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Nov 2017
12:20pm, 26 Nov 2017
2,141 posts
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steve45
Song Thrush singing every day this last week.
Haven't seen a Fieldfare yet..or a Hawfinch! But..a small group of Haws were seen just four miles away on Friday.
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Nov 2017
4:30pm, 26 Nov 2017
337 posts
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bonners
Disappointed to not see much at all in the hills on my run this morning, more than made up for by the group of long tailed tits that briefly graced the garden this afternoon, hopefully now they've found us they'll be back. Also the grey wagtail has returned to the garden although it now appears to be missing half its tail.
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Nov 2017
5:04pm, 26 Nov 2017
23,838 posts
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Derby Tup
Purely by coincidence I was in Ilkley cemetery this afternoon. Sadly no hawfinch spotted, but we saw and heard a male dipper singing beautifully on the Wharfe 
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Nov 2017
7:29pm, 26 Nov 2017
1,023 posts
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Heinzster
Goldcrests today
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Nov 2017
3:18pm, 27 Nov 2017
20,500 posts
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Red Squirrel
Sad story alert.
I saw a dead woodcock in the middle of Bristol by some new-build flats behind the train station in a very built-up area. I was puzzled. My friend thinks it was dropped by a Peregrine falcon.
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Nov 2017
7:36pm, 27 Nov 2017
2,187 posts
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ferret
 if so, that’s rubbish for both both birds. Bizarre.
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Nov 2017
9:26pm, 27 Nov 2017
831 posts
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flyingfinn
RS I read a piece recently about Peregrines having seemingly learnt to hunt birds like Woodcock by silhouetting them against street lights as they transit over urban areas at night. So your friends may well be right.
Here our regular over wintering Great Northern Diver seems to back again. With one being reported daily since Friday, though I failed to find it today on a quick visit across to the res. I did however see a Brambling and a Little Owl whilst up round Monyash yesterday.
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Nov 2017
11:09am, 28 Nov 2017
10,149 posts
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D2
"my" robin seems to think the house is an extension of his garden but I suppose this should not be a surprise as this is how he behaved last year; quite happy to sit on my desk while I'm working, good job the dog doesn't mind! I think they may be crumbs in my keyboard...
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Nov 2017
11:58am, 28 Nov 2017
20,509 posts
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Red Squirrel
That would make sense Finn - a woodcock would stand out in that urban landscape against the very tall streetlights.
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Nov 2017
12:24pm, 28 Nov 2017
871 posts
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J2R
I've heard before about woodcock being targeted by peregrines at night, lit up by the streetlights - I think it was Cheltenham or Gloucester.
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