JDog Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 A White tailed Lapwing near here yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 3 hours ago, JDog said: A White tailed Lapwing near here yesterday. Someone was very observant and need to be congratulated in spotting a White Tailed Lapwing , I , like many others wouldn't know the difference from what we call a Peewit , Green Plover or more commonly known as a Lapwing from a White Tail one , in fact I never knew they existed , until now of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 A Brown Booby was found on beach in Sussex yesterday. I have noted some distinctly red faces and legs on those mad enough to go for a Christmas or New Year dip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, JDog said: A Brown Booby was found on beach in Sussex yesterday. Misread that initially 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Local farm/ conservation/ shoot started the year by managing to catch and ring the first little egret for the farm. Total of birds they rung for 2021 3,500 +. Total rung since 2006 now 40,000 +. Not bad for 200 acres managed well, the right habitat and folk willing to share knowledge, fieldcraft and skills. 2021 another good year locally for turtle doves despite pressure/disturbance from birders . . . . Seen ring tail hen harrier on local heath last few weeks. Found it's roost and several pellets. Shame birders had to report, post pics and location of it on their sites. Some are strange narrow minded obsessive lot. Glad i kept local of roost to myself. And they dare call us the bad guys! . . . . . . . Short eared owl and snow buntings at Benacre beach yesterday. Gt northern divers off coast and female merlin after starlings going to roost in reed bed. . . . . Saw a house martin Newmarket way in late November. Found out other day one seen in near by Fordham the day before is latest recorded for Cambridgeshire. Same bird? Maybe. Folks have reported seeing swallows. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 A Glossy Ibis yesterday at WWT Slimbridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Nature Boy I agree about Twitchers. Nothing but disturbers of birds for their own selfish ends. I am not too enamoured with ringers either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 We had a pair of Greenfinchs' over Xmas on the sunflower hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Mice! said: We had a pair of Greenfinchs' over Xmas on the sunflower hearts Now, that is something to be pleased about. They have been decimated and in very short supply. Handsom bird which twitchers probably consider 'common'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 55 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Now, that is something to be pleased about. They have been decimated and in very short supply. Handsom bird which twitchers probably consider 'common'. Yes mate, I hadn't seen any since summer, or the Goldfinches. Still seems odd how they sit on the feeder stuffing themselves whilst the tits & robins grab a seed and dive into cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 56 minutes ago, Mice! said: Yes mate, I hadn't seen any since summer, or the Goldfinches. Still seems odd how they sit on the feeder stuffing themselves whilst the tits & robins grab a seed and dive into cover. Yeah the difference is they have different beak arrangements, the finches are Granivorous and can crush seeds and swallow them straight away, with their heavy mandibles, whereas the Robins and tits are insectivorous, with daintier bills, they take the seed away and hold it in their feet while breaking it down into smaller segments, with hammer movements of the beak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 45 minutes ago, twenty said: Yeah the difference is they have different beak arrangements, the finches are Granivorous and can crush seeds and swallow them straight away, with their heavy mandibles, whereas the Robins and tits are insectivorous, with daintier bills, they take the seed away and hold it in their feet while breaking it down into smaller segments, with hammer movements of the beak. I hadn't thought about the difference in there beaks, the Greenfinch certainly looks heavy duty, I've always thought of the tits as being nervous and wanted to feed in cover, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 The robins I have on my feed tables seem to be happy to pick up the remnants left by the finches I always include some small seed as well. The bull finches love the black sunflower seeds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Three Kittiwakes on the high tide at Saul, ( River Severn ), yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted January 10, 2022 Report Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Two Whooper Swans, and six Bewick Swans, at Wainlode Hill meadows,( nr Tewkesbury ), yesterday. Female Siskin on sunflower feeder in our garden, first I've seen for a year or two. Edited January 10, 2022 by twenty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Parakeets, two dozen of the noisy **** in a park in Tyneside, never seen or heard one before here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, henry d said: Parakeets, two dozen of the noisy **** in a park in Tyneside, never seen or heard one before here! Both Monk Parakeets and Ring-necked parakeets are now on the general licence, they are both classed as agricultural pests, with the monk parakeet also posing a threat to power lines, by using supporting poles and lines for communal nesting, whereas ring necks use all available tree nesting holes to the detriment of the native species,.......they now form large flocks in London and the south east, with numbers in the thousands, and are an introduced species, with escapees from aviaries/collections etc forming initial numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just checked online and they, ring necked, are increasing in population in the area. What do they taste like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 18 Hawfinches at Lynford arboretum yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Whitebridges said: 18 Hawfinches at Lynford arboretum yesterday. I would give anything to see just one Hawfinch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Hello, what is this rare Owl seen in the New Forest ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, what is this rare Owl seen in the New Forest ? Is this the one "Mischievous' New Forest owl Boris escapes from home and is looking for love" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: Is this the one "Mischievous' New Forest owl Boris escapes from home and is looking for love" Hello, not sure just seen it on local news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 A White tailed Sea Eagle in Lincolnshire for two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 One for the wildfowlers , or should I say 101 . 101 Whitefronted Geese on Buckingham marshes in Norfolk yesterday and 5 Taiga Bean geese , well worth a visit if you are in the area , mind you , this is for looking only as there is No Shooting allowed. On Sunday the 9th of January the numbers of Whitefronts on the Buckenham marshes were counted at 199 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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