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Jun 2017
5:12pm, 4 Jun 2017
248 posts
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bonners
Seen a red kite today, a lot closer to home, near the Conwy Estuary by Glan Conwy.
Also, I know I'm very late, but up Moel Hebog today was followed all the way around by the sounds of cuckoos...still not seen one though!!
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Jun 2017
6:05pm, 4 Jun 2017
543 posts
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J2R
Another wholly unexpected garden sighting today - an oystercatcher flying over my garden in suburban Norwich, piping away.
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Jun 2017
8:25pm, 4 Jun 2017
15,377 posts
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Chrisity
Skylarks very vocal at Beeston Parkrun on saturday - i turned to a runner as i went by and said as much, only to have no reply as they were listening to some inferior music through their earphones. I swear i'm going to carry a pair of scissors next week.
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Jun 2017
8:35pm, 4 Jun 2017
23,007 posts
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Derby Tup
Great news hereabouts is house martin numbers are up after a few very lean years and one of our neighbour's bungalow has them nesting under the eaves
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Jun 2017
8:52pm, 4 Jun 2017
545 posts
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J2R
Chrisity, where I go running most days is a beautiful riverside route through marshland and woods. It is full of the sound of birdsong - warblers of all kinds, thrushes, cuckoos. But most people I pass have earphones in, listening to music, and many of them are looking at their phones as they go. I wonder why they are outside at all.
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Jun 2017
12:38pm, 5 Jun 2017
776 posts
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flyingfinn
Glad someone is still seeing Little Owls DT. They have all but disappeared round here in recent years. 
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Jun 2017
12:40pm, 5 Jun 2017
23,010 posts
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Derby Tup
We have 6 or 7 territories within 15 minutes drive of home. They seem to do well on the edge of the Dales in the rolling high pastures and farmland
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Jun 2017
12:46pm, 5 Jun 2017
777 posts
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flyingfinn
They used to do well here and for a while I thought it was just me not seeing them but they have now been flagged locally as a disappearing species. They used to appear pretty much daily on the sightings lists for the reservoir and it's surrounds but are now considered a rarity. We seem to have had a significant reduction in the number of Barn Owls too.
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Jun 2017
12:51pm, 5 Jun 2017
23,011 posts
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Derby Tup
Barn owls are rare here and I suspect strongly any we see are winter visitors from Europe. There's a very good long eared owl site between us and Exileland and I've been meaning to go for years. Crossbill, tree pipit and raptors on the bill there too 
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Jun 2017
8:41pm, 5 Jun 2017
854 posts
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Heinzster
I have never seen or heard a cuckoo. My dad says they were regulars when he was a nipper (born 1944) but he hasn't heard any in decades. No chance of little or long eared owls either. It is a bit strange as the Irish sea isn't huge.
Mind you, we don't have moles or toads either. St Patrick wasn't overly specific when he got rid of all our snakes😉🐍🍀
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