A nesting short-eared owl on Saturday in the Dales. 3 white eggs so far, on the ground between bits of heather. The bird flew up in front of us, but I couldn't work out what it was until I got home & did some research.
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A nesting short-eared owl on Saturday in the Dales. 3 white eggs so far, on the ground between bits of heather. The bird flew up in front of us, but I couldn't work out what it was until I got home & did some research.
Nice one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Splatcher
The usual suspects on our crossing of the Sound of Barra today - razorbill, guillemot, eider, gannet, shag and a couple of great northern divers - plus the added bonus of a cracking view of a white-tailed eagle. Magnificent!
Short Eared Owl hunting at the top of Blakeley Clough this morning. bull Finches, Chiff-Chaff, Curlews and voles. No Cuckoos heard yet.
We've been down in Devon for Easter and managed an eight wader weekend: curlew, lapwing, oystercatcher, blackwit, ruff, redshank, turnstone and ringed plover. Lovely close-up view of singing chiffchaff too last night
swallow x 1, sand martin x 4, mipit, oyk, curlew, dipper, goosander, grey and pied wag, mandarin (pair), what I think was a redshank plus shellduck (pair). The shellduck bred last summer and appear to be back on the same farmland dew pond again. Oh, and billions of lambs and 2 bats
swallow x 1, sand martin x 4, mipit, oyk, curlew, dipper, goosander, grey and pied...
As I slowly drove up Grove Road this morning in downtown Ilkley a drake and maybe 20 chicks waddled/scurried across the road in front towards the stream that follows the road side. I stopped with a smile on my face and joy in my heart and held up the traffic.
So you see, DT, it's not only rock 'n' roll that does it for me!
A drake? Where was the mother duck?Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
A drake? Where was the mother duck?
Talking to us car drivers of course as in the male looks after the children and the female chats away.
a duck and 11 ducklings on this mornings easy dawn patrol run.
saw a dipper yesterday, and a buzzard like bird that wasn't a buzzard. (must brush up on birds of prey)