Your day's wildlife

[figbat]

A roe deer jumped out into the track about 10m in front of me today. I was climbing on gravel so not going very fast. It then disappeared into the woods and it (or another) started barking.

 

[slowmotion]

Bad times in Tit City. Yesterday afternoon, a magpie or cat came for one of the two surviving tits. Early, this morning, the cheeky chappie in post #3246 was carried away too, probably by the Burmese cat from six doors away. It's pitiful seeing and hearing the parents calling for their young, only to be met with silence. It's the third year that there have been no survivors. Maybe it's not a good idea to put up nest boxes in urban gardens.

 

[Dave 123]

Down on the river Avon in Devon this morning....

Cinclus cinclus to you....

 

[Jenkins]

Out for a walk this afternoon and took a (very) long distance shot of a bird on Trimley nature reserve to see what it was - turned out to be just a swan, but looked closer and there was a heron hiding in the reeds

Then, further up, nearer Levington Marina (one of four I saw in a small area, but the only one still enough to photograph)

 

[Poacher]

Female House Sparrow has been picking our chives! Possibly it would be a parasite deterrent in the nest?
She stood here for a few minutes, looking from side to side before eventually flying off with her prize.
Sorry for the poor quality; I really need to clean the window.

 

[Hicky]

@slowmotion the downside of an urban house for the songbirds might be cats etc however it’s usually a balance as there’s much more food to sustain the brood. Out in the sticks there’s a plethora of predators. The majority unseen ie stoats, weasels.
I think our brood might be down to a couple if my poor hearing is correct. I fitted a birdbath and another feeder in the hope it supports the young that’s about to be around, and maybe encourage them to stick around.

 

[slowmotion]

@slowmotion the downside of an urban house for the songbirds might be cats etc however it’s usually a balance as there’s much more food to sustain the brood. Out in the sticks there’s a plethora of predators. The majority unseen ie stoats, weasels.
I think our brood might be down to a couple if my poor hearing is correct. I fitted a birdbath and another feeder in the hope it supports the young that’s about to be around, and maybe encourage them to stick around.

Food and drinkwise, they had all they could wish for. There are four feeders and plenty of vegetation for the parents to collect caterpillars from. The problem is the predators. Anyway, it's all over now.

Edit: perhaps that should be "It's all over now, Baby Blue".
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[oldwheels]

Only one swallow this year so far although I suppose it may be one of a pair out feeding. Sea Eagle just drifted over the house an hour ago. Nearly as big as the medivac helicopter yesterday.
Golden Eagles which are native are getting pushed out by the imported Sea Eagle but since they do not carry off sheep and small children are of no interest to RSPB.

 

[Hicky]

Food and drinkwise, they had all they could wish for. There are four feeders and plenty of vegetation for the parents to collect caterpillars from. The problem is the predators. Anyway, it's all over now.

😢

 

[Tight Git]

Grouse chick up on the North Yorkshire Moors today

 

[Nigeyy]

Ruby throated humming bird. Didn't get a picture but it's at our humming bird feeder, so hoping it will come back.

 

[Alex H]

Sorry, no pictures on today's 20 mile tandem loop - here's the list

Rabbit (live) at the side of the road
Red Squirrel, unfortunately squashed
Hare - ran away when we approached
Fox - with a rabbit in it's mouth, which it dropped in it's rush to get away
Mrs Duck with about 12 young gathered round her, trying to cross the road just before the crossing at Christon Bank.

(which reminded me of this 12 years ago )

 

[Handlebar Moustache]

Beautiful light coming through the leaves this morning (the word for this type of light is ‘shivelight’ - coined by Gerald Manley Hopkins).

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Enjoyed a good view of a cuckoo being harried by meadow pipits on my lockdown walk in the Pentland Hills yesterday.

 

[biggs682]

I need to get quicker with the camera to try and catch a shot of the little mouse that darted across the patio earlier