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Apr 2023
4:23pm, 1 Apr 2023
4,603 posts
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J2R
First 2023 blackcap today. Also nuthatches and goldcrests.
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Apr 2023
5:16pm, 1 Apr 2023
28,493 posts
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Rosehip
Chiffchaff chiffing where they usually do this morning, even more skylark around than last year - we’ve always had a few but their numbers are obviously increasing 
Group of 5 or 6 hare chasing around in the wheat field
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Apr 2023
6:47pm, 1 Apr 2023
5,609 posts
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icemaiden
Scaup among tuftys in MK.
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Apr 2023
8:35pm, 1 Apr 2023
59,020 posts
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Derby Tup
Best we could manage on this afternoon's 12 mile walk were a red kite (I need to check but think this was a migrating bird, not a Harewood one) and a singing skylark. No shortage of lambs now mind
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Apr 2023
8:50pm, 1 Apr 2023
5,611 posts
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icemaiden
Red kite with a stick in its beak in Bletchley this lunchtime, nesting stuff I think.
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Apr 2023
9:02am, 2 Apr 2023
3,625 posts
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flyingfinn
Fruitful visit to RSPB Saltholme on Teeside yesterday. Good selection of waders, a dozen or more Avocet, pair of Blackwit, LRP, Redshank, Ruff, Dunlin, Oyc, Lapwing. Plenty of duck, Shelduck, Shoveler, Wigeon, Teal, Gadwall, Mallard, Tufted, Goldeneye. Lots of Sand Martin. But the stand out was a number Med gulls right in front of the VC.
There was also a late Brambling visiting the feeders by the VC but we managed to miss it. We did get abundant finches Gold, Green, Chaff plus a reasonable number of Tree Sparrows. And a single calling Chiffchaff.
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Apr 2023
9:17am, 2 Apr 2023
59,027 posts
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Derby Tup
Med gull are fascinating. You need to see one in its full glory to realise just how splendid they are
The gull for birders who aren't interested in gulls
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Apr 2023
9:27am, 2 Apr 2023
366 posts
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AJLB
That's true about Med Gulls, Derby. They illustrate how in-aptly named Black-headed gulls are - they should be called "brown-faced gulls" or something. I also remember when you were lucky to see Med Gulls north of Suffolk - good thing nothing came of that Global warming thingy!
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Apr 2023
12:01pm, 2 Apr 2023
3,844 posts
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jacdaw
First Brambling of the winter (!) in the garden at the moment. A male in full breeding plumage eating sunflower seed, and driving a robin crazy.
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Apr 2023
1:25pm, 2 Apr 2023
4,604 posts
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J2R
Interesting, jacdaw! Only once ever seen a brambling in summer plumage in this country (seen lots in Norway, though).
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