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May 2020
10:40am, 20 May 2020
15,625 posts
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Gooner
Saw a particularly vivid magpie whilst running today, wasn't the rarest or best of the spots but the brightness of the blue flash down it's wing was rather special.
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May 2020
10:43am, 20 May 2020
41,981 posts
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Derby Tup
There are very few if any truly mundane birds. Many fairly common species are stunning when seen properly - goldfinch, chaffinch and greenfinch spring to mind. Even dunnock and wren
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May 2020
10:49am, 20 May 2020
15,630 posts
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Gooner
I've got a soft spot for blackbirds, not sure why.
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May 2020
10:50am, 20 May 2020
5,990 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Starlings look fab when the light hits them right.
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May 2020
10:53am, 20 May 2020
9,936 posts
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rf_fozzy
Swifts or Swallows out yesterday evening over Leeds ring road as I was out on my run.
Couldn't tell which as they were moving too fast.
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May 2020
11:02am, 20 May 2020
41,982 posts
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Derby Tup
Swift look like sickles with tails; swallow much more ‘butterfly’ like in appearance (and movement)
I once nearly crashed my car on the Leeds ring road looking up at swift 
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May 2020
11:48am, 20 May 2020
9,937 posts
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rf_fozzy
I think they were swallows, due to the size. But I couldn't be sure. I was running over the bridge at Moortown R'bt.
We used to get *loads* of swifts in the park where I grew up - late summer they'd be zooming down close to the ground hunting for insects whilst we were playing cricket.
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May 2020
11:53am, 20 May 2020
16,066 posts
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Rosehip
Starling fledglings being shown where the feeders are this morning, love watching the chaos - but they don't half make a mess!
I have a clutch of baby blue-tits in one of the nest boxes - it's a sparrow 3-storey one that the sparrows have never fancied, glad it's made a home this year
and I forgot to report, driving home down the A1 on Sunday a Jay flew straight across the road in front of me, I don't think I've ever seen a roadside jay before!
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May 2020
12:05pm, 20 May 2020
3,904 posts
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steve45
Common Whitethroat singing in my garden today---I've only recorded one other in the garden once since 2012.
Usual Cetti's.
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May 2020
1:32pm, 20 May 2020
9,939 posts
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rf_fozzy
Working in the garden and the coal tits are making a racket in the trees at the back. Not seen them for a few weeks, but they're back
The usual magpies are about too.
I need to clean and refill my birdbath. Might do that now.
(Best news is that I've seen a hedgehog in my garden in the last week).
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