I heard an owl the other day and have heard woodpeckers a few times recently.
~Thylo
Woodland Diaries
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I heard an owl the other day and have heard woodpeckers a few times recently.
~Thylo
I saw a pair of White-Tailed Deer this morning.
~Thylo
Cool, been in the wood recently?
Pretty uneventful walk today, I did see two of the deer family in the wood.
Search for the kingfisher
After being searching for a wild kingfisher for years, and after my mum had seen one recently, I thought I had a good chance. As luck would have it My friends were going for a walk along the river bank, and invited me.
Unfortunately I failed on my mission, But I'm not giving up. seeing a wild kingfisher is now my main aim, over taking seeing a wild red fox.
although I didn't see a kingfisher, I did see an array of other animals
roughly 15 mallard ducks
2 mute swans
1 grey heron
two groups of herring gulls, with about 140 in each
4 common buzzards
a few crows
a few pheasants
various LBJ's
epickoala123
After being searching for a wild kingfisher for years, and after my mum had seen one recently, I thought I had a good chance. As luck would have it My friends were going for a walk along the river bank, and invited me.
Unfortunately I failed on my mission, But I'm not giving up. seeing a wild kingfisher is now my main aim, over taking seeing a wild red fox.
although I didn't see a kingfisher, I did see an array of other animals
roughly 15 mallard ducks
2 mute swans
1 grey heron
two groups of herring gulls, with about 140 in each
4 common buzzards
a few crows
a few pheasants
various LBJ's
epickoala123
Went for a walk in the woods yesterday. As soon as I opened the door I spotted a male/female pair of Northern Cardinals. Besides that the walk was uneventful but I've been hearing a Bald Eagle pair for the past three days and yesterday the calls continued. I know the relative area where the nest is as I've observed it in past years but I can't seem to spot the talking birds...
~Thylo
~Thylo
Pootle
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Unfortunately I failed on my mission, But I'm not giving up. seeing a wild kingfisher is now my main aim, over taking seeing a wild red fox.QUOTE]
Listen out for a high pitched call when you are walking alongside the river bank, if you don't see your kingfisher, you may hear it
Unfortunately I failed on my mission, But I'm not giving up. seeing a wild kingfisher is now my main aim, over taking seeing a wild red fox.QUOTE]
Listen out for a high pitched call when you are walking alongside the river bank, if you don't see your kingfisher, you may hear it
Thanks pootle, I'll keep that in mind
failed again to see my kingfisher 
On saturday I saw a extremely rare spirng/summer migrates, the Common rosefinch.
Has anyone else seen anything?
Has anyone else seen anything?
@epickoala, are you sure it wasn't a Common Linnet ([ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Linnet]Common Linnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame])
Today I saw lots of Nuthatches on my way to university, quite strange I have never seen so many at the same spot, but very nice to see them displaying to each other.
Today I saw lots of Nuthatches on my way to university, quite strange I have never seen so many at the same spot, but very nice to see them displaying to each other.
No, checked and the bird I saw resembled a common rosefinch
seeing large flocks of oystercatchers, a sign that spring has arrived. I'll try and get a picture soon.
nanoboy
Well-Known Member
Is there much snow on the ground? I keep reading that the UK is still in the grips of winter.
just a few centimeters, melting quite quickly
failed again to see my kingfisher
If you go often enough you will eventually see one. Often its just a high-pitched call and a flash of bright blue flying fast down the river, but sometimes if you are lucky and quiet and in the right place, you can see one fishing from a perch by the water.
a friend of ours had a large garden pond -which I put in for them - and sh e used to get a wonderful kingfisher come and sit on the fence that surrounded it feeding on young goldfish, she wasn't pleased and I had to net the pond sadly no more sightings.
I discovered an unusual thing about them you can if your move slowly get quite close to them, they aren't nearly as flighty as I thought they would be. A pair used to visit another very large pond at one of my clients, they were real job stopper I must say, sadly a couple of years ago in a dry spell the Grey herons cleared the pond of fish so once again no more KF's.
Does any one know much about Buzzards there are 3 in the woods my client owns, and always only 3 some times they circle on thermals and calling attract others one autumn I watched a flock of over 40 but still only the 3 originals arrived back in the wood. One is much paler than the other two I have watched them about 10 years or so, but still never See or hear chicks. They circle over to the next farm house (about half a mile away) whose garden I also do and, some times harry the crows, especially at nesting time.
I also see a lot of Greater spotted and Green woodpeckers, in both places, watching a green woodpecker through the van window as I had lunch teaching it's motley looking chick how to find ants was ajoy to see.
I am very lucky being out side all my working life, except this week when we have up to 7 inches of frozen snow and work and money stops.
Last week I watched a weasel or small stoat kill a large rabbit it was like a snake sliding all over it and eventually managed to over come and drag it away I took a photo with my old mobile, but can't get it onto the PC so I can't tell how well it came out, the screen being so small.
Dean
I discovered an unusual thing about them you can if your move slowly get quite close to them, they aren't nearly as flighty as I thought they would be. A pair used to visit another very large pond at one of my clients, they were real job stopper I must say, sadly a couple of years ago in a dry spell the Grey herons cleared the pond of fish so once again no more KF's.
Does any one know much about Buzzards there are 3 in the woods my client owns, and always only 3 some times they circle on thermals and calling attract others one autumn I watched a flock of over 40 but still only the 3 originals arrived back in the wood. One is much paler than the other two I have watched them about 10 years or so, but still never See or hear chicks. They circle over to the next farm house (about half a mile away) whose garden I also do and, some times harry the crows, especially at nesting time.
I also see a lot of Greater spotted and Green woodpeckers, in both places, watching a green woodpecker through the van window as I had lunch teaching it's motley looking chick how to find ants was ajoy to see.
I am very lucky being out side all my working life, except this week when we have up to 7 inches of frozen snow and work and money stops.
Last week I watched a weasel or small stoat kill a large rabbit it was like a snake sliding all over it and eventually managed to over come and drag it away I took a photo with my old mobile, but can't get it onto the PC so I can't tell how well it came out, the screen being so small.
Dean
I've been hinted that going early helps, but due to school and weather, I haven't been able to. Holidays soon so I will hopefully have a better chance.
In the holidays I will be going to the lake district for a few days. Does anyone have a good knowledge of birds and birding spots in the lake district (more specifically the bassenthwaite derwetn water region). I am especially trying to see common kingfisher and green woodpecker, so any info on where to see them and tips would be especially appreciated.
epickoala123
epickoala123
*sigh* yet another question.
I have been told that there is a wild black swan around a nearby town.
So................. Are black swans as protective and aggressive as mute swans?
I have been told that there is a wild black swan around a nearby town.
So................. Are black swans as protective and aggressive as mute swans?