Your day's wildlife

[Flick of the Elbow]

Not wildlife I know but on the way home from work this evening I saw my first lambs of the year. I am a happy bunny

 

[Fubar]

Not today (and not on the bike) but walking through Edinburgh I spotted this Heron next to the Water of Leith, in Stockbridge.

 

[redflightuk]

Two Blackbirds fighting under my bike while I was unlocking it yesterday.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Frogspawn arrived in my pool yesterday. Fished out a newt along with some leaves.
Saw four buzzards circling over my garden (and several hundred others).
Bought some nyjer seed for the goldfinches.
Blue tits are loving the kibbled peanuts at the mo.

On a slightly different note, I had a large silver birch taken down recently and had heard stories of how much they "bleed" and this one has sap pouring off it. I'm looking at it now and it is dripping. I recall Ray Mears once drilling into one and drinking the sap but I didn't realise they produced this much.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Frogspawn arrived in my pool yesterday. Fished out a newt along with some leaves.
Saw four buzzards circling over my garden (and several hundred others).
Bought some nyjer seed for the goldfinches.
Blue tits are loving the kibbled peanuts at the mo.

On a slightly different note, I had a large silver birch taken down recently and had heard stories of how much they "bleed" and this one has sap pouring off it. I'm looking at it now and it is dripping. I recall Ray Mears once drilling into one and drinking the sap but I didn't realise they produced this much.

It will carry on producing it for some time to come. You can tap 2lliters a day off one tree without affecting it for several weeks.

My wildlife was yesterday.. Heard a male Peewit (lapwing) doing is display call. Shame I didn't see it though.
2 bull finches and 2 gold finches flying off from the hedgerow as I went were the only other highlight away from the usual suspects.

 

[nickyboy]

22 miles today & just over half way round heard a bird squawk, looked over & couldn't really id it, looked the size of a buzzard, but lighter under the wings then in the last couple of miles disturbed a pair of buzzards that were in the hedgerow, they flew in opposite directions & the one that flew over the road was within 20 feet of me, amazing , then at the end of the lane there was a barn owl in the distance.
Must try taking a camera out sometime

Buzzards are extremely variable in plumage. They can vary from almost creamy coloured underneath to chocolatey brown. If it was buzzard sized and sounded like a buzzard, 99.9% chance it was one, regardless of whether it was paler than usual. There are other rare options like Rough Legged Buzzard but the chances are very slim. Must be nice to see Barn Owls, never see them around here

 

[TVC]

Would you all tell me to shut up if I said sharks, pufferfish, clown fish, amenomies, sea slugs, lion fish, all sorts of brightly coloured swimming things, and lizards of various sizes.

 

[arranandy]

A fox, 2 roe deer, a buzzard and various ducks, geese and swans on my ride to work this morning. Also depending what route I cycle home I might see some alpacas

 

[Soltydog]

Buzzards are extremely variable in plumage. They can vary from almost creamy coloured underneath to chocolatey brown. If it was buzzard sized and sounded like a buzzard, 99.9% chance it was one, regardless of whether it was paler than usual. There are other rare options like Rough Legged Buzzard but the chances are very slim. Must be nice to see Barn Owls, never see them around here

I see loads of buzzards, but very rarely hear them, so not sure if it was a buzzard sound There are reports of rough legged buzzard a few miles further up the coast, but not sure I'd be able to ID one.
Barn owls are my favs, numbers seem to be back on the up after the harsh winter a few years back. Last year I put an owl box up in our field, but I've yet to see an owl use it, but fingers crossed.

 

[annedonnelly]

Yes, the BTO have reported that barn owl numbers are up - best year for a good while, I think. Very good news for a change.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I see loads of buzzards, but very rarely hear them,

I find that hard to believe. They sound like a kitten, surely you must have heard them ?

 

[thatname]

Plenty of Parakeets on the ground today foraging away at something in the grass over at Richmond Park. Never seen them do this before and they were so confident that the ones by the roadside stood their ground and carried on whilst i flew by.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Plenty of Parakeets on the ground today foraging away at something in the grass over at Richmond Park. Never seen them do this before and they were so confident that the ones by the roadside stood their ground and carried on whilst i flew by.

That's true, I don't remember ever seeing them on the ground. And while I've seen that other green bird, the green woodpecker feeding on bugs or worms in the grass, they don't seem to do it in groups. They're pretty solitary, IME.

I'm going to take my camera to the High Street tomorrow and take a picture of the local fearless pied wagtail. It darts around people's feet picking up scraps. I think it thinks it's a tame sparrow.

 

[Mrs M]

This little one was having a singing contest with his pals, he won!
Pics a bit blurry as it' quite windy.

 

[Dirk]

Bit late posting this, but we saw our first Swallows of the year last Wednesday (18th).