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May 2023
9:47pm, 20 May 2023
22,935 posts
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Red Squirrel
Something else I saw from the train and when nearly home - a busy outdoor sports complex - court football, basketball, tennis all in full swing. Beside all that a football pitch with many pigeons and about 10 Canada geese pecking away at some kind of larvae in the grass.
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May 2023
9:55pm, 20 May 2023
3,902 posts
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jacdaw
My roof is full of bats again. They seem to have found a new spot and are making a terrific racket.
I saw a couple of swifts from home today, and we have one pair of swallows. Still haven't seen a House Martin, even in the obvious places in the lake district (although I haven't checked the best spot; Rheged petrol station).
Two or 3 cuckoos near Keswick yesterday, but none at home.
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May 2023
8:35pm, 21 May 2023
3,905 posts
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jacdaw
Black Headed Gulls hawking for Mayflies along the river this evening. I see this every year, but it always looks very odd.
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May 2023
8:28am, 22 May 2023
28,980 posts
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Rosehip
Noisy here this morning.
The first broods of young starlings being shown where the bird feeders are.
Seem to remember posting that last year, wonder if I can find it to compare dates?
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May 2023
8:32am, 22 May 2023
28,981 posts
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Rosehip
Found it, 23rd May last year 
Juvenile starling central here - their parents have shown them where my feeders are. Noisiest week of the year until they all drift back to the field edges
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May 2023
9:27am, 22 May 2023
2,669 posts
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Surelynot
Saw my first swifts of the year yesterday screaming over the house. Lovely.
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May 2023
5:45pm, 22 May 2023
4,649 posts
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J2R
Not heard a cuckoo yet this year (although as mentioned a few days ago, I'm pretty sure I saw one).
Main delight recently was watching a yellowhammer singing its heart out on the top of a bush at the coast, beautifully caught in the afternoon sun. Back home, swifts screeching low over the garden just now.
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May 2023
9:22pm, 22 May 2023
3,906 posts
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jacdaw
A couple of lovely stonechats tonight, and finally one House Martin.
Curlew, Redshank, Oyks, Lapwing and Snipe in the fields below the moor.
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May 2023
6:58pm, 23 May 2023
414 posts
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AJLB
I enjoyed some stonechats sat on lamposts on the seafront this morning.
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May 2023
7:09pm, 23 May 2023
2,749 posts
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paulcook
Parties of swifts back screaming outside work (none noticed at home yet), even if only 3 today. Think the record I saw last year was 9.
Don't know why, but I was surprised to hear and see them over the Old Man of Coniston on Saturday afternoon.
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