Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
Apr 2022
8:25am, 5 Apr 2022
4,115 posts
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J2R
A chance encounter with an eagle in the Dales is something special.
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Apr 2022
10:08am, 5 Apr 2022
3,204 posts
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flyingfinn
Last summer I found a WT Eagle on the moor above Howden Reservoir in the Peak District. I wasn't aware it was there and was just out running. Gave me quite a surprise! As with the Dales one it was one of the IOW birds having a wander. It hung around for a few weeks. The year before the same bird had taken a break on the North Yorkshire Moors. |
Apr 2022
10:34am, 5 Apr 2022
54,991 posts
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Derby Tup
How wants to be down south when they can holiday in the Dales or Peak? Bright birds those eagles It’s like back to mid-March here today. Two singing chiffchaff and a dipper on this morning’s walk. Still no blackcap, never mind a hirundine |
Apr 2022
10:51am, 5 Apr 2022
956 posts
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paulcook
I think this is a GP tracker of his flight plan from last week. twitter.com |
Apr 2022
1:06pm, 5 Apr 2022
5,818 posts
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TheScribbler
A bit smaller than an eagle, but I’m excited to see lots of nesting behaviour going on with our semi-resident sparrows in the nest box over our garage door. I have a good view from my office window and there’s been lots of bits and bobs being put in there. |
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Apr 2022
1:09pm, 5 Apr 2022
54,992 posts
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Derby Tup
Please check for tree sparrow among your presumably house sparrows Scribbs. Always worth a look 
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Apr 2022
1:24pm, 5 Apr 2022
5,819 posts
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TheScribbler
Thanks DT - I’ve just had a good chance to observe male and female on the bird feeder, and there’s no sign of a black cheek patch on the male, so I think they’re house sparrows. They have been our most regular garden visitors since we moved here, so it’s lovely that they look like they’ve trying to raise the next generation here. |
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Apr 2022
2:32pm, 5 Apr 2022
54,993 posts
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Derby Tup
Chestnut cap on the male’s head is the thing. Tree sparrows tend to be localised but always fun to look. They have different ‘chirps’ too, believe it or not. There’s a colony at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on way out to Hull. Nice little birds
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Apr 2022
9:13pm, 6 Apr 2022
54,884 posts
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alpenrose
I saw some emus when out on a walk today, one of them was white!
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Apr 2022
11:33pm, 6 Apr 2022
20,499 posts
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flanker
Couple of ravens gave us the low-level once-over on tonight's run. Despite some evidence to the contrary, it would seem we aren't quite carrion yet and they soared off to look for tastier morsels.
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