Today's Wildlife Encounter

One out of Ten

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One out of Ten by Andy Holden, on Flickr

Bloody fed up of Cuckoo's
I hear then every where I go. why can't I ever see them...am I going mad.....BAH!

Curlew bossing a Kestrel. Took a shot just after.

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

Bloody fed up of Cuckoo's
I hear then every where I go. why can't I ever see them...am I going mad.....BAH!

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Look out for them on the telephone cables etc if you hear them and there are cables in the area.

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Originally Posted by wharfeego

[CENTER]One out of Ten

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Tonight there were eight (too dark to get a pic).

We have a blackbirds nest in my open fronted logshed, we watched them build, lay, incubate and feed from the house. This morning the 4 nestlings are gone :angry:. Not sure which culprit to blame, the neighbours cats or the jays/crows/magpies. They weren't far off fledging, probably by the weekend, very upset and annoyed.
There is also a redstart nest at the back of the woodshed, but this is deep in the woodpile and safe (not visible even). They are also feeding now, but a their territory overlaps a robins (must also have a nest very near) so there are battles all day long between them as to who owns which fencepost!
First orchids nearly out in the wood, loads of bluebells etc. Cuckoo flew over the house last week, saw it from our bed, it landed in the tree near the blackbirds who set about it with gusto and saw it off.
A lovely time of year, it's all action.

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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak

Bloody fed up of Cuckoo's
I hear then every where I go. why can't I ever see them...am I going mad.....BAH!

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I'd never seen one until last Thursday - on the way up Ben Cruachan, we saw a pair flying just in front of us. Very exciting!
(By the way, it's Cuckoos, not Cuckoo's)

We've got dippers in a nest box under the bridge near our house. It's very inaccessible, which is good as the front has fallen off the nest box.

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Originally Posted by noel

We've got dippers in a nest box under the bridge near our house. It's very inaccessible, which is good as the front has fallen off the nest box.

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Didn't know Dippers would take to a nest box, what does it look like? let me know I would like to make one.
My swifts have taken up residence in their nest box. Its quite funny a pair of Starlings roost in it all winter and have a brood in it before the Swifts arrive and as soon as they leave the Swifts move in :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by noel

We've got dippers in a nest box under the bridge near our house. It's very inaccessible, which is good as the front has fallen off the nest box.

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Googled the Dipper nest box. Wood and nails here I come. Got a really nice old stone bridge where I can put it.