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ElyDave · « **Reply #4400 on:** 21 March, 2016, 01:36:16 pm »

A kite whilst audaxing at the weekend

fuzzy · « **Reply #4401 on:** 21 March, 2016, 04:51:15 pm »

Quote from: Steph on 18 March, 2016, 04:54:36 pm

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MagnusOpus · « **Reply #4402 on:** 21 March, 2016, 05:05:37 pm »

Well...seen Saturday while out on my bike....this little fella come and sat 2 feet from my head....

AdobeLightroom by Mike Clampitt, on Flickr

MagnusOpus · « **Reply #4403 on:** 21 March, 2016, 05:07:12 pm »

and later.....saw this egret (have clearer pictures but like the blurry one!)..... in a flooded field somewhere near Shugborough

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jamesld8 · « **Reply #4404 on:** 21 March, 2016, 05:29:09 pm »

a patchily pied blackbird, had white mottling on head and shoulders. Also 2 grey wagtails and about a hundred fieldfare

SteveC · « **Reply #4405 on:** 21 March, 2016, 05:38:59 pm »

Yesterday, a Cetti's warbler. Often heard but very seldom seen. But we got very good views of this one.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4406 on:** 21 March, 2016, 06:39:24 pm »

A mayhem of moorhens on the Medway.

Returning from grandson's play group this morning, we crossed a pedestrian bridge and watched what we assumed to be two pairs squaring up to each other. A fight broke out in which one half of each pair leaned back in the water and scrabbled at each other with their claws. I assumed these to be the males, but part way throught one of the presumed females waded in, her partner backed off, and she seemed to be trying to drown her adversary. Eventually the said adversary beat a retreat and went off to lick his/her wounds.

jamesld8 · « **Reply #4407 on:** 22 March, 2016, 07:50:52 pm »

Pleasant to see a long tailed tit in Bramley apple tree outside kitchen window; went to fetch camera, it had gone by time got back !!

jamesld8 · « **Reply #4408 on:** 24 March, 2016, 02:53:09 pm »

Early this morning had enjoyable ten minutes watching a treecreeper creeping all over the big stonewall at back of the garden, obviously forgot it was meant to be creeping around trees not walls !!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4409 on:** 24 March, 2016, 03:13:12 pm »

It wasn't a wall creeper then?!

My trip to the park was pretty disappointing. There were lots of wrens singing which was very good, but I didn't hear a chiffchaff, which I thought I might, and the only other bird I heard singing was a blackbird. The water was too turbid for me to be able to see any fish.

jamesld8 · « **Reply #4410 on:** 25 March, 2016, 02:40:39 pm »

Today; 2 chiffchaffs singing near Bucknell and 1 singing below Ludlow Castle; wonderful warm spring like sunny day too

rafletcher · « **Reply #4411 on:** 27 March, 2016, 01:29:59 pm »

A greater spotted woodpecker, on one of the bird feeders. Unusually, it was perched on the sunflower heart feeder rather than the nut/suet pellet one. The latter extends down, so the tail can be used for bracing as if in a tree, whereas the former just has perching bars.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #4412 on:** 27 March, 2016, 03:14:51 pm »

Didn't actually see any as I forgot to bring my binocolars but we heard several curlew this morning whilst walking in Farndale. Daffs not really out yet though next weekend should be good.

Basil · « **Reply #4413 on:** 28 March, 2016, 03:38:58 pm »

Rock Pipet.

Hopping around the cliffs on our beach walk today. I had no idea what it was at time and it took me two bird books and half an hour to identify it when we got home.

jamesld8 · « **Reply #4414 on:** 28 March, 2016, 06:15:07 pm »

A pair of buzzards mating in dead oak tree in field opposite house

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4415 on:** 30 March, 2016, 05:58:44 pm »

A buzzard, a kestrel, a load more frogspawn, some toadspawn and some croaking frogs (heard). All in or from my brother's garden, where we were sitting outside drinking tea.

Pingu · « **Reply #4416 on:** 30 March, 2016, 07:36:23 pm »

Forgot to mention a red kite on Monday.

bumper · « **Reply #4417 on:** 31 March, 2016, 05:44:36 pm »

A pair of Lapwings are starting to nest in the field across from the house. The skylark is singing too.

It's been a lovely sound compared to the drilling next door. Summer is on the horizon.