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Apr 2021
9:51am, 23 Apr 2021
4,577 posts
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um
I've promised myself a day at Keyhaven next week ar ...
And maybe a trip to the end of the spit & back, if the ferry is running and I can organise timing to match low tide.
(and maybe even a pint in the pub)
*and some bird watching / pics, as per alpenrose's list!
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Apr 2021
9:59am, 23 Apr 2021
49,837 posts
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Derby Tup
Keyhaven is fantastic
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Apr 2021
10:06am, 23 Apr 2021
1,095 posts
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Dochart
first swift reported to the local OC yesterday (not by me). Are others seeing more butterflies about in the last few days? Yesterday was good here for orange tips, but it's been a quiet start this year.
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Apr 2021
10:30am, 23 Apr 2021
49,838 posts
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Derby Tup
Thanks for heads up (groan) re swift
Butterfly numbers building nicely here but usually only when sun is out
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Apr 2021
10:57am, 23 Apr 2021
2,679 posts
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flyingfinn
Swallows are properly here now. Not just the B+B crowd at the Res but buzzing the roof tops round the house this morning 😀
Which reminds me. There was a piece on R4 on Weds about the fall in Swallow numbers. IIRC their numbers have dropped 29% in the last 5 years! 😯
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Apr 2021
11:27am, 23 Apr 2021
50,302 posts
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alpenrose
I went to Lymington um, you seem to get different birds up that end.
I've just been for a run and heard a cuckoo in my local woods, must be the first time for years. Also saw one of my swallows.
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Apr 2021
11:33am, 23 Apr 2021
4,545 posts
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steve45
My first singing Reed Warbler of the year this morning in its usual place. And on the same date as last year! Plus a Cettis of course.
LSW and gropper I've seen only rarely over my lifetime's birding, LSW being the rarest.
No hirundine yet for me and obviously no Cuckoo (not heard locally for donkeys years)
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Apr 2021
2:08pm, 23 Apr 2021
1,911 posts
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bonners
Went back to my old haunt of the river walk yesterday, was pleasantly surprised to see a large flick of house martins. Don't think there were any sand martins as they looked too clean. Also plenty of pairs of shelduck.
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Apr 2021
2:55pm, 23 Apr 2021
1,913 posts
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bonners
Not a bird, but something I spotted in the garden which I've never seen before, a dark edged bee fly, if I've got the name right. Fascinating creature, amazing to see how it gets the pollen.
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Apr 2021
3:39pm, 23 Apr 2021
12,140 posts
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D2
Still no swallows here but I have a very noisy goldfinch singing from the top on one of my apples trees, I'm assuming Mrs goldfinch is sitting. 
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