Your day's wildlife

[nickyboy]

Is this one of the mystical Little Egrets? Seen on the River Orwell as it flows through Ipswich
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Indeed it is. There are lots of species of Egret (of which three are regular in UK) but this is the only one you will see with yellow feet

It's still amazing to think that this bird was a very rare visitor to UK only 30 years ago and now there are thousands of nests every year and numbers are increasing all the time

 

[Levo-Lon]

My brick and slate roofed Hedgehog feeding station has changed it's terms of use ..
It's now a Hedgehog nest ,so maybe I'll be seeing hoglets in the next few weeks..

I'll keep the camera on and feed externally..

 

[biggs682]

Just moved the garden hose out of storage for the first time in years and these two came out .

The yellow paint on the snail shell is my data tagging .

 

[slowmotion]

In Tit City, W14,

things have moved on. There are five live hatchlings left in the nest box. Four are quite boisterous and wander about the floor of the box while the other smaller one tends to stay in the original nest bowl. He/she will probably die in the next 36 hours. It's a brutal business.

The mother is on the left of the picture. The small weak bird is bottom right. The survivors will probably leave the nest within the next five days, and that's when the slaughter usually occurs. Jays, woodpeckers, magpies and, of course, those repulsive local cats make short work of them. None usually survive. For an adult bird that might live for three years, that seems a harsh sentence.

 

[PeteXXX]

Possibly 15 goslings milling around mum and dad on the banks of the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal, this morning.

 

[newfhouse]

In Tit City, W14, View attachment 524012

things have moved on. There are five live hatchlings left in the nest box. Four are quite boisterous and wander about the floor of the box while the other smaller one tends to stay in the original nest bowl. He/she will probably die in the next 36 hours. It's a brutal business.

The mother is on the left of the picture. The small weak bird is bottom right. The survivors will probably leave the nest within the next five days, and that's when the slaughter usually occurs. Jays, woodpeckers, magpies and, of course, those repulsive local cats make short work of them. None usually survive. For an adult bird that might live for three years, that seems a harsh sentence.

It’s a bit more crowded in our box. I think we still have seven or eight, and I expect they will leave in the next few days. I’ve moved a cctv camera in the hope that I can capture them when they attempt their first flights.

 

[slowmotion]

I was wrong. Two of the tits have died in the last 24 hours, leaving just three survivors in the nest box. They all seem pretty strong. One even fluttered its wings.

 

[slowmotion]

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Possibly 15 goslings milling around mum and dad on the banks of the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal, this morning.

Lovely photo.

 

[Levo-Lon]

My Blue Tits have fledged..no sign of any bodies , parents still about collecting food.

 

[newfhouse]

My Blue Tits have fledged..no sign of any bodies , parents still about collecting food.

We have an empty nest here this morning too. I'll have to review my external camera recording to see if I can see when they left. There were seven healthy looking youngsters when I checked last night.

 

[newfhouse]

Half past five this morning.

 

[Hicky]

Here’s my pathetic attempt to catch a glimpse of the blue tits nesting next to our garage. You can hear a decent number of fledglings cheeping away so I have my best hopes for them. Unfortunately we have a large number of corvids locally so the chances are slim. When we moved in (14 months ago)the previous owners told us they’d had tits nesting for the previous 4 years. I put up another nest box but I think I’ll have to relocate it as it’s within the large Silver Birch at the rear of the pic.....thoughts people...?

 

[slowmotion]

We have lift-off here too. There were only two tits alive this morning and one has launched into the outside world.

 

[slowmotion]

The last of the two survivors made it out into the big, bad world early this morning. Both are hiding under a bush, being fed by their parents. They can fly about a foot vertically in small bursts but they are mainly on the ground and terribly vulnerable to cats and jays.

 

[biggs682]

One of rose buds coming under attack