Your day's wildlife

[deptfordmarmoset]

Really? I saw a solitary one this morning, but normally there's half a dozen or more in the local woods squabbling away. They're even harder to see than usual now, with the trees being in leaf, but nonetheless there are 2 or 3 places I know locally where I can virtually guarantee to spot one.

Yes, really. Perhaps they're sparser in London. Attractive birds, and quite human-shy. Always alone though and completely silent.

 

[Illaveago]

I've just seen a Hedgehog by our back door !

 

[Dave 123]

I saw a few sand martins in Littondale yesterday.

 

[MikeG]

I've just seen a Hedgehog by our back door !

Oh, if only. The locals around here tell me that hedgehogs used to be common, but that the return of the badgers saw them off. Badgers know how to open up a curled up hedgehog and eat it. I'm sure someone must have done some work on this issue.

 

[Illaveago]

I saw 2 Swift's today .

 

[gbb]

Probably a Red Kite given it was close to where they're very frequently seen, it 'flitted' , very agile, through some bushes, straight toward my car, then angled off, equally as agile. All of this in a split second, 10 feet away.
Bloomin big birds when you see them that close.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Pair of peregrines displaying above the garden I’m working in.

 

[philk56]

A swan minding its eggs, seen on today's ride to Broxbourne:

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Sky was full of screaming, swirling swifts at work today.

SWIFTS!

SWIFTS YOU HEAR ME? Not swallows you ignoramuses.

 

[philk56]

Went back to Broxbourne today with my 'proper' camera to get some shots of a coot's nest, neighbouring the swan from above.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Lots of Goldfinches and (happily live) Badgers.

 

[biggs682]

Inside our compost bin

 

[biggs682]

Also on you tube


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVOTNsDngBI

 

[slowmotion]

A very busy group of about eight goldfinches keeps visiting our garden and collecting dandelion seeds. They are great fun to watch. They seem such cheerful birds.

We still have nine tiny blue tits in the spy-cam nest box.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 5243256, member: 9609"]the dawn chorus recorded from bedroom window - just wonderful, its waking me up every morning at the moment, here is 5 minutes worth
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Thank you. That was wonderful. Was it about 4:45 am. We had a less spectacular version in Herefordshire a week ago.