Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
May 2023
8:37pm, 6 May 2023
7,364 posts
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um
Wandering along the middle of the cornish lane (ie my wing mirrors almost scraping the hedge each side), a peacock. Nonchalant and owning the road! I had to wait for him to choose his exit.
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May 2023
7:32am, 7 May 2023
2,293 posts
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Heinzster
Little owl from the window of our air BNB yesterday.
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May 2023
7:49am, 7 May 2023
59,420 posts
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Derby Tup
I forget to mention: orange tip butterflies everywhere yesterday plus a starling doing an ace swift impression - it did me and Stef proper 
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May 2023
8:27am, 7 May 2023
4,632 posts
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J2R
Ha, got caught out by the same thing yesterday, DT! Thought I heard swift screech but could see no swifts in the sky, but there were starlings in the tree above me.
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May 2023
2:42pm, 7 May 2023
2,616 posts
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RunningRonnie
I forget to mention: orange tip butterflies everywhere yesterday We've seen two today! |
May 2023
3:42pm, 7 May 2023
3,882 posts
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jacdaw
My garden is full of them. My lawn has lots of cuckoo flower / lady's smock, so the males are all hanging out on that. Singing Blackcap making itself visible too. And hordes of Sand Martins. |
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May 2023
5:25pm, 7 May 2023
7,365 posts
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um
No sightings of the peacock today, although we walked that stretch if road twice. There were chickens though. Does anyone know what this is for? On the driveway to the holiday house, near Gillan Creek (between Helford & The Lizard). Only 10 - 12 ft up, not high in the tree. Bigger than I've used in my garden before! I haven't seen anything using it yet. Owl? Buzzard? |
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May 2023
5:35pm, 7 May 2023
3,883 posts
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jacdaw
Barn Owl, I believe. The sort of thing an ecological consultant might spec to act as planning permission mitigation when an existing site in a barn is being destroyed (conversions, demolition).
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May 2023
5:38pm, 7 May 2023
3,884 posts
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jacdaw
nhbs sell a variant of that design: nhbs.com |
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May 2023
5:41pm, 7 May 2023
7,366 posts
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um
Thanks, yes we're in an old farmhouse & the barn next door has also been converted to a house, so I guess that would fit. What time do I need to keep a watch? Dusk? Or any earlier? Still bright daylight until 8 or 9 here. |
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