What have you seen
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Yesterday should have said Cinnabar Moth not Cinnamon. Predictive text!
Wonderful day today. The morning spent walking around Alkborough Flats. Birdlife was great.
Spoonbill, Bittern seen flying for about 400 metres, Peregrine, Hobby, Bearded Tit, Barnacle Geese, Skylark, Reed and Sedge Warblers, Cuckoo, Cetti's Warbler, Marsh Harrier.
Super day
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@Wherenext did wonder re moth ha ha, Well we had 3 Cattle Egrets flying over us and looking at our field but they did not land no livestock about although the field next to us has 3 horses perhaps they are not keen on horses. The Nightingales and the Golden Orioles are singing around us plus the local birds and Cuckoo still about quite regularly, got plenty of Frogs calling mainly early evening but also during the day but not heard the Tree Frog this year or see one.
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Another smashing day. Seems like we're falling over flying Bitterns. Same birds as yesterday but we added on a singing Lesser Whitethroat and a heard but not seen Little Crake!! Plus a Greenwoodpecker and a Water Rail so it was worth a second and third visit. Moving on tomorrow.
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Could this be a bird box for a Bearded Tit I wonder?
You certainly have had a few very good sightings on your trip so far @Wherenext Hope it continues at your next port of call.
Not seen a lot but have heard plenty, Willow, Wood and Garden Warblers, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and Nuthatch. I am still sat outside in the sunshine listening to the distant call of a Cuckoo, which we have heard throughout the day, and being serenaded by a Blackbird in full voice competing with a Song Thush. Lovely!
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We called into Potteric Carr, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve on the outskirts of Doncaster, today on our way further south. First time here but hopefully not the last.
We had a lovely few hours with some new sightings, namely a beautiful male Garganey, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and a Common Sandpiper as well as a Wall Brown butterfly.
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From your photos of the sculptures and the birds you saw, @Wherenext the reserve looks to be a good place to visit. Do they allow dogs in or is there much shade in the car park?
Many of the usual warblers etc today in the woods around the site but did see some Long Tailed Tits and a pair of Bullfinches, with the male in full colour.
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Unfortunately they only allow assistance dogs.
Interesting bit of fungi we found. Apparently it's called Dryads Saddle.
We also were rather taken with the flower on a Horse Chestnut, usually only seen as a cone from afar but this one had drooping branches that allowed us to get a really close up look at how gorgeous the flower is.
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The weather wasn't quite so kind today with a gusty cold wind and overcast day. However we still enjoyed ourselves at Frampton Marsh.
A couple of new birds seen, namely Mediterranean Gulls, Great Black Gull and Ringed Plovers. There were a couple of sightings of Avocet chicks and we were entertained by Sand Martins going in and out of a purpose built sand bank.
Also came across the caterpillars of the Bird Cherry Ermine Moth all in their little web.
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That's a pity, but thanks all the same, @Wherenext Grand photos.
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Another good day some of it spent at Attenborough Nature Reserve in a suburb of Nottingham. You'd like it Nellie as would your OH as walking is flat, no stiles on good paths, dog friendly and no charge apart from car parking.
We managed to have lunch sitting on a bench watching 2 Reed Warblers gathering Reed fronds to make a nest, completely oblivious to us 2 watching them quietly. Also saw a Kingfisher and plenty of Grebes.
It was worth the effort finding it.
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Cheers for that @Wherenext definitely one to make a note of.
We went to view the Osprey nest on an isle in Loch Insh where we could see the female on nest, probably incubating her eggs, and after a short while the male flew in and landed on a perch behind the nest. We also saw a pair of Goldeneyes and a single female with 5 ducklings which although still quite small were diving down underwater to feed themselves.
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Up the R.Domain we enjoyed the sight of a Willow Warbler giving it full voice from the top of a small Scots Pine as we had our lunch. In the field below there were about 10 Golden Plovers, including a beautifully coloured male along with a few Lapwings, Then down by the Sluggan Bridge what I took to be a Common Sandpiper, but it had a very pronounced change between it's white breast/chest and it's sand coloured neck. It did have the characteristic bobbing motion, but so do other species of Sandpipers. Any suggestions?🤔
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IIt most probably was a Common Sandpiper but its possible from your description that it might have been a late Green or Wood Sandpiper, the Green having more distinction between white chest and darker neck area.
Nothing much happening today but there was a beautiful Painted Lady butterfly feasting on the flowers in the garden.
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@nelliethehooker Just for reference there has been a Wood Sandpiper reported at Burton 2 days ago so there are dribs and drabs still coming through.
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Thanks @Wherenext I really would have needed a camera with telescopic lens to get a decent enough photo for identification. It blended so well in with the stones and sandy patches along the opposite river bank.
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Lots of bird song this afternoon while filling up with water, Siskins, Redstart, Willow Warblers also spotted a female Coal Tit feeding it's young in a Scots Pine, plus Skylarks and Sedge Warblers on my evening walk. There is a cigarette stub box outside the gents toilet which a pair of Blue Tits, ever the opportunists, are using as a next box,
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I read an article this week @nelliethehooker about some Great Tits doing the same and it said that it's possible they choose it from memory knowing the stubs and tobacco kill the parasites that harm the chicks. Not sure that they weren't just opportunists but nice to consider that these Titmice carry that knowledge.
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Damb clever these birds!!😁
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Had a walk around the Country Park at Loggerheads just outside Mold town.
The river was really dry and I felt for the Dippers and Grey Wagtails that are usually seen in a Spring walk.
Higher up I did see a Pied Flycatcher, the first one I've seen there for decades. I heard a second one not long after.
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It is more of what I have heard rather than seen. On this morning's walk it was Skylarks, Curlew and a Cuckoo, then at lunch time, as we were sat in a layby having our food, it was Blackcaps and a Garden Warbler while a Yellowhammer was picking up crumbs or seeds in front of the car.
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A good day today. As we were sat having our lunch by the R.Dee an Osprey flew overhead, heading upstream, while there was a Dipper hopping from rock to rock on the side of the river tgst caught our attention. Then on the R.Tanar we saw a Yellow, or possibly Grey, Wagtail with one of it's young. Then during my afternoon walk I spotted a Red Squirrel in the woods close to the site, the first we have seen on this trip so far.
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Not visited the forum for a while, so way out of touch.
Just thought anyone in the Bristol area might like to know there is a fairly rare visitor to Herriot's Bridge at Chew Valley reservoir. A spotted sandpiper has been seen for about a week. check on Avon Birds before visiting to be as up to date as possible.
It has been very close to the road, so very good views no scope needed.
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After only seeing my first Red Squirrel yesterday during our 5 weeks away this morning I saw two this morning on the site. As I was unprepared it took me a time to get to the camera one phone and this is the best photo I was able to get.
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Another day, another Red Squirrel and Osprey! We visited Balgavies Loch Nature Reserve today and from the hide I saw the female Osprey fly around from her nest before returning to apparently feed her chick. While in the hide I was watching a Reed Bunting when a movement caught my eye and in front of me appeared another Red Squirrel,( my 4th in 3 days!
One of the other residents of the Reserve.
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Today both of us were fortunate to see, when sitting by the Sawmill Bridge over the River South Esk at Cortachy, another Red Squirrel which used the Bridge to cross and recross the river. I then saw a Spotted Flycatcher, and this evening we had a couple of Red Legged Partridges cross in front of the caravan.
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lots of fabulous wildlife on this thread, lovely to see what’s around up and down the country. Our little spot is closer to home, in fact, two feet from our bay window🤣 Our little nest of Wren chicks emerged for the first time today, noisy little blighters, keeping Mum and Dad busy. Sorry photo is a bit blurred. We hang those little woven nests in our Clematis, and the Wrens love them, using them for nesting and also as a Winter roost, lined with moss…….
Four nestlings altogether.
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This afternoon we ventured into Caernarfon and were walking outside of the castle walls near the Harbour when we heard a familiar but unexpected trill. Looked up and there sitting on a Telegraph post was a Tree Pipit. Just to confirm it he then did his singing aerial flight and descent onto a lamp post. Last thing we expected to see.
OH also had a Zebra Spider on her hand today.
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