What birds or bird have you seen today – communal thread, I hope!

gramps said:
Nice set Martin, the Grey Wagtail (and a couple of Pieds) rarely disappoint the patient.
I think the recent colder days with strong winds have caused the birds to hunker down and so are less mobile and visible. :)
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Thanks Roger, Nice Pied. (y) ... I think possibly also the fact that they were dismantling that old tower hide had an impact. (n)

Why is it that every time I go there they always seem to be strimming somewhere? :LOL:
 
I saw this corvid yesterday at Saltfleet in Lincolnshire. It doesn't quite look like an ordinary crow to me but I though too small for a raven (which I wouldn't expect to see here anyway). Not the best picture, it was too far away.

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Martin Clay said:
Thanks Roger, Nice Pied. (y) ... I think possibly also the fact that they were dismantling that old tower hide had an impact. (n)

Why is it that every time I go there they always seem to be strimming somewhere? :LOL:
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Ah yes ... strimming :(
Mind you I do complain when every bit of weed and reed is so high that I can't see any water ... I guess they can't win! :D
 
No pictures ( camera's not allowed) but it seems that the Swallows maybe heading home. One "Waste facility" I visit, as you would imagine, has insects both flying and crawling by the
bucket load, the swallows have been hunting around the buildings in their 100's / 1000's all summer, curiously no nests though, even though the buildings have a really nice over hang, I would have thought perfect tbh. Any way I digress, no Swallows at all today.

The wagtails are still running / flying around like lunatics. But I think that is an indigenous colony / flock ... call it what you will.
 
Cobra said:
No pictures ( camera's not allowed) but it seems that the Swallows maybe heading home. One "Waste facility" I visit, as you would imagine, has insects both flying and crawling by the
bucket load, the swallows have been hunting around the buildings in their 100's / 1000's all summer, curiously no nests though, even though the buildings have a really nice over hang, I would have thought perfect tbh. Any way I digress, no Swallows at all today.

The wagtails are still running / flying around like lunatics. But I think that is an indigenous colony / flock ... call it what you will.
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Still had Swallows feeding youngsters in the nests on Monday down my way, hope they don't get caught out!
 
gramps said:
hope they don't get caught out!
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Me too, the weather is not looking too clever on the long range forecast, that I saw !
 
john.margetts said:
I saw this corvid yesterday at Saltfleet in Lincolnshire. It doesn't quite look like an ordinary crow to me but I though too small for a raven (which I wouldn't expect to see here anyway). Not the best picture, it was too far away.
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What makes you think it's not an ordinary crow? It looks like a crow to me, but obviously I didn't see it.
 
Peek-aboo Chaffinch

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Juvenile Dunnock (Ithink)]

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Female Grreenfinch ?

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Coal Tit

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Jannyfox said:
What makes you think it's not an ordinary crow? It looks like a crow to me, but obviously I didn't see it.
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General jizz and the fact that it has a feathery beak. Not saying it's not an ordinary crow just that didn't look right for one.
 
@gramps That Pewit is a beauty Roger, I see hundreds everyday and still can't come close! :D
 
I've been trying to get close up to this bird for ages as it's been in the same spot for months, whenever I go to the side of the lake it's on it bogs off to the other side and vice versa. The last shot I actually managed to get quite close, except it was watching me all the time...

Great Crested Grebe

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