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Oct 2018
12:49pm, 18 Oct 2018
933 posts
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bonners
Cracking run this morning, well the run was actually rubbish, but that's another story.
Firstly a couple of wheatear on the rocks by the sea. Then followed by a kestrel on one of the fields, but being increasingly mobbed by a huge flock of goldfinches of all things! Never seen one this close to home before though, maybe that was why they were mobbing it?
Saved the best til last. A short eared owl, had to stop my run as it was quartering a field and then shot down and caught something which it then settled down to eat. Fabulous sight. We had four over winter on the river a few years back, but never seen one here. I've seen some pictures of it, but in a different place, saw all the local watchers about half a mile further up as it's obviously moved hunting ground.
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Oct 2018
12:52pm, 18 Oct 2018
1,443 posts
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J2R
bonners, was that Norfolk coast?
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Oct 2018
12:58pm, 18 Oct 2018
934 posts
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bonners
Other end of the country, I'm on the North Wales coast. Short eared owls seem to be every 2-3 years
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Oct 2018
1:54pm, 18 Oct 2018
1,444 posts
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J2R
OK, thanks, saves me a trip up there! Short-eared owls pitch up quite often along the North Norfolk coast (with an astounding 50 turning up at Titchwell one day a few years ago), but I've never seen one here.
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Oct 2018
9:16pm, 18 Oct 2018
10,939 posts
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D2
A small flock, maybe around ten, birds were feeding at the top of a group of largish hawthorn trees, they flew off as I approached and I could only see underneath which was very light in colour. My instinct was fieldfare, is this likely with colouring?
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Oct 2018
9:21pm, 18 Oct 2018
27,247 posts
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Derby Tup
Fieldfare are approx the size of a mistle thrush ie a bit bigger than a blackbird. Redwing aren’t much bigger than startling
Obvious question D2 is how big were they?
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Oct 2018
9:28pm, 18 Oct 2018
10,940 posts
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D2
I was hoping you weren't going to ask as I know that's a way of telling!! They were very high up but now you have asked.......... bigger than a black bird...... So instinct correct then..... feels proud 
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Oct 2018
10:05pm, 18 Oct 2018
1,449 posts
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J2R
And hawthorns are a likely place, too. Good berries where you are?
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Oct 2018
11:27pm, 18 Oct 2018
10,941 posts
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D2
Amazing berries this year, the trees look as if they are struggling under the weight of them all.
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Oct 2018
5:09am, 19 Oct 2018
27,252 posts
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Derby Tup
Waiting for waxwings
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