What have you seen
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Sadly couldn't save a little Blue Tit today, entangled in fishing line, I think it had taken some for it's nest. We think a neighbour is to blame, tying CDs etc to keep birds away from veg, bits of line left around. OH has line for fishing but it wasn't the type he uses and he never leaves it out. Horrible stuff for wild life.
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Heard quite a number of cuckoos today, and lots of Orange Tips and Small White Butterflies about.
Managed to download a photo of our Wood Mouse. The best hot won't load on here, unfortunately.
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An early walk in Minterne Gardens in Dorset, no one around, beautiful show of plants. We used our Gardener's World 2 for 1 ticket so just £6 to enjoy all this. Lots of history here too, the home of the original Winston Churchill an "offshoot" of the Duke of Marlborough.
Tea and cakes on the terrace after the walk, more nice views over the lake. Worth a visit!
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OH spotted a Red Squirrel this morning on the site. There are a number bird feeders around the pitches by us and today they attracted lots of Siskins, with up to 6 males and a couple of females enjoying the sunflower seeds, plus a pair of Redpolls, and the usual Chaffinches and assorted Tits.
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Great photos, brue, it looks lovely and well worth a visit. It's one of the HHA properties too, so we'd get in for free!
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Super day at Ynys Hir. Changed a bit since our last visit 3 years ago due to a flood but still a great day to just lose yourself in natures bounty.
Saw quite a few Pied Flycatchers (M and F), Redstarts, Grasshopper Warbler reeling away sitting on a post, Wood Warbler and all of the usual crew. I don't often spend 6 hours of any day on a reserve except this one and sometimes Minsmere.
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Sounds like a good day Wherenext.
We are back at Obterre site for a short break and have heard nightingales and turtle doves so a good start but may not get to the Brenne as other things to do tomorrow and Wednesday the forecast is very wet and windy so possibly no trip to the Brenne and Thursday back to another site near Limoges which we have not been to next to a good river so may get a chance to check local wildlife.
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Le Cormier campsite it is run by English/Welsh couple all grass pitches but very large size and flat only 2 on here besides ourselves, we have had the caravan in storage here and are taking it back home but have used this site many times in the past on our way to the UK since 2010.
There are nearer sites to the Brenne than this one as Wherenext has stayed.
There a nice walk from the site which takes you through a small wooded area so will check that sometime today before the weather closes in and we have to batten down the hatches upto 70km expected here tomorrow more like March.
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Had another super day. Walking in the lower hills in the morning then visiting the Dyfi Osprey site and finally back at Ynys Hir for an hour in the afternoon. The walk was actually better than the reserve for birds.
The CL at Furnace Farm is ideal for all of these. I'll put a review in shortly.
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Got back from a shopping trip yesterday only for Cath the owner to say she had taken a picture of an unusual butterfly which was a Camberwell beauty just wish I could have seen it not see one of those spent some time looking for it but no luck, had the treecreeper going around all the trees this am and loads of small birds about busy feeding young.
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No Ospreys at RSPB Loch Garten today, but we did watch a beautiful Red Squirrel on one of the feeders.
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As well as the 5 Ospreys we saw at Loch Insh this morning we also saw a single Red Deer, and I spotted what I took to be a Pine Marten. It was only a very quick glance but the colouring and size was what I expected.
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We managed to stay dry for the first time this week and what a great day it turned out. No bitterns at Minsmere that we saw today, but having seen our first Dartford Warbler a few days ago, what a thrill to see Stonechat fledgelings being fed by the parents. Absolutely fabulous we thought, until We noticed two other different fledglings perched at the bottom of a bramble bush. Imagine our surprise when the parents returned and we realised we were watching Dartford Warblers feeding their young. The only downside was I fid not take the camera as it was a miserable morning thst looked like another soaking.
Greylag, if you want close up Harrier shots, they are quartering right in front of the Bittern hide if you are in the area.
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We have had a few wet days here in the Limousin area, but have had Hoopoes and Green Woodpeckers searching for food in the bank opposite our caravan also heard the Golden Orioles also saw a melodious warbler had to get the book out for that one not seen one before and it had a lovely song plus Black and Red Kites flying over the site off to a local hilly area today so hope to see a few more species. it is our first dry and sunny morning and a few more days but we are going back to the Lot tomorrow.
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Hi Op
We arrived in Norfolk yesterday in glorious sunshine after a week of soakings in Suffolk. Paid a quick visit to Titchwell and were told we must visit Chosely Barns and the Great Spotted Cuckoo
I see you were ahead of us with this one. Did you see the gsc and is it where you mentioned previously?
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No BM didn't see the Cuckoo, just didn't have the time. Its a lovely looking bird though. Just checked Bird guides and its still around, 1st-summer still showing well at Weybourne Camp viewed from Muckleburgh Hill
We saw 16 Dottrels at the Barns. You need to drive up Chalk Pit Lane from Titchwell village then about quarter of a mile passed the track to the barns and they are on the slope of the field on the right hand side. Probably need a scope as they are about 200/300 yards away.
We also saw this Corn Bunting
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Saw another Red Squirrel today as we drove down to Insh Marshes Nature Reserve, but apart from a Roe Deer feeding on the wetlands, Lapwings and the odd Curlew we saw nothing much else of interest.
Walking through the wood by the site yesterday morning I heard a faint hammering, and found that it was coming from a Scotch Pine, which I confirmed by pressing an ear against the tree's trunk. A woodpecker must have been inside the tree hollowing out it's nest. Close examination this morning showed fresh wood shaving at the base of the Pine.
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Spotted this bird on our walk near Surprise View in the Peak District near the Longshaw Estate at the weekend. We thought after looking it up was a Willow Warbler or a Chiff chaff, hoping that someone will be able to tell me which, as we are not sure. We heard our first Cuckoo of this year on the walk too.
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Well, they're pretty difficult to tell apart Helen when not singing. We usually see more Yellowish Green on the upper chest of a WW so your picture looks more like a Chiffchaff but then the eye stripe is more reminiscent of a WW.
Also the legs on a Chiffchaff are dark as opposed to the WW. On the whole I'd plump for a Willow Warbler as they can quite often have no yellow on the chest and the eye stripe wins it for me. Of course if you happened to notice it singing then....
At the moment they seem to be singing everywhere as they haven't been here for too long.0
