Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Whilst at the pond I noticed that there are quite a few large tadpoles which may be starting to grow limbs, they seem to be changing to a more pointed shape.
Your day's wildlife
- Thread starter Flick of the Elbow
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They're still sniffing around and popping in and out, but no residents or homemakers yet either.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
The buzzards were busy near me earlier, at first I thought it was a starling mimicking them but then I saw 3 wheeling around, a few more joined in and eventually there were 8 soaring together.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
[QUOTE 4233033, member: 9609"]@annedonnelly
revisited Cullernose and this time the Kittiwakes were there on mass, at a guess about 1500
a magnificent beautiful gull
very distinctive bright orange mouth mouth
easily identified by black legs and black tips to the wings (common gulls have flecks of white in the black tips and yellow legs)
although when sitting on the water they give the impression of having white flecks in the wing tips.
we only get to see them when they return to the coast to breed, the rest of the year they spend far out to sea wandering the north atlantic from the Cannaries up to the coast of Greenland,
cliff nesting bird in very busy and noisy colonies
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This was actually last year, but it's some of the Newcastle Kittiwakes
*need a better camera*
revisited Cullernose and this time the Kittiwakes were there on mass, at a guess about 1500
a magnificent beautiful gull
very distinctive bright orange mouth mouth
easily identified by black legs and black tips to the wings (common gulls have flecks of white in the black tips and yellow legs)
although when sitting on the water they give the impression of having white flecks in the wing tips.
we only get to see them when they return to the coast to breed, the rest of the year they spend far out to sea wandering the north atlantic from the Cannaries up to the coast of Greenland,
cliff nesting bird in very busy and noisy colonies
This was actually last year, but it's some of the Newcastle Kittiwakes
*need a better camera*
steve50
Disenchanted Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
We have recently had some new visitors to our bird feeders, gold finches, blue and great tits, a Eurasian jay which I was surprised to see, a male chaffinch visits regularly too. The usual collection of starlings, blackbirds and jackdaws and some sparrows also visit along with wood pigeons and ring neck doves, we also have wood peckers fairly local as I can hear them throughout the day but have not spotted them as yet. In the evening as it starts to get dark we have bats flying round the house which I believe roost in my neighbours roof.
this last Sunday morning I saw a little roe deer in the field at the back of my house, just got a quick look before it took off across the field.
this last Sunday morning I saw a little roe deer in the field at the back of my house, just got a quick look before it took off across the field.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
My robins seem to be investigating potential homes to rent .... I've seen them in both bird boxes with the wide openings.... I wonder if they will pick either of them.
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
I saw a kestrel collecting nesting materials this afternoon 
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
A beautiful grass snake - the first I've seen this year. Not that big, about a foot or so. He was less keen on the encounter than I was and slithered off before I could get closer.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
[QUOTE 4234126, member: 9609"]as in a traditional bird box with a round hole? I have nvere seen that before...
what size hole was it ?[/QUOTE]
No the sort that half of the front is open...
what size hole was it ?[/QUOTE]
No the sort that half of the front is open...
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Heard my first cuckoo of the year this afternoon..
steve50
Disenchanted Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Looks like a buzzard of some sort, how high up was it, looking at that picture it looks to have a pretty big wingspan.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Ha0HBCMQk&nohtml5=False
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
[QUO steve50, post: 4234232, member: 44061"]Looks like a buzzard of some sort, how high up was it, looking at that picture it looks to have a pretty big wingspan.[/QUOTE]
It wasn't a buzzard, they came over earlier and are very distinctive. I have just had a look in one of my bird books and the closest thing in there seems to be a sparrowhawk. I would say that it was flying about 100ft or more. I find the sizes given in books a bit misleading.
It wasn't a buzzard, they came over earlier and are very distinctive. I have just had a look in one of my bird books and the closest thing in there seems to be a sparrowhawk. I would say that it was flying about 100ft or more. I find the sizes given in books a bit misleading.
