Your day's wildlife

[sevenfourate]

On a daybreak Woodland walk a few days ago I saw: Fallow and Muntjack deer, a Fox, Squirrels, Rabbits, a Jay, Magpies etc etc

But all I got on film was this common Pheasant. Oh my camera skills were shocking that day……..

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

On a daybreak Woodland walk a few days ago I saw: Fallow and Muntjack deer, a Fox, Squirrels, Rabbits, a Jay, Magpies etc etc

But all I got on film was this common Pheasant. Oh my camera skills were shocking that day……..


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I sometimes reflect on my attitude to different wildlife. Whilst I recognise the needs of all wildlife and have strong objections about harm, I do feel a lot more positive to some species than others. eg Pheasants - hate whatever it is in human nature that means some get such pleasure from killing them but at the same time I do wish there were not so many in the country. Whilst in the UK they date back to the Romoan they are not indigenous and do hover up much of the food needed for our indigenous species.

Round me populations kept artificially high from being bred and released to there are plenty around to be shot "for sport" (="for money"). I have 3 living in my garden (maybe more as seen two males at the same time and one male with two females at the same time). Fortunately i've planted enough hedgerow that smaller species can forage there but pheasants and vast numbers of pigeons must be taking so much of the food sought by smaller indigenous species.

 

[Dave7]

Nothing too exciting but I've had a female Chaffinch on the feeder.
Also my friendly wood pigeon decided it would be fun to perch on the feeder.

 

[gbb]

Noisy nestbox, plus an occasional visitor in the last couple of weeks.

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Precious few turtle doves around, I cant remember the last time I saw one.

 

[gbb]

Today...not much out , or not much still enough to get photos but...
Walking back along a high hedged lane, a Jay swooped over and down around 10ft in front of me and into some shrubbery. Ooof, camera out, watch...nothing
Walked around the corner, loads of great tit fledgling flitting bush to bush..this one looking quite 'Jurassic'..

A couple minutes of them flitting around, the Jay suddenly flew out with one in its beak, parent frantically flying behind it. Ah well, that ones a gonner.

A lovely obliging Dunnock in some undergrowth..

 

[gbb]

good morning today, kids were at my daughters overnight, a bit late up but over to Eldernell, a SSSI on the edges of the Nene Washes, you can literally see grass and farmland for miles.
There 5 minutes, heard a whoomp, whoomp, whoomp...almost certainly a Bittern, fat chance of seeing it.
Two Marsh Harriers just beyond a treeline. Another quartering the marshes in the distance.
RedKite landed in some woodland, struck me how p#large it was as it wheeled around the trees.
Pair of (almost certainly) Shellduck flew across
Lots of Golffinch, Chaffinch, verious warblers including a seen Reed Warbler and oft heard Cettis Warbler
Cuckoos seemingly everywhere, very obliging today...

Oh, very very ear splitting noise from F35s above, i did get a couple shots but they were in and out of cloud...

Couple miles walked, couple hours out in the fresh air...lovely

 

[Animo]

Beach deer

 

[Dave7]

Just watching the adult Sparrow feeding the young. Funny as the young is as big as the parent.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just watching the adult Sparrow feeding the young. Funny as the young is as big as the parent.

To be fair that's the case in our family too (and I still seem to be feeding them).

 

[Dave7]

Ive mentioned that we have a foxes den behind our garden fence. We got a 5 minute clip which imo is worth watching.
My SiL has made a YouTube of it and I have hopefully copied the link below.
Hope you enjoy fox and cub
NB
hope the link works as im useless at this stuff.


View: https://youtu.be/hsrIGyvO6jU

 

[biggs682]

Try as hard I could this butterfly would not pose with it's wings open , so I need to find out book on butterflies and try and identify it.

 

[Gillstay]

Was mending a footpath gate with a little help from my chums.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Today's ride surprising variety. One species I don’t see often Eurasian Skylark. Hovering over arable land singing its heart out. So stopped and tried Merlin ID app from the song and it was quite certain Eurasian Skylark.

Also Buzzard and a couple of Red Kites.

 

[gbb]

Drove over to Ouse Fen near Earith (in the fens) with the hope of seeing bearded tits. Not a single one (to be seen anyway.)
But, great White Egrets, Little Egrets, all and sundry warblers seen or (mostly) heard, lots of Reed Buntings,also Little Grebe, Marsh Harriers, Buzzard, Blue Tits, usually geese and ducks, the Merlin app picked up a Water Rail which we never did see.
One bird stuck out...ooh, what's that ? ...but a female Reed Bunting, so used to seeing the.males, all chestnut brown, the females look quite different.

 

[briantrumpet]