Seen today

[ElyDave]

Just a flash of a barn owl for me flitting across the path while I was out running last night, also something with vaguely purple highlights in the semi dark, possibly a jay. Don't see many of those round here for some reason

[jamesld8]

In the early grey glimmerings of a damp cold dawn @07:00 the  vestiges of a dawn chorus and backed by an owl hooting in the wood next door

[rafletcher]

Yesterday when I got home - the "killing ground" for the sparrowhwak in the bit of woods at the bottom of our garden. Couldn't positively identify the prey bird (feathers) though, but it was small. Probably a sparrow or dunnock.

[MagnusOpus]

Song Thrush sat totally still in about 3 inches of water in a massive lake of a puddle....it wasn't splashing about like you'd expect if bathing....

It also seemed totally unconcerned that I'd walked to about 8 feet away from it so was a little worried about the little fella....

Of course as soon as I framed it for a picture it flew off....

I guess it was playing Ducks and Drakes

[jamesld8]

Looks like a pair of ravens nesting in wood adjacent, a lot of activity, think I can even identify potential nest tree; wonder how they`ll get on with red kite pair in same wood ?

[ElyDave]

Quite a few kestrels today, including one hovering over the verge as I rode underneath, spectacular.  And the just as I was almost home, a heron stood at the side of the road next to the drainage ditch, beautiful birds.

[Basil]

  And the just as I was almost home, a heron stood at the side of the road next to the drainage ditch, beautiful birds.

Yes, but always strike me as sort of prehistoric looking when in flight.

Anyway, a Great Spotted Woodpecker at our feeder today.  She's quite an infrequent visitor and is very timid, so we have to keep very still if she appears.

[Kim]

  And the just as I was almost home, a heron stood at the side of the road next to the drainage ditch, beautiful birds.

Yes, but always strike me as sort of prehistoric looking when in flight.

With a hint of cold war bomber on takeoff.


But the main thing about herons is that they always look like plastic herons until you get close enough to spook them.

[rafletcher]

In the field behind our house, all day long, a hare hunkered down it its form.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

A rhino having a poo, and two penguins shagging.

[fuzzy]

On a hillside a few hundred yards away as I rode in this morning, I spied two creatures that looked like the bastard offspring of an unholy union between Shergar and many of the 1980's Liverpool football team.

One then looked up towards me and I idebntified them as dark coloured Alpaca

[cycleman]

Mongolia blossom coming out on a tree in Slough ☺

[hellymedic]

Mongolia blossom coming out on a tree in Slough ☺

Magnolia blossom emerging here in Outer Londonton.

[ElyDave]

three great tits and a sparrow on one of my largest bonsai - the three cherry trees, approx. 1m tall.

[jamesld8]

three days ago...... mountain hare in winter white and black grouse, Glen Lochay , Scotland-----and lots of snow too 

[Wowbagger]

A rhino having a poo, and two penguins shagging.

Were they p-p-p-pick-up artists?

Sorry.

[Vince]

Last night, in the kitchen of the scout hut, three mice snacking on leftover bread. Video was taken, a complaint will be made.
Mice all had their tails intact and seemed to have good sight.

[Andrij]

Last night, in the kitchen of the scout hut, three mice snacking on leftover bread. Video was taken, a complaint will be made.
Mice all had their tails intact and seemed to have good sight.

A complaint?  If they don't like the bread they should dine elsewhere.

[Peter]

   Vince, I should forget it.  Can't you see the headlines "Scouts' survival training leaves them frightened of mice"?

[Pingu]

Pied wagtail roost in Glasgow.


IMG_6360_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Peter]

That's lovely!  I didn't realise they roosted like this until a couple of years ago when a flock of them flew into a scarlet virginia creeper on the wall of a cafe in Hebden Bridge.  An unforgettable sight - and noise!

[ElyDave]

+1

I love wagtails, such cheery looking birds.  I was disturbed last night around 10:30 by geese honking and flapping in the field across the road.

[Vince]

  Vince, I should forget it.  Can't you see the headlines "Scouts' survival training leaves them frightened of mice"?

We were considering making snares, because the explorers don't get much real life experience of survival skills. It was vetoed on the 'eat what you catch' rule.
The complaint needs to be made as the other users of the hall are continually leaving it in a shit unhygienic state.

[TheLurker]

Blackcap, on feeder in the garden.

[jamesld8]

Blackcap, on feeder in the garden.

well seen must be Summer then !!!

out today on a very cold 40 miler; on River Teme near Brampton Shropshire delightful to see pair dippers bobbing to each other in a display and male singing a lovely cheerful song    earlier a flock of about 10 brilliantly yellow male yellowhammers on hedgerows