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Post by spinno on Jun 5, 2024 18:33:38 GMT
The Great Bustard project is reporting the most nesting females they've ever had. I hear a male one has been spotted in Clacton on Sea... oh, wait a mo... They've spread out from Westminster... |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 9, 2024 6:53:46 GMT
We have had a hatched egg visible on camera this morning, no sign of junior yet, but hopefully we are swift parents!
We are definitely sparrow parents for a second time as the other swift box is making a great deal of noise and sparrows are flying in and out.
So that's 4 broods (blue tits, 2 sparrow, 1 swift) that we know of in a suburban garden. Not bad!
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Post by spinno on Jun 9, 2024 7:38:07 GMT
We have had a hatched egg visible on camera this morning, no sign of junior yet, but hopefully we are swift parents! We are definitely sparrow parents for a second time as the other swift box is making a great deal of noise and sparrows are flying in and out. So that's 4 broods (blue tits, 2 sparrow, 1 swift) that we know of in a suburban garden. Not bad! Don't call the midwife, call Adrian! |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 9, 2024 8:20:32 GMT
We have had a hatched egg visible on camera this morning, no sign of junior yet, but hopefully we are swift parents! We are definitely sparrow parents for a second time as the other swift box is making a great deal of noise and sparrows are flying in and out. So that's 4 broods (blue tits, 2 sparrow, 1 swift) that we know of in a suburban garden. Not bad! Don't call the midwife, call Adrian! Just be aware that I've only ever done goat births, mum might be a bit nervous when I start putting clean straw down! |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 10, 2024 11:53:39 GMT
2nd eggshell today...
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Post by MJB on Jun 11, 2024 16:02:15 GMT
Back down the Avalon marshes to try for some Hobby pics. Within 5 minutes I saw this one perched. Sadly this was as good as it got , aside from a few seen hunting at extreme distance. Thankfully something else salvaged what could have been a wasted trip (see wildlife thread).  hobby by Martin Bone, on Flickr |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 12, 2024 12:02:27 GMT
I HAVE SWIFT BABIES!!!!!!!
Mum has left for long enough to see a pair of hatchlings and I am soooooo overexcited it's not true, I've blubbed in the canteen at work...
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Post by zou on Jun 12, 2024 12:11:28 GMT
I am soooooo overexcited it's not true, I've blubbed in the canteen at work... I've not heard it described like that before, but you are rightly the king of euphemisms! |
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Post by gray1720 on Jun 12, 2024 20:34:29 GMT
I am soooooo overexcited it's not true, I've blubbed in the canteen at work... I've not heard it described like that before, but you are rightly the king of euphemisms! Come again? |
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Post by stevewmh on Jun 12, 2024 20:38:17 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Jun 13, 2024 6:51:24 GMT
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Post by peterob on Jun 13, 2024 6:55:17 GMT
It is an oyster-catcher. Ringed too. Usually see them on soft ground at the edge of water - usually following the tide-line on sea beaches. |
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Post by peterob on Jun 13, 2024 7:00:21 GMT
I have a feeling that I've read somewhere that the courtship display involves passing food in flight so these could be young birds "practising". |
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Post by dreampolice on Jun 13, 2024 7:01:22 GMT
Yeah, I know it was an Oyster catcher (only because the friend I was with was a twitcher) so much so we are off to Titchwell today.
This was in Norfolk. I was around a metre away from it. It was screeching a bit at me though. lol.
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Post by zou on Jun 13, 2024 7:50:57 GMT
It was screeching a bit at me though. lol. That was bird for "give me some space, freak!" |
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