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Dec 2018
10:23am, 13 Dec 2018
651 posts
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um
Thanks for ideas about the bird. I guess it was a buzzard, since I do see them around that spot quite frequently.
But I was first put off by the W shaped wings, vs straight front edges. But I now see quite a few pics on the web (from some of the links) with buzzards flying with a W shaped wing.
So next question - any idea why the difference? Is it different when 'soaring / gliding around' vs flying fast? The day I took the photo was very strong winds - so the bird's airspeed was probably in excess of 40 or 50 mph.
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Dec 2018
7:33am, 14 Dec 2018
1,157 posts
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flyingfinn
Finally caught upi with the local Great Northern Diver yesterday, looks like he's now settled in for the winter. That'll be 20 out of the last 21 winters there has been one here.
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Dec 2018
8:11am, 14 Dec 2018
27,884 posts
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Derby Tup
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Dec 2018
8:12am, 14 Dec 2018
27,885 posts
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Derby Tup
I was out all day yesterday but Stef took Tussock out and heard a singing dipper on the river Worth
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Dec 2018
10:35pm, 14 Dec 2018
2,190 posts
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jacdaw
We had a new male sparrowhawk in the garden today. He has some distinctive white feathers on the back of his head and a few more in his wings. Lovely looking, nonetheless.
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Dec 2018
6:10pm, 16 Dec 2018
11,328 posts
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Rosehip
Fieldfare, at least 3 or 4 dozen - biggest flock I've seen locally for a long while.
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Dec 2018
6:30pm, 16 Dec 2018
1,658 posts
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J2R
Lovely run today in what is one of the best birding areas I know of (around Holkham in Norfolk), without actually seeing that much. There were shorelarks and snow buntings around, apparently, which I missed. But I did see the biggest flock of wigeon I've ever seen, grazing on the marsh there, and big flocks of pink-footed geese and lapwings, always a delight.
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Dec 2018
6:38pm, 16 Dec 2018
27,907 posts
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Derby Tup
That sounds just like my kind of run!
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Dec 2018
10:12am, 17 Dec 2018
1,158 posts
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flyingfinn
Willow Tit joining the melee on the sunflower seeds this morning. They're fairy common round here but it's first time I've seen one on my feeders.
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Dec 2018
10:27am, 17 Dec 2018
1,661 posts
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J2R
Wonderful, ff! I've seen very few willow tits in this country. I see them a fair bit in the Alps when I go skiing, though. They're one of the interesting little set of species which clearly benefit from the mountain restaurants, like alpine choughs, alpine accentors and snow finches.
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