Your day's wildlife
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Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
A red kite just flew past my window.
Julia9054
Legendary Member
- Location
- Knaresborough
The pheasants round here are absolutely massive
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
local brickpits with the dog today..
Probable female blackcap, seen from quite a distance
Reed Bunting
Heard a Merlin...saw this
Common Reed Warbler in rushes, no photo possible
2x Green Woodpecker in woodland, heard not seen
Quite a few Skylarks
Probable female blackcap, seen from quite a distance
Reed Bunting
Heard a Merlin...saw this
Common Reed Warbler in rushes, no photo possible
2x Green Woodpecker in woodland, heard not seen
Quite a few Skylarks
laurentian
Senior Member
Agree with this. Perhaps an "out there" suggestion but the shape looks like it could (sic) be a Dartford Warbler - the white patch on the chin doesn't look especially right but the tail length does as does the habitat from what I can see in the photo. Unusual for your area but . . .
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
First sight of this year's fox cub - only one, or has she got others hidden away?
Not got it properly trained yet - it decided there was something interesting to investigate, while mum was on a mission!
Then, instead of following her directly, took a very roundabout route.
There was a sort of tinkling sound as it ran across our rather sharp decorative gravel.
Full of energy at that age, soon (nearly) caught up with mum.
It seems to have inherited mum's unusual dark tipped tail.
Not got it properly trained yet - it decided there was something interesting to investigate, while mum was on a mission!
Then, instead of following her directly, took a very roundabout route.
There was a sort of tinkling sound as it ran across our rather sharp decorative gravel.
Full of energy at that age, soon (nearly) caught up with mum.
It seems to have inherited mum's unusual dark tipped tail.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Up in the hills I was able to watch a kestrel while hearing a Skylark, two of my favourite birds at once. I did wonder if the Skylark was more concerned about me or the Kestrel...
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Also, while stopped for a drink by a barn I could hear a turtledove cooing and scuffling about inside. It sounded like it was trying to find the light switch and swearing.
Donger
A.K.A. Buster Nuvverbike (componentry destroyer)
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
Not today's photos, but pretty much what we see every day from our living room and patio. Meet Rocky (the robin) and Blue (the squirrel):
Both sit on the bird feeder by the living room window, staring down my wife until she gives in and feeds them. If that doesn't work, Blue sits on the window ledge and stares at me until he wins.
We have trained Rocky to fly to us and take from a little jug of seeds, nut pieces and suet pellets. His favourites are the pink (fruity) suet pellets. Recently he found himself a girlfriend, and he started flying off after taking a beakful and taking it to her on the back fence as a present. Evidently he has to impress her enough to prove himself suitable hubby material. When she is not within sight, he wolfs a few down before she turns up, then plays the loyal provider as soon as he knows she is there. When I'm out in the garden he follows me about and, even if I don't spot him, I can hear the brrrrr of his little wings as he flies past my head. If I'm ever using a spade, I make sure I turn up a few worms for him, and when I top up the bird table, I hang around for a while to give him a good little feeding stint before the bigger birds turn up.
Blue was named that because of his slightly blue eyes. He is one of four or five local squirrels who come to our window to be hand fed. Some are more nervous and reserved than others, but Blue never disappoints and he takes nuts very nicely from the hand, often balancing one paw on my finger while he takes the nut with his mouth. In season he gets lovely big chestnuts, but it is usually budget bags of mixed nuts or walnuts from Lidl. Occasionally in the autumn we collect windfall acorns and add those into the mix. I am seriously considering surreptitiously planting a hazel tree somewhere near the edge of the nearby common so that I can continue to feed them long after I am gone.
These two little characters make up for us not having any pets at the moment.
Both sit on the bird feeder by the living room window, staring down my wife until she gives in and feeds them. If that doesn't work, Blue sits on the window ledge and stares at me until he wins.
We have trained Rocky to fly to us and take from a little jug of seeds, nut pieces and suet pellets. His favourites are the pink (fruity) suet pellets. Recently he found himself a girlfriend, and he started flying off after taking a beakful and taking it to her on the back fence as a present. Evidently he has to impress her enough to prove himself suitable hubby material. When she is not within sight, he wolfs a few down before she turns up, then plays the loyal provider as soon as he knows she is there. When I'm out in the garden he follows me about and, even if I don't spot him, I can hear the brrrrr of his little wings as he flies past my head. If I'm ever using a spade, I make sure I turn up a few worms for him, and when I top up the bird table, I hang around for a while to give him a good little feeding stint before the bigger birds turn up.
Blue was named that because of his slightly blue eyes. He is one of four or five local squirrels who come to our window to be hand fed. Some are more nervous and reserved than others, but Blue never disappoints and he takes nuts very nicely from the hand, often balancing one paw on my finger while he takes the nut with his mouth. In season he gets lovely big chestnuts, but it is usually budget bags of mixed nuts or walnuts from Lidl. Occasionally in the autumn we collect windfall acorns and add those into the mix. I am seriously considering surreptitiously planting a hazel tree somewhere near the edge of the nearby common so that I can continue to feed them long after I am gone.
These two little characters make up for us not having any pets at the moment.
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Gillstay
Veteran
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Not a great pic (was miles away and I was fully zoomed in). But a Deer I spied watching ‘us’ from some undergrowth beside the road whilst walking my dog at approx 5.10am this Morning…..
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
For the second day running a crow has been down to feed on the mealworms that get liberally spread around the garden, normally the magpies are first and we rarely get the crow.
