What have you seen
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Thanks Wherenext. I wasn't sure between the two. Not seen any more thankfully.
Magpie has come down for food, scattering the huge flock of starlings. Strutting about by himself. I suspect the earlier visitors have had most of today's offerings. They're all watching from a safe perch..... No sign of the collar dove.
Bright red sky this very dark start to the day. Now gentle rain but still 17c. Wind got up last night but now breezy rather than windy.
I think the plants are as confused as everything else with the weather. Yesterday a hamamelis was out in a neighbouring garden whilst in full green leaf!
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Not an unusual mushroom but I think a good example of a young Shaggy Parasol which we came across on our wslk this morning's walk.
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Had a walk around Harewood House today.
Not long started the walk when I heard a familiar call from a bird that we came across last Autumn on a semi regular basis, a Yellow Browed Warbler. Looked up and there it was in the tree next to us. Also saw a Migrant Hawker dragonfly which stopped rather longer than the warbler to be photographed.
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Yellow Browed, a good spot Wherenext. I’m hopeless with these warblers, they all look the same to me. These ones though are thought to have found new migration routes and wintering areas in recent decades, possibly as a result of climate change. It’s suggested that there are far more now in the UK each autumn than we realise. I must learn how to tell the difference!
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Last year I noticed a patch of our garden had a lot of mining bees busy digging holes. This year there are / were considerably more with an estimated 500 active mines in the flower bed, approximately 40 feet x 3 feet. Today there are no bees evident. This made me wonder what they do in periods of heavy rain when water can easily enter their 'mines'. Yesterday the rain was torrential. Have they flown off elsewhere or have they all got drowned. I hope not the latter. They are fascinating to watch, never flying more that about a foot off the ground or going far from their own mine and having frequent squabbles over mine ownership.
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A couple of interesting occurrence yesterday and today
While in the orchard at Gunby House we saw numerous Red Admiral butterflies feeding on the rotting apples, which I didn't realise that they did.
Today I inadvertently rescued a rabbit by arriving just as it was being chased by a Stoat. On seeing me the rabbit dashed off in one direction and the Stoat in the other. Also saw a Hedgehog curled up against a wall, having not seen a live one for a while.
Here are a couple of photos of visitors we had on the outside furniture at the van on our last site. Perhaps WN can identify them.
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I did answer your query last night Nellie but when it wouldn't upload I realised that the
Maintenance was taking place, yet again.The red is a Common Darter and the brown one looks like it could be a female Common, particularly as they have yellow stripe on their legs and I can see one on your photo. They do turn dark with age but I cant be 100% certain. It looks like a Black Darter but they're normally found elsewhere plus don't have the yellow stripe.
Regardless, the photos are great.
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Thanks, WN, I did think that it was likely to be a male and female but wasn't sure. They did pose nicely for their photos, didn't they!
Red Kites, Buzzards and Kestrals on our walk on The Wolds today, and a Hare ran right across our path, just feet away.
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Not me , but once upon a time Flyte would have been after it like a shot, as he would have been off the lead, but now in his condition we keep him tethered most of the time, as you well know. However today we were able to let him free along by the wall of Covenham Res.
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Larg skiens of geese flew over the CL we were on at Louth, Lincolnshire, this morning, heading north. I would think that they were Pink Footed Geese by the formations, number and the sound they were making.
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More skies of Pink Footed Geese heading north this morning, and a lone juvenile Brent Goose feeding on one of the farm's fields.
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Had the local Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder on our lounge window ledge this morning and hope we will see the Middle Spotted Woodpecker again this winter.
Went to get some bird food this afternoon and the prices of bird food have gone up last year a 12 kg bag of sunflower seeds ranged from 18 to 22 euros well this year it is 30 to 37 euros rather a big increase so ended up getting 2 smaller 3 kg bags will have to check a few other places for prices just wondered what prices are like there have they gone up a lot like here.
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Had 4 Cirl Buntings on our field this morning lovely to see also a lot of Chaffinches and Goldfinches, the ground must be busy with small insects after all the rain, also had 4 Red Kites flying low over when I putting the washing out.
A duller day today but still mild after yesterday.
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Up in Kildale on Sunday and spotted what I think was a pine marten frolicking along a fallen tree trunk. Bigger than a polecat, about cat sized. First thought was a mink but it was much larger. This summer, a wanderer from the nearby Dalby Forest population turned up at Spurn Point so this could have been one from there too as Kildale is almost a stones throw away in comparison. I hope so.
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Oneputt
Do you have any idea what has happened to the 'BINS' (Birding information network Suffolk) website.
I am assuming you are familiar with this site, apologies if you are not. It was my go to site for bird info.
I am trying to pin down a Waxwing location locally to NR14....
Regards.
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When we came through the Indre Department on Friday we had 20 common Cranes going over and have just looked at the migration website and it seems they are later this year moving south seems over 90,000 on the move today so will keep an eye out for more going over and will be in the Brenne tomorrow so will take the bins with me.
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Migration patterns for lots of creatures over the last few decades have generally been shifting to a later date. Just been reading about Berwick swans and the fact that fewer are now bothering to make their way to those traditional wintering lands in the UK. What is this telling us?
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I have also read re Bewick swans not so many at Slimbridge etc.
Well went to the Brenne yesterday and a lot of Cattle Egrets, Little Egrets and Great Egrets but not much else to see as most places were very muddy and did not have wellies with me.
There is supposed to be a Purple Night Heron around here but not see it yet will have a look tonight as our last night here.
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Is that the home of French Whisky, RK? have you tried it?
Quite a few little and one or two greater Egrets around us, more seem to be overwintering with every season that passes.
A few years back we had a swamp hen stay for a few weeks. I often wonder what happens to these infrequent and brief visitors, our American Robin got taken out by a hungry sparrowhawk.0 -
Hey GL,
just come across you post. I used to use Terry Dactyl of Lowestoft Birders club but the have now goon over to Twitter.
Looking at todays news 6 were reported at junction of Westhall Road and Wisset Way.
For general search I Google ‘Waxwing Search’ and that comes up with a nation wide listing. Hope this helps
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Went to the edge of Cley village and spotted 26 Cattle Egrets, 2 Little egrets and a Great Egret, all in the same field. On to Holkam Beach and saw 15 x Shore Larks and a large flock of Snow Buntings. Lots of Ducks and Geese around.
May shoot over to Norwich tomorrow to take a look at the 50+ Waxwings at the Breckland Park
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