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Apr 2020
6:02pm, 4 Apr 2020
5,683 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Saw a couple of Brimstone butterflies today, lovely bright almost neon yellow. I’ve not seen them around here before.
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Apr 2020
8:32am, 5 Apr 2020
2,028 posts
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um
Roland update (sad)
Cat 1 Rat 0
Cat was very pleased with himself - rat delivered on the lounge carpet this morning.
Good news and better news : Dead, and intact (we often only get 1/2 the catch).
Roland (RIP) has taken a flight west (ie into the far reaches of the woods next door), without any chemical assistance.
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Apr 2020
11:46am, 5 Apr 2020
1,548 posts
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bonners
Housemartins, few in a couple of places along the seafront and then a couple more inland near one of their nesting sites. Can't recall seeing them this early.
Also a few wheatear following our walk along the seafront
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Apr 2020
12:25pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,935 posts
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jacdaw
I saw a red kite really close to home this morning. I've only seen them twice within 10 miles in the last 10 years.
Hope the gamekeepers haven't seen him.
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Apr 2020
1:01pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,715 posts
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J2R
I'm increasingly baffled by the behaviour of my nesting (?) bluetit, that has continued to expend an awful lot of energy, and create an awful lot of noise, tap-tap-tapping away inside the nestbox. I have just been watching it pecking away all around the entrance hole, creating a pale border of cleaned wood. It can't be trying to enlarge the hole, I would think, as it can clearly get in and out without a problem. Really don't know what it's up to. I think it's a bit OCD.
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Apr 2020
1:56pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,937 posts
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jacdaw
I would guess that it doesn't think the entrance hole is quite big enough for a fast entry and exit.
If it is still laying, it will have time on it's hands. Or wings.
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Apr 2020
6:24pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,716 posts
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J2R
jacdaw, it certainly seems to be pretty quick in and out. Maybe its partner has an obesity problem, though?
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Apr 2020
7:02pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,094 posts
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Minnie Mad
I saw a nuthatch this morning, scurrying around in a tree, and also a deer. I don't know what type (I don't really know my deers!) but it wasn't very big and had a very white tail. It didn't have any spots that I could see.
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Apr 2020
7:08pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,036 posts
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um
Minnie - where are you (roughly).
Very probably a roe deer - unless very small.
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Apr 2020
8:45pm, 5 Apr 2020
2,718 posts
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J2R
White-bottomed deer round here tend to be roe deer.
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Bird song watch
Jul 2024