Your day's wildlife

[laurentian]

There's a sign a 100th birthday card for David Attenborough that 38 degrees have organised here
It's 18 days away.

I've said for years that this guy should have a state funeral as and when the time comes. Signed.

 

[gbb]

Jay shot across the Nene Valley Railway track in front of me today..

 

[Gwylan]

Notice a lot more grey squirrels. Or is it just me?

 

[Asa Post]

fwiw, I only put mouse & rat traps outside at night

I only set them at night, but at this time of year the sun gets up a long time before I do.

 

[biggs682]

Female pheasant

Male Mallard

 

[rockyroller]

I only set them at night, but at this time of year the sun gets up a long time before I do.

that's a problem. maybe get up, get the traps in & go back to bed?

I had a rat trap disappear. I'm hoping it got the rat, but the rat dragged itself away

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Notice a lot more grey squirrels. Or is it just me?

Recorded a clip of one yesterday
https://nogoodnamesleft.net/grey-squirrel-2/

 

[mistyoptic]

Garden visitor this afternoon

 

[gbb]

Forgot to say above, saw a cuckoo overhead yesterday , heard possibly two today in the same park.

 

[gbb]

usual ride, mix of woodland, marshy scrapes, parkland etc.

Blackcap in woodland bordering the Nene. No photo but i've realised their song is quite robin like but less 'watery'
Lots of Wren heard in the same location, green woodpecker being quite vocal, ring necked parakeets ditto, again, just couldnt see them.

The scrapes are quite empty but a cuckoo being very vocal, annoyingly, just couldnt see it. In hedges nearby, Great tits, Long Tailed Tits
Greenfinch... i havnt seen them in so long

Blue tit sat watching me...watching him.

Lots of warblers around, again, no sighting. Just an hour out there.

 

[Dave7]

Pleasant walk this morning through old woodland. Flowers/plants seen were.....
Bluebells, both English and Spanish.
Wild garlic.
Periwinkle.
Narcissus.
Mr Google helped with id.

 

[biggs682]

Whilst we were sat on the patio at lunchtime we had a sparrow hawk fly past at a sub 3ft level.

 

[biggs682]

Spotted this earlier sorry for the terrible picture we were just amazed as neither of us had seen a white coloured spider before, according to Google it's a flower crab spider

 

[gbb]

Usual haunts today..
Sightings include
Heron

Grass Snake (swimming across the Nene). Not far from the above heron so that'd have been interesting if they came across each other.

2x Kingfishers in different parts of the Nene. One splendidly vivid..the other headed away from me and distant..

2x Green Woopecker (could have been tge same one perhaps)

Blackcap in woodland, very vocal.

Various Tits.

2x Muntjac deer meandering across the scrapes (wet, boggy and with dense plantlife)

Pair of Teal. Lots around a few weeks ago, most set off on their migration i guess.

Lovely pair of Moorhen with two chick's about the size of tomatoes

Orange Tip butterflies, plenty of them, also
Small Whites and Peackock

Heard...
Cuckoo. Frustrating because its been in the same place for two days but just cant see it.

Song thrush in woodland

Chiffchaff, wren, Robins, various warblers in the scrapes, doubtless why the cuckoo is there.

 

[biggs682]

Cute or pest ?