VinSumRox
Über Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
1st swallow of the year today!
Your day's wildlife
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
We have heard chiff chaffs but never seen one before this afternoon, just a shame we couldn't get a clear picture of it.
This crow dropped in for some bird sead after another crow or the same one coming down previously and flying off with a monkey nut.
This crow dropped in for some bird sead after another crow or the same one coming down previously and flying off with a monkey nut.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Just had 2 red legged partridges knocking at the front window to come in
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VinSumRox
Über Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Also just found the first tick of the year just attached to me 🙄
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
Saw nuthatches in the bluebell wood. Heard loads of birds, chiff-chaff, robin, blackbird, assorted tits, nuthatch. Buzzard landed briefly in the top of a tree
laurentian
Senior Member
Grand daughter had a peep to see how the blue tits were getting on and can report 9 eggs in the nest box!
nogoodnamesleft
Well-Known Member
Blackbird fledgling(s) getting large now
Same spot a Song thrush. Nice to see as not as common (round me) as blackbirds and they stick to hedgerow
Same spot a Song thrush. Nice to see as not as common (round me) as blackbirds and they stick to hedgerow
My day seems uneventful compared to the above.
Been for a 2 mile walk through the woods and lanes. Mostly saw flowers and plants, some were new to me so Mr Google helped me out.
I will list them then add photos.
Weeping cherry tree
Cow parsley/Queen Anns Lace
Wild garlic
Cuckoo flower
Been for a 2 mile walk through the woods and lanes. Mostly saw flowers and plants, some were new to me so Mr Google helped me out.
I will list them then add photos.
Weeping cherry tree
Cow parsley/Queen Anns Lace
Wild garlic
Cuckoo flower
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N0bodyOfTheGoat
Über Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
Not my experience, but read this remarkable story earlier, girl caught a seemingly wild axolotl in the River Ogmore near Bridgend while on holiday. Family then cut holiday short to take animal back home with them to Leicester, I can only presume because they knew you aren't supposed to release a non-native animal once caught.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d4zgnqpqeo
I'm vaguely aware axolotls prefer cooler rather than tropical water from the Brian Barcyzk youtube channel (they have a few in a tank in their Legasea zoo that opened last year after Brian had died of cancer), but I'm not sure just how cold they can tolerate without googling*, making me wonder if it survived over the winter in the river at temperatures just over freezing or whether it has been dumped by a pet owner sometime since spring began.
* Apparently they can tolerate approx 5C as much as they prefer closer to 20C, as long as temp change isn't sudden and water doesn't freeze.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d4zgnqpqeo
I'm vaguely aware axolotls prefer cooler rather than tropical water from the Brian Barcyzk youtube channel (they have a few in a tank in their Legasea zoo that opened last year after Brian had died of cancer), but I'm not sure just how cold they can tolerate without googling*, making me wonder if it survived over the winter in the river at temperatures just over freezing or whether it has been dumped by a pet owner sometime since spring began.
* Apparently they can tolerate approx 5C as much as they prefer closer to 20C, as long as temp change isn't sudden and water doesn't freeze.
Yes it was on the main TV news. Fascinating
One comment suggests it was a "pet" that's been released.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
We spotted this heron whilst out walking this afternoon
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
A couple hours in woodland and riverside, often just sat at a quiet part on the riverbank..
Fieldfare, quite a few, flying fast overhead. Must be the last ones on their way for the summer.
A lovely close up of a female blackcap (ironically they have a brown cap)
A massive Great Tit nearby
Green Woodpecker. Also heard a woodpecker drumming on trees nearby.
Kingfisher
Coots and Moorhens
Buzzard and Red Kite
Blue Tits and Coal tit's
Fleeting sights of a blackcap later, it's song virtually exploding out its beak, really loud in nearby bushes.
Jackdaws
Ring Necked Parakeet (only a fleeting glance but you can always hear them)
House Martins
A shoal of chub, largest maybe 14 inches long
GC Grebe and Little Grebe
Forgot to mention, grey Wagtail yesterday
Twice running, the Merlin birdsong app has picked up Goldcrest and Treecreeper song nearby.
A few days ago, I spooked out a pair of birds in dense woodland undergrowth and as I moved forward, they did the same, always keeping enough distance, grey back noticeable. I do wonder if they were Nuthatch.
Fieldfare, quite a few, flying fast overhead. Must be the last ones on their way for the summer.
A lovely close up of a female blackcap (ironically they have a brown cap)
A massive Great Tit nearby
Green Woodpecker. Also heard a woodpecker drumming on trees nearby.
Kingfisher
Coots and Moorhens
Buzzard and Red Kite
Blue Tits and Coal tit's
Fleeting sights of a blackcap later, it's song virtually exploding out its beak, really loud in nearby bushes.
Jackdaws
Ring Necked Parakeet (only a fleeting glance but you can always hear them)
House Martins
A shoal of chub, largest maybe 14 inches long
GC Grebe and Little Grebe
Forgot to mention, grey Wagtail yesterday
Twice running, the Merlin birdsong app has picked up Goldcrest and Treecreeper song nearby.
A few days ago, I spooked out a pair of birds in dense woodland undergrowth and as I moved forward, they did the same, always keeping enough distance, grey back noticeable. I do wonder if they were Nuthatch.
