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nicknack · « **Reply #6050 on:** 28 February, 2022, 08:58:40 am »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 27 February, 2022, 01:53:14 pm

Swifts! \o/

That's bonkers.

Meanwhile, we had an usual bird on our feeder.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #6051 on:** 28 February, 2022, 12:08:04 pm »

It's not really bonkers, I am somewhere hot and sandy, not Furrybootoon.

nicknack · « **Reply #6052 on:** 28 February, 2022, 06:43:18 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 28 February, 2022, 12:08:04 pm

It's not really bonkers, I am somewhere hot and sandy, not Furrybootoon.

Ah, I see.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #6053 on:** 02 March, 2022, 08:52:21 am »

Huh

Usually, the deer come down out of the hills in winter.

Sunny bright weather the past two days. So it is a bit odd to see two stags down by the lochside (no, I didn't get any photos).

Impressive watching them hop over the croft fencing like it was 6" high.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #6054 on:** 02 March, 2022, 02:30:35 pm »

First greenfinch of the year, sitting on top of a tree singing its heart out - which is how I identified it, through the BirdNet app, because it was silhouetted against a grey sky and could only tell that it was a finch.

slowfen · « **Reply #6055 on:** 04 March, 2022, 06:41:51 am »

Male hen harrier drifting over a field

T42 · « **Reply #6056 on:** 04 March, 2022, 08:38:24 am »

MrsT saw two storks beyond the edge of the village this morning. Looks like our resident family is back.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6057 on:** 04 March, 2022, 08:44:54 am »

The return of the storks is always good news.

T42 · « **Reply #6058 on:** 04 March, 2022, 05:00:49 pm »

I've been seeing storks here & there for the last month, in fact I'm wondering if some of them don't overwinter here, but this is our local family so they're special.

ETA looked it up: some migrate, some don't. Ours obviously do.

Basil · « **Reply #6059 on:** 07 March, 2022, 07:53:35 pm »

A chaffinch was being unusually un-fazed by my proximity in the park this morning. But what really stood out was the vividness of his colours.
Birds really have their pulling pants on at this time of year.

nicknack · « **Reply #6060 on:** 10 March, 2022, 09:08:19 am »

Juvenile robin fighting adult on the bird feeder this morning. Seems a bit early in the year.

Canardly · « **Reply #6061 on:** 11 March, 2022, 09:50:53 am »

Yesterday, Cabbage white and what looked like a Red Admiral. A bit early?

orienteer · « **Reply #6062 on:** 11 March, 2022, 10:25:35 am »

Brimstone and Comma butterflies here in West London yesterday.

rafletcher · « **Reply #6063 on:** 11 March, 2022, 10:26:28 am »

Quote from: Canardly on 11 March, 2022, 09:50:53 am

Yesterday, Cabbage white and what looked like a Red Admiral. A bit early?

We had Cabbage Whites and Brimstones yesterday. And some solitary bees. Out in leafy Bucks.

Basil · « **Reply #6064 on:** 11 March, 2022, 11:00:15 am »

Cormorant in a tree again. But not just in the tree this time, but sitting right at the highest point looking like a statue or some other architectural artwork.
The dog and I stood regarding it for a while until the dog said 'you look bloody stupid, mate', and we moved on.

T42 · « **Reply #6065 on:** 12 March, 2022, 11:03:42 am »

An owl went by last night as I was closing the bedroom shutters. We used to have one living in our barn, but I haven't seen it for years. It'd be nice if this one moved in.

rafletcher · « **Reply #6066 on:** 15 March, 2022, 09:43:40 am »

What looked like a greenfinch chick on our feeders. Plumped up and fluffy, but very early in the season.

cycleman · « **Reply #6067 on:** 15 March, 2022, 06:15:33 pm »

A buzzard near white Waltham this afternoon

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #6068 on:** 15 March, 2022, 07:11:52 pm »

A rat. With a fish:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/25wgfna2rdlsgpf/IMG_5180.MOV?dl=0

Does that link work?

Basil · « **Reply #6069 on:** 15 March, 2022, 07:24:59 pm »

Gosh.
And yes.

Jurek · « **Reply #6070 on:** 15 March, 2022, 07:41:48 pm »

Clunky, but yes.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #6071 on:** 15 March, 2022, 10:17:10 pm »

A cormorant. From Hungerford Bridge walking across from Waterloo to Charing Cross. Not just flying about but swimming, diving, and fishing, as only cormorants can do. We do give ourselves some stick in this country, sometimes justifiably so, but to see a sea-fishing bird feeding in an estuary of a river only 200 miles long that deals with the waste of 25 million people is, to me, something to be a little proud of.

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #6072 on:** 16 March, 2022, 09:23:33 am »

Barn owl, on my early morning run. First one I have seen locally all winter - so that was good news. There was also a heron fishing in the wooded section of the River Loddon (south branch) east of Old Basing. It took off between the trees - which is very impressive flying for such a big bird.

The barn owl was bird species #50 positively identified and seen (sorry Tawny Owls - making a recognisable noise whilst I'm cycling or running about at night doesn't count - you have to fly by and say hello. The same will go for the cuckoos in a month or so) in 2022. With a bit more chance to travel this year I might get past the 100 mark having got 94 and 88 in the last two years.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6073 on:** 16 March, 2022, 11:28:36 am »

Quote from: T42 on 04 March, 2022, 05:00:49 pm

I've been seeing storks here & there for the last month, in fact I'm wondering if some of them don't overwinter here, but this is our local family so they're special.

ETA looked it up: some migrate, some don't. Ours obviously do.

Did not know that. Had thought they all migrated.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6074 on:** 16 March, 2022, 11:30:06 am »

A nuthatch climbing up a tree yesterday. Quite a fun climbing style.