Dave 123
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- Cambridgeshire alps
Your day's wildlife
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
[QUOTE 4956977, member: 9609"]I apologise for this being a bit of a double post as I also posted this in 'Mundane News', I think I just got over excited the smorning and posted in the wrong place - I'm still beyond myself with excitement to have had a Kingfisher in my own garden.. Anyway, it really belongs in the wildlife thread so here it is again.
A female Kingfisher spent about 10 minutes this morning sitting on top of our bird table that is next to the garden pond, I guess she was checking it out as a source of food. sadly I don't think there is anything in the pond for her to eat, so I doubt we will see her again.
We are a reasonable distance from any river or stream where they normally spend all their time so I am still not sure why it would be even passing over our garden - may be it is one of this years young that is looking for new territory? EDIT; I don't think it was a young one, apparently they have black legs and even the female young have all black beaks until the following spring - so this was more than likely an adult female that was away from the river.
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Apparently it is female due to the orange on the bottom of its beak, males beaks are fully black - I just learnt this today (it said a good way to remember it is females wear lipstick!)[/QUOTE]
Can't be many with Kingfisher on their "garden list", quite a WTF moment. Nice one
A female Kingfisher spent about 10 minutes this morning sitting on top of our bird table that is next to the garden pond, I guess she was checking it out as a source of food. sadly I don't think there is anything in the pond for her to eat, so I doubt we will see her again.
We are a reasonable distance from any river or stream where they normally spend all their time so I am still not sure why it would be even passing over our garden - may be it is one of this years young that is looking for new territory? EDIT; I don't think it was a young one, apparently they have black legs and even the female young have all black beaks until the following spring - so this was more than likely an adult female that was away from the river.
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Apparently it is female due to the orange on the bottom of its beak, males beaks are fully black - I just learnt this today (it said a good way to remember it is females wear lipstick!)[/QUOTE]
Can't be many with Kingfisher on their "garden list", quite a WTF moment. Nice one
[QUOTE 4956977, member: 9609"]I apologise for this being a bit of a double post as I also posted this in 'Mundane News', I think I just got over excited the smorning and posted in the wrong place - I'm still beyond myself with excitement to have had a Kingfisher in my own garden.. Anyway, it really belongs in the wildlife thread so here it is again.
A female Kingfisher spent about 10 minutes this morning sitting on top of our bird table that is next to the garden pond, I guess she was checking it out as a source of food. sadly I don't think there is anything in the pond for her to eat, so I doubt we will see her again.
We are a reasonable distance from any river or stream where they normally spend all their time so I am still not sure why it would be even passing over our garden - may be it is one of this years young that is looking for new territory? EDIT; I don't think it was a young one, apparently they have black legs and even the female young have all black beaks until the following spring - so this was more than likely an adult female that was away from the river.
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Apparently it is female due to the orange on the bottom of its beak, males beaks are fully black - I just learnt this today (it said a good way to remember it is females wear lipstick!)[/QUOTE]
You lucky bugger!
A female Kingfisher spent about 10 minutes this morning sitting on top of our bird table that is next to the garden pond, I guess she was checking it out as a source of food. sadly I don't think there is anything in the pond for her to eat, so I doubt we will see her again.
We are a reasonable distance from any river or stream where they normally spend all their time so I am still not sure why it would be even passing over our garden - may be it is one of this years young that is looking for new territory? EDIT; I don't think it was a young one, apparently they have black legs and even the female young have all black beaks until the following spring - so this was more than likely an adult female that was away from the river.
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Apparently it is female due to the orange on the bottom of its beak, males beaks are fully black - I just learnt this today (it said a good way to remember it is females wear lipstick!)[/QUOTE]
You lucky bugger!
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Went for a short walk with my mum in Godmanchester earlier
OP
OP
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
I know the top one is a Red Admiral, what's the bottom one ?
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
OP
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Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
Comma it is then
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Another first for me since getting into bird watching.
Hurried shot (it disappeared just a few seconds later)
Hurried shot (it disappeared just a few seconds later)
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I just went out to put some bird food out and discovered the grass was covered in large dollops of Hedgehog poo. If I get much more I'll have Chris Packham round here sniffing it.
Alan Frame
Gnu
- Location
- Lost In Space
My resident frog, Horace.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Having seen hardly any Jays all summer, I saw three on a two hour ride yesterday
Like squirrels, they collect acorns at this time of the year and bury them for when food is scarce in the winter. Hence they become more visible round about now
