Author Topic: Seen today (Read 1018175 times)

rafletcher · « **Reply #4050 on:** 10 June, 2015, 11:38:40 am »

And the hares seem to like the fresh new shoots after the silage cut - three on the field this morning.

Pingu · « **Reply #4051 on:** 10 June, 2015, 11:00:29 pm »

Sunday/Monday: quite a few deer, kestrel, partridges, buzzards, unidentified small mammal (mouse, vole), suicidal stoat, suicidal mountain hare, two dead badgers.

ETA: forgot about the cuckoo heard on the Slug Road. It's been a while since I've heard one.

Today: a wren singing on top of traffic lights, ducklings in the harbour, quite a few swifts out in the evening.

Ruthie · « **Reply #4052 on:** 11 June, 2015, 10:09:49 pm »

Swifts, screaming overhead this very moment as I'm sitting out here in my back yard. And in a minute there'll be lots of bats. Considering I live smack in the middle of a fair sized town, I think that's rather lovely

Pingu · « **Reply #4053 on:** 11 June, 2015, 11:36:39 pm »

Just been out with the bat detector and found nothing

fuzzy · « **Reply #4054 on:** 12 June, 2015, 01:52:31 pm »

Road kill fox cub this morning

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4055 on:** 14 June, 2015, 02:36:39 pm »

Some hares yesterday.

Pingu · « **Reply #4056 on:** 14 June, 2015, 07:12:58 pm »

This weekend: brown hare, ubiquitous buzzards, seals, kestrel and a red sqrl

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4057 on:** 14 June, 2015, 07:44:55 pm »

Two wols, a barn and a tauny. This is cheating cos they were on wolists' gauntleted hands at a show. Nevertheless, it was interesting to learn some things about them (they can't go longer than four days without food, not due to hunger, but thirst – they get most of their liquid from the mice etc they eat; they don't like to hunt in strong wind, cos then they can't hear their prey, nor rain, cos their feathers are not waterproof – they can become hypothermic) and see their ears.

Also had a good sniff of a bumblebees' hive: something sweet, honey-ish (they don't make honey but they do collect pollen and nectar) mixed with ear wax and creosote.

Aidan · « **Reply #4058 on:** 14 June, 2015, 07:49:46 pm »

A Barn Owl in the garden

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4059 on:** 14 June, 2015, 08:22:14 pm »

Lovely photo, that.

Bledlow · « **Reply #4060 on:** 14 June, 2015, 10:58:24 pm »

Two buzzards circling around each other at Dunsden, just north-east of Reading.

I remember when that would have been a marvel, though not as big a marvel as seeing red kites over Reading, as I usually do a few times a day.

Pingu · « **Reply #4061 on:** 15 June, 2015, 09:25:05 pm »

IMG_2546 (2) by The Pingus, on Flickr

pcolbeck · « **Reply #4062 on:** 16 June, 2015, 08:21:06 pm »

A jackdaw bouncing up and down on our phone line then trying to get into the bird table to get at the flapjack crumbs.

Aidan · « **Reply #4063 on:** 17 June, 2015, 11:37:40 am »

mother Wren with fledgling

and again, on the fence

woollypigs · « **Reply #4064 on:** 17 June, 2015, 09:17:27 pm »

Blackbirds, Rubins, a Treecreeper, a Jay and bunnies through the clouds of midges near Snowdonia.

Deano · « **Reply #4065 on:** 17 June, 2015, 09:27:24 pm »

Quote from: aidan on 14 June, 2015, 07:49:46 pm

A Barn Owl in the garden

Lucky devil! That's a cracking shot

Ruthie · « **Reply #4066 on:** 17 June, 2015, 09:34:56 pm »

Quote from: aidan on 17 June, 2015, 11:37:40 am

mother Wren with fledgling

and again, on the fence

Meta-squeeeeeee!

fuzzy · « **Reply #4067 on:** 18 June, 2015, 08:34:07 am »

Quote from: Ruthie on 17 June, 2015, 09:34:56 pm

Quote from: aidan on 17 June, 2015, 11:37:40 am
mother Wren with fledgling

and again, on the fence

Meta-squeeeeeee!

Nano- squeeeeeee! Shirley?

Ruthie · « **Reply #4068 on:** 18 June, 2015, 10:20:48 am »

Heh, Squeeeely squeeeeely, I've never seen a baby wren before

Pingu · « **Reply #4069 on:** 19 June, 2015, 05:57:51 pm »

Red kite near Torphins.

Riggers · « **Reply #4070 on:** 22 June, 2015, 11:50:56 am »

Peregrine Falcon divebombing a couple of Ravens off the coast. WHOOSH! down he flew, and the Ravens would twist round with claws uppermost. The Peregrine chased them off his/her patch. Felt quite privileged. He/she then floated over top into the wind. Beautiful.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4071 on:** 23 June, 2015, 09:05:17 pm »

A heron flying on Sunday. Very impressive silhouette, a bit like a stork but smaller (obvs) and somehow more purposeful – all pointed wings and beak.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #4072 on:** 24 June, 2015, 07:38:24 am »

On last night's ride, a dozen herons over the 45kms we rode, endless hares, some ostriches and a mystery bird that my companion got very excited about. It was disappearing into a lake but my dictionary app didn't have a translation of the name.

Just looked it up - Haubentaucher is Great Crested Grebe.

Jaded · « **Reply #4073 on:** 25 June, 2015, 12:44:24 am »

Oyster catchers spooked at 22:30

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4074 on:** 25 June, 2015, 09:23:29 am »

A juvenile goldfinch pecking at weeds growing in the pavement.

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