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May 2018
11:06am, 3 May 2018
1,020 posts
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flyingfinn
Close up views of a Whitethroat on this morning's run plus singing Reed, Willow, Blackcap and Chiffchaff. I think there may also be nesting Ravens within a short distance of home.  Lots of visitors to my feeders as well this week including a regular GSW, pair of Nuthatches and up to five Goldfinch at a time with the sweeping up being done by the Dunnocks and a lovely little Field Mouse that seems to be living in the garden wall. Just need to find away of getting rid of the fecking squirrel now!
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May 2018
12:09pm, 3 May 2018
2,532 posts
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steve45
J2R and flyingfinn...super obs of our warblers! I wish I'd checked things a bit more closely this morning because I had my first Lesser Whitethroat towards the end of my run, a mile away from home and hadn't checked out the waterside lot!
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May 2018
1:15pm, 3 May 2018
1,204 posts
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J2R
Lesser whitethroat is a great spot, steve45! Never seen one on my local patch, but have seen them on the coast a few times.
My regular run delivered a first reed warbler of the year for me (as well as a whitethroat, multiple chiffchaffs, blackcaps, sedge and Cetti's warblers). Still no willow warblers, though. Really puzzled why they're not around.
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May 2018
2:44pm, 3 May 2018
25,747 posts
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Derby Tup
Barn owl yesterday evening spotted in one field, then watched for several minutes in the next field (in the Midlands)
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May 2018
8:53pm, 3 May 2018
25,748 posts
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Derby Tup
Not classic / conventional birding possibly but I was bosting for a tiddle this evening on my way home in the car, so pulled up for a ‘wildie’. Peering over a drystone wall I spotted two red legged partridge in the field. Then I heard a skylark way above me. Something else caught my eye as I was zipping up: a small to medium angular looking bird. I then heard it. A drumming snipe!
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May 2018
8:54pm, 3 May 2018
1,208 posts
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J2R
DT, so you flushed a snipe, so to speak
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May 2018
9:04pm, 3 May 2018
25,750 posts
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Derby Tup
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May 2018
10:37pm, 3 May 2018
3,001 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I was at a wildlife park and one of the most unexpected things I saw wasn’t captive - a treecreeper feeding a fledgling mere feet away from where I was stood. It was also a few feet away from the wildcat cage, the wildcat was going nuts because he couldn’t get to the birdies. 😅
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May 2018
11:29am, 4 May 2018
7,696 posts
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becca7
Had a long run through the countryside last night and was pleased to hear a sedge warbler prattling away, later a skylark and a greater spotted woodpecker.
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May 2018
12:24pm, 4 May 2018
1,524 posts
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Surelynot
Swallows along the Nith in Dumfries yesterday. Cold and windy for them but they seemed to be finding lots of food.
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