What have you seen
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Great photo, OP
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Had a good walk out to St Mary's Lighthouse, Old Hartley this morning, doing some seal and bird spotting but no camera with me to take close ups. Good view from my phone camera which just about held steady in the strong winds.
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Not really wildlife, but we came across a surprise grave today. I am sure those from Yorkshire will recall Richard Whitely who used to present Look North. He later became the host on Countdown with the lovely Carol Vordeman. He is buried in the church yard of St John’s at East Witton, a rather pretty spot full of daffodils and snowdrops.
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Following on from see the Roe deer the other day we then saw a herd of well over 100, including quite a few white ones, grazing on a wheat field outside the village of Therfield two days ago.
We too have just seen our first Cowslips today at Greetham.
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Saw our first Bluebells in the woods beside Rutland Water today, as well as more Cowslips and Primroses. On the reservoir there were lots of water birds, mainly Swans and Tufted Ducks, also a pair of Gadwell. Overhead were Buzzards ans Red Kites, but didn't see the Ospreys.
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And as far as I can tell there's not a lot happening at Loch Garten either, Nellie. We "lost" Odin the male in 2017 and there were but a couple of young "Snowflake" males last year which were inadequate mates for the elderly female EJ. We can but hope she will be back -- well she is 21 or so now and Tempus is Fugiting -- very few manage to get to the great age of the famous "Lady" at Loch of the Lowes never mind retain a nest successfully
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We'll be calling in at the centre there in about 6 weeks time. Hope that EJ has a new mate and will be on the nest. Will have to look at the web camera before we go. However there may be a new queen of the nest by then.
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Don't forget to get a picture of the peanut feeder Nellie.
It always makes me smile -- just a standard feeder is about all one can see on the web cam. It's only when you see it in the "plastic" so to speak that you realise there is a 3 or more metre length of down spout fixed to the top to give a fortnights supply of nuts
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Did see an Osprey today, not at the Res, but flying over the woods at the edge of Exton Estate.....so they are about.
Just read the blog from "Rutland Ospreys" and it would appear that there are already 15 in the area, including the web cam resident pair Maya & 33.
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Cuckoo arrived here yesterday in our field in the Lot and sounded strange a first but by end of day a normal call also the warblers have arrived. Only seen 1 swallow so far and two house martins will look for crag martins in the next few days. Off to the Brenne region next week for a few days so will look to see what is about.
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When out walking saw this Osprey (I think) - never seen one before. Some way off so had to crop photo.
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I was wondering if we'd hear a cuckoo this year, they have been dwindling from our part of the SW but at least they're on their way then! And the swallows, as usual I'm looking forward to see the first ones return to a neighbour's barn.
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I haven't seen any down this part of the world for a few years so I don't know whether they have declined.
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Great excitement here as we spotted a Wren preparing out nest pouch, so fingers crossed
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Called in at Newport Wetland Reserve this morning. Had a pleasant time, seeing hundreds of Sand Martin and a Little Owl. Looks like an interesting place to spend an hour or so. Good expanse of Reed. The Welsh Coastal Path runs around the perimeter so good for dog walkers. You can make a decent walk along the coast.
There is only the 1 hide on the reserve.
If you time it right, you can see plenty of waders on the mud flats. Need a high tide though.
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If you are still in the area WN, it might be worth a visit to Goldcliff. Just a few miles from the wetlands and should have a decent amount to see.
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Yesterday,8am,I saw a heron in the field behind our house and on investigation it had cleared 6 goldfish from the garden pond (I took the net off at the weekend to allow the marsh marigolds to flower properly).To day I bought some more fish and released them into the pond at 5pm.At 6.15 pm the heron landed on the garden wall overlooking the pond!!!!fortunately the new fish had gone deep and the heron soon left!!now re.netted the pond!!!We have only had 3 visits in 2 years and 2 of those were in the last 48 hours!!!!!Do herons have a 6th sense????
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