Redwing and Fieldfare being reported over weekend around here (along with a singing chiffchaff). Keep ‘em peeled!
Redwing and Fieldfare being reported over weekend around here (along with a singing chiffchaff). Keep ‘em peeled!
Not seen/heard any yet, but Redwing and Fieldfare reported at Kinder Bank over the past few days.I had a pair of Cormorant flying along the canal yesterday morning.
a pair of Goshawks and a kite which is pretty rare in this bit of the peak
I've heard about Goshawks over near Strines Res. some years ago, but never seen one. I've seen the odd Kite over on our side Mark, most recently Rushup Edge area.Originally Posted by William Clough
Perhaps you saw this one?
Fell Pony Foals on the Long Mynd by Andy Holden, on Flickr
Just got back from Washington DC and Pennsylvania.
Great blue heron (just like our grey heron but a bit bigger)
Lots of mockingbirds
Red tailed hawk - sitting in a tree with some people with long-lens cameras watching it near the start of my run. Then it was still there (and so were the people) when I came back again, so I could ask them what it was
Some sort of groundhog/woodchuck type thing
And possibly bald eagle. I'm not sure about this but it was a large eagle-shaped bird with notable fingered wing tips, with a longer body than a golden eagle and a white head. It was near the Potomac river, where the internet tells me they are sometimes seen.
Over the last few weeks there's been a barn owl, swooping over the rougher bits of pasture in the field in front of the house. It's been there in the early evenings, when it's still really light - floating like some white ghost - magnificent. A couple of times it's been mobbed by a local kestrel.
This morning, I left for work much later and there it was again at 8:30 am, in the morning's sunshine, flying over the grass tops and circling around. Great to see it in day light, but I wonder if that's not a good sign? Desperate for food perhaps.
Am Yisrael Chai
We were driving up the M6 for a day's walking in the Lakes yesterday and there were literally thousands of geese, in large, multiple skeins, flying south. It was almost as if they were using the motorway for navigation! They must have been migratory birds, probably heading for Martin Mere or similar. Quite spectacular!