXX]

And underneath..
5p for scale.

Found burrowing around in my garden whilst digging over a corner this afternoon.
I have no idea what it is apart from being a bug! 🐛

 

[geocycle]

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And underneath..
5p for scale.

Found burrowing around in my garden whilst digging over a corner this afternoon.
I have no idea what it is apart from being a bug! 🐛

Not sure how to put this politely but it looks a bit like a cockchafer!

 

[PeteXXX]

Not sure how to put this politely but it looks a bit like a cockchafer!

A Maybug? 🤔

 

[MadMalx]

Puffiins, gannets, razorbills, guillemots, tree sparrows, whitethroats, and a show-off daytime barn owl at Bempton Cliffs today.

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