Your day's wildlife

[gbb]

Certainly looks like a Common Sandpiper, but a youngster would be pretty much the same size as an adult.
(Why do we never see baby pigeons?!)
If it really is that much smaller, and not just a trick of memory / perspective, it just might be something different, e.g. Temminck's Stint.
Not saying it is, just raising the slight possibility - I am definitely not an expert in bird ID!

Funnily enough, the guy i was sat with said almost exactly that..you often 'think' its smaller /bigger etc but its just a trick of memory etc
Both sightings ive had, some far more serious watchers than me there at the same time and all agreed in both instances 'common sandpiper'
I still think the first was bigger, but perhaps not as 'bigger' as I 'thought'
Wierd..

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Painted Lady on pink Spanish bluebell just now. Quite an early arrival; don't expect to see one before mid July!
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I thought that. We had one in the garden at the weekend, on a laurel.

 

[Shearwater Missile]

Although I often see red kites whilst out, they don`t play ball when I have a camera. Today my luck was in. This was taken at Long Melford in Suffolk, near the church. We did have to wait a long time before we saw this today.

 

[Homers Double]

Walking to the gym this morning

 

[Dave7]

Not a lot to report but I went for an early (06.00) walk and there was lots of this plant about. Dawned on me that's its so common yet I didnt have a clue what it was.

Google tells me its called Cow Parsley and is a member of the carrot family.
Every day's a school day

 

[gbb]

New camera so its taking me a while to get used to it but extra happy with this one so early on with it..
Whitethroat

There's a Cettis Warbler that keeps bursting into song nearby and tbh, through the viewfinder i thought i'd caught him, but just as happy with this one

A closer shot (software is almost as hard to navigate but getting there)

 

[biggs682]

Some stills from our trail camera looking on to our bird feeding table

 

[PeteXXX]

Gotta love an Alpaca or 4 😊

Limestone Way, near Winster, on today's hike.

 

[VinSumRox]

Two young squirrels feeding

 

[gbb]

Day for me today, somewhere different, so Willow Tree Fen near Spalding

Wow, it looked a bit bare when i got there, a few watchers and a staff member to help, but one you get your eye in, just wow...
Common Cranes, 4 of them, one pair with a brood of chicks

Red Footed Falcons, very rare indeed apparently. Unfortunately while i had binos, just too distant for mine so while i could see them, too distant for any detail.

Hobbys, maybe 5 of them, again, generally quite distant

Oystercatchers, a pair occasionally mating.
Wheatear, female, spent ages nearby, didnt seem too disturbed by the people.

Marsh Harriers, maybe 5 or 6 of them.

Yellow hammers aplenty on the sides of the hedges on the way there.

Buzzard, Cettis Warblers nearby, quite a few Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, a pair of Hares apparently courting, Roe Deer...and probably more, i really should take pen and paper..

Oh, and a stupid pigeon

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Out on today's ride, a Red Kite soaring in thermals. Some distance off (so photos need zooming and go pixelly) but stayed around a fair time.

 

[fossyant]

We have some new guests. Put this up a few months ago (only took me a year to put it up...).

 

[Andy in Germany]

Saw a red kite at work today, they're really successful here.

Also noticed that the fields being left to grow wild here are full of crickets; absolutely deafening. As I pass a crop field they all fade away, then the sound gets louder as I approach another wildflower meadow.

Those fields are also haunted by skylarks.

 

[fossyant]

Just above our decking area. Initially the birds were hesitant, as I was sat below just minding my own business, but they have ignored me. Very busy collecting bugs, and there seems to be loads.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Also passed lots of geese. In a field.

They honked.