Green Woodpeckers....
Yaffling with young....
Up, down & over......
The Clough......
Sublime...
Green Woodpeckers....
Yaffling with young....
Up, down & over......
The Clough......
Sublime...
1 x Barn owl.
2 x unidentified birds of prey - Kestrel in size, but looked brown all over and the wings turned back at quite an angle midway along the front edge with a very fast 'flap rate'. Took off from the ground together in a corn field and flew off in separate directions - some sort of hawk possibly - any clues anyone??
Last edited by sore legs; 11-07-2010 at 04:20 PM. Reason: to correct bad spelling
Could be a merlin (Falco columbarius). They fly low over the land looking for food.Originally Posted by sore legs
1 x Barn owl.
2 x unidentified birds of prey - Kestrel in size, but looked brown all over and the wings turned back at quite an angle midway along the front edge with a very fast 'flap rate'. Took off from the ground together in a corn field and flew off in separate directions - some sort of hawk possibly - any clues anyone??
Or possibly cuckoo - they can look very falcon-like in flight.
The swifts in the back birdbox will soon fledge, parents are feeding them hard with plenty of squeeking, and can hear the young starting to scrabble about and stretch their wings in the box, shouldn't be long now. Hopefully the ones in the front of house birdbox are also not far off.
Baby Swallows on our roof yesterday evenin'...
Lovely. What song are they singing?Baby Swallows on our roof yesterday evenin'...
Saw a kingfisher early this morning, while walking the dogs. Leeds -liverpool canal, just near silsden.
Fantastic pics wharfee!
A sparrow hawk - apparently one has just dived into my pond at home and lifted either a frog or fish onto a
fence post and ate it !!! Nice to see but not when it eats my fish !!
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