Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

Coal tits. We now have a pair visiting

And the labour of love goes on for the robins. I think this one is looking out of the chick’s bum hole!

 

[gbb]

We're sat in the garden, urban estate Red Kite are very common here, our son just watched one harrying a crow till the crow dropped whatever it had and red kite flew off with whatever the crow had.

 

[Proto]

@Proto do you have green woodpecker coming in for them?

Yes, almost daily, I've even seen two on the 'lawn' together. Very nervous birds, peck, peck, peck, then a good look around and back to pecking. Slightest disturbance and they're off.

 

[Proto]

We're sat in the garden, urban estate Red Kite are very common here, our son just watched one harrying a crow till the crow dropped whatever it had and red kite flew off with whatever the crow had.

I've heard that kites have taken to dive bombing schoolchildren in Thame, Oxon and stealing their sandwiches. Must be terrifying!

 

[Chris S]

A brown rat trotted along beside me at Edgbaston Reservoir today. It wasn't at all frightened until a pigeon flapped its wings and sent it scurrying.

 

[Dave 123]

A little stroll along the coast path this afternoon. No adders, but I did see a wren collecting nest material, a whitethroat and one (of 4) raven. Also saw buzzard, kestrel, linnet, fulmar and an assortment of shitehawks.

 

[Alex H]

Breamish Valley, Northumberland

Siskin?

Decided to leave after i pointed my camera

 

[Windle]

Yesterday evening's Slug party in the garage, my missus puts cucumber out for them ~ she's weird like that .
The 'Banana Slug' is a regular visitor. I've no idea where they go during the day.

 

[Willd]

The ones on our patio last night were busy devouring pigeon poop Still, it stops the dog doing it I guess

 

[rockyroller]

a bee came by & gave our camera the "hairy eyeball"

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just watching my first swifts of the year, four of them over the house.

 

[Profpointy]

A nest of tiny spiders

 

[Dave 123]

A bit of a disaster for me today. The battery went in my van, so after much shenanigans I got it to the garage in Ivybridge. It’s hidden under the seats so I left it to a grown up in overalls!

Luckily the river Erme is just around the corner.

Dippers.

 

[Aravis]

I'm on holiday. Hardly an unknown bird where I live but I don't think I'd see them in my garden. I first spotted them through the kitchen window without my glasses and couldn't understand why one robin was so much brighter than the other:

 

[Windle]

I don't know about anybody else but most of our birds appear to have gone on holiday at the moment. A few weeks ago I was topping the feeders up twice a day but now the grub's lasting ages. There's normally a lull in summer when there's loads of wild stuff to eat and when they're resting after rearing little 'uns, but I can't remember it ever being so quiet now. Saying that I saw a Long Tailed Tit and GSW on the peanuts just before I came to work this morning but the quantity just aren't there.