Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

Greenshank

Redshank

Grey wagtail

Little Grebe

Oystercatcher

Little Egret with lunch

Long tailed tit

The shy Curlews beating a hasty retreat

And bird of the day….. a Firecrest!

 

[Dave 123]

Tomorrow is a birding cruise on the river Exe!

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Enjoyed several minutes of watching an otter on the canal this morning. Also saw a stoat and enjoyed listening to dippers singing.

 

[biggs682]

Not quite as good as @Dave 123 goldcrest picture

Our trail camera has been positioned in front of the feeder hanging from the christmas tree in the garden to see who was using it and this sparrow seems to be a guilty party

 

[Dave 123]

Well we went on our river Exe bird cruise, and very good it was too. 20 minutes before boarding a heavy fog rolled in…. After 5 minutes on the boat it disappeared.

After 3 hours I was chilled to the bone, hopefully it won’t add to my lurgy.

Birds seen were- shag, cormorant, Brent goose, pintail, teal, mallard,red breasted merganser, shelduck, great northern diver, black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit, Dublin, sanderling, lapwing, avocet, turnstone,greenshank, redshank golden plover, oystercatcher, little egret, marsh harrier, black headed gull, lesser and greater black backed gull, kingfisher, great crested grebe, mute sea, bar headed goose . I think that’s all…

Conditions were a little dull.

 

[Profpointy]

Two of these had just rushed up to greet the postman. By the time I had the camera out, I only managed a distant shot. I think they were emus

 

[Andy in Germany]

Got off the train in my village and there was a buzzard flying overhead.

ETA, Also had to slow down for a red squirrel.

 

[sevenfourate]

While walking the dog early yesterday (And still in the dark) - two Foxes came out of a side road ahead of me and to my left. Crossed the main road and went under a gap in some metal railings: and into some Tower blocks to my right.

The pair were maybe 40 yards ahead of me. Both in very close proximity to each other. And had I seen them alone - either would have been the biggest Fox I’ve ever seen (And I get to see quite a few round here with my early walking / cycling exploits).

So whether these were two males - or a ‘mating’ pair I can’t tell you. But these literally looked like mini wolves. Stopped me in my tracks and made me look for a millisecond…... 🦊

 

[Dave 123]

The long tailed tits came in mob handed first thing this morning. I think there were around a dozen…

 

[Dave 123]

Tufted duck

 

[Dave 123]

I think this is a shaggy ink cap fungi in the hollow of a tree. Most of the void was filled with what looked like wet bird sh*t.

 

[Dave 123]

Still not fit enough to ride a bike so I went to Filham lake in search of kingfisher… no luck!

I did see Goldcrest and Firecrest which is always worth the trip. The Firecrest was playing hard to get!

And an acrobat rat!

 

[FrankCrank]

Another brood of these at Crank Towers

Lost count of how many dove nests we've had round here. Quite like them really, but pigeons, well, that's another story.

 

[Red17]

There are a row of trees (about 6 of them) in the local park that have a very distinctive pattern of branches. There are loads of other trees around, but none looking like this. Does anyone recognise what they are as I can't identify them

 

[geocycle]

Looks like a willow, perhaps pollarded? Hard to tell without leaves but looks striking.