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May 2020
5:23pm, 9 May 2020
2,348 posts
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um
Thanks again DT, can you tell if they are adults, or juveniles?
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May 2020
5:24pm, 9 May 2020
41,432 posts
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Derby Tup
The one on the left is called Fred 
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May 2020
5:26pm, 9 May 2020
41,433 posts
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Derby Tup
Joking apart adult RLP
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May 2020
7:00pm, 9 May 2020
1,120 posts
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Roberto
Our garden seems to have gone strangely quiet. 2 pigeons seem to be in charge currently, with one magpie coming occasionally and a crow was there yesterday.
However, the starlings havent shown for several days, the sparrows and goldfinch that came with them have never returned. The 2 dunnocks havent been for about 4 days when are normally here most of the day. And the blackbirds have only been visiting very sporadically when are usually here loads.
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May 2020
7:02pm, 9 May 2020
41,440 posts
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Derby Tup
They are probably all busy feeding young. It’s a strenuous task for many birds who do very little other than that at this time of year
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May 2020
7:24pm, 9 May 2020
2,745 posts
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J2R
I was able to actually get a view of 'my' cuckoo yesterday, high up a poplar tree in an area where he has been calling every time I've run by recently. I was fascinated to note that he wagged his tail from side to side in time with the 'cuck-oo' call.
2 more cuckoos out on a run today. Seems a good year for them. Also today lots of willow warblers, always a delight. And a Cetti's opened up about 2 metres from me (social distancing!) - bloody hell, they're loud!
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May 2020
7:37pm, 9 May 2020
21,413 posts
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Red Squirrel
Tup, going back to post 21411. I checked as soon as I got home as the sparrows were smaller and the one I got a good look at had a brown cap. They were flitting around near water and weren't necessarily a pair although flying around the same bushes. I wouldn't have noticed had they not been quite small and seemed faster flying than the house sparrows around here.
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May 2020
7:50pm, 9 May 2020
2,496 posts
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Tim of Fife
Poor spotting in the harbour today. Trillions of Eider Ducks as ever. A solitary Gannet. A solitary Tern. And the resident crew of cliff nesting Fulmars
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May 2020
7:55pm, 9 May 2020
41,441 posts
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Derby Tup
Brown cap is the thing. Nice on Red
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May 2020
7:55pm, 9 May 2020
13,979 posts
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HowFar?
I saw a heron on the side of the lough this afternoon. That’s not unusual, but this was the first time I had seen one catch something. It must have been a good 4 or 5 inches long.
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