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9 Apr
8:05pm, 9 Apr 2025
25,403 posts
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Red Squirrel
Odd bluebell here in the highlands too. Saw a siskin in the garden this morning and a grey partridge in the local distillery grounds. Went to get some duck eggs from my neighbour and his peacocks were looking very beautiful - the male’s royal blue neck feathers are stunning close up. There are also a white couple - the male was parading around and when he hopped up onto a coop, it looked like someone sitting in a wedding dress, complete with tiara.
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10 Apr
9:56am, 10 Apr 2025
4,810 posts
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jacdaw
Finally. Willow Warbler.
Loads of them, not far from home, in a (fairly) recently planted patch of birch trees.
And then, up on the moor, millions of singing Skylark, and the first Redshank I've seen up here this year. Lots of Curlew and Lapwing, too.
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10 Apr
10:01am, 10 Apr 2025
71,621 posts
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Derby Tup
I couldn’t keep count of chiffchaff on this morning’s dog walk. Maybe ten in a mile. Twice I could hear three or four at once. Also three blackcap singing
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10 Apr
10:05am, 10 Apr 2025
5,083 posts
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Curly45
Very odd noise outside yesterday.
Merlin said Ring Ouzel. Hmm.
Possible Chiffchaff drinking from the pond this morning. Was just comparing the details to a willow warbler using the bins and it flew off 😂
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10 Apr
11:02am, 10 Apr 2025
5,979 posts
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J2R
Currently sitting by Thames in Oxfordshire watching a swallow going back and forth to its boathouse nest.
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11 Apr
9:01am, 11 Apr 2025
7,565 posts
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steve45
Bluebells flowering since 6th down here (English/wild ones as well as Spanish).
Nice Dipper seen as we ran along the river trail this morning , as well as Chiffs , Willows and Blackcaps heard two Greenfinches (seem to be increasing lately), Nuthatch and Great Spotted pecker.
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11 Apr
9:24am, 11 Apr 2025
71,654 posts
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Derby Tup
Got chiff, blackcap and much rarer near home willow warbler on my mile dog walk this morning. Chiff galore, and at least three blackcap
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12 Apr
1:34pm, 12 Apr 2025
3,729 posts
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RunningRonnie
That was a fun 5 minutes in the garden. Sat in the sunshine. Red kite flies over dead low. Get up to watch that. See 30 or more redwings land in the trees at the other side of the garden.
Grab bins, and stand in middle of trees looking up for them. Suddenly a sparrow hawk flies through, sending all redwings in all directions.
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12 Apr
1:54pm, 12 Apr 2025
35,065 posts
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Rosehip
Something very very yellow flew across the track in front of me whilst running earlier
I'm assuming yellowhammer, though it wasn't where I'd usually see one (actually I haven't heard one yet this year  ) away from the hedgerows- and its flight-path looked more wagtail-like.
We do get yellow waggies nesting close to the river, but I haven't seen one this side of the A1 before.
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12 Apr
2:01pm, 12 Apr 2025
71,676 posts
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Derby Tup
Yellow wags arriving now and a male is a very yellow bird. Any water about?
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