A Mixed Bag

[tjones3862 3,423]

NITE JARS FOUND A HANDFULL ON THE HEATH AT NORFOLK,, WHEN IVE KEPT THE DOG TICKING OVER,,, THE EYE WILL LIGHT UP THE SIZE AND COULOR OF A DEER,,, THE EYE HIS MASSIVE FOR HITS BODY,, IFF I HAD ME CAMERA WITH ME ,,WHAT A PIC I WUD HAVE,, THE DOG HIS OLDING HIS MARK ON 1,, STANDING THERE ON 3 LEGS,,,PERFECT,, EYE BALL TO EYE BALL WITH 1,,,,, THERE TIMES WHEN THE LAMP HAS BIN ON AND MOTHS COME IN THE BEAM THE NITE JAR WILL TALKE LEBERTYS...,,

Edited July 1, 2013 by tjones3862

[tjones3862 3,423]

I TOOK THIS TODAY, GIVE IT 4 / 5 MORE WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE THE HOBBY TIMEING THE YOUNG SAND MARTIN AND DRAGON FLY,,HIT S THE LATEST BIRD OF PREY TO GO DOWN,, ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LIKE MIND PEOPLE,,, IVE NOTICED THE DIVS CAN NOT COMMEMENT ON THINGS LIKE THIS,,, THERE SPARE TIME HOBBY MUST BE THE GREEN EYED MONSTER,,,LOL..

Edited July 1, 2013 by tjones3862

[Hywel 53]

Good pic that and it must be a good few years since I last saw a Hobby....

[darbo 4,774]

I was a avid egg collector in my youth through the 70s. Had some nice sightings of birds in the following years a old pic of a capercallie when on a mooch in scotland many years ago.

 

[Guest vin]

I TOOK THIS TODAY, GIVE IT 4 / 5 MORE WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE THE HOBBY TIMEING THE YOUNG SAND MARTIN AND DRAGON FLY,,HIT S THE LATEST BIRD OF PREY TO GO DOWN,, ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LIKE MIND PEOPLE,,, IVE NOTICED THE DIVS CAN NOT COMMEMENT ON THINGS LIKE THIS,,, THERE SPARE TIME HOBBY MUST BE THE GREEN EYED MONSTER,,,LOL..

 

I dont think Ive ever seen a Hobby in the wild.. I would love to see one hunting the sandmartins.

 

I think the magpie population also has a lot to do with our lack of small songbirds etc etc..

 

theres a spot near me where I ofetn see kingfishers...They are special.. I could go on all night with the birds.. Peregrines are my all time fave creature.. ive seen them a few times wild and also seen them flown with a good falconer at Partridge.. it blew my mind and is still at the top of the best things ive ever seen in my life.

[socks 32,253]

Vin the picture below is from my parents back gate where I was brought up ... A pair of peregrines would nest on them cliffs every year and I would sit for hours with a pair of binos watching them ... One of the best things I seen was a pigeon being killed by a peregrin about 50 foot above my head ... Absolutely amazing .........

 

[Guest vin]

Vin the picture below is from my parents back gate where I was brought up ... A pair of peregrines would nest on them cliffs every year and I would sit for hours with a pair of binos watching them ... One of the best things I seen was a pigeon being killed by a peregrin about 50 foot above my head ... Absolutely amazing .........

 

 

Its hard to explain in words..but time does stand still for that moment...and the memories last a life time.

 

I was watching a video of some fellas Crow hawking and gull hawking with peregrine hybrids on youtube the other day and it was almost like coursing in the sky at one point..

 

not the best video of falconry done withing the laws etc etc..but a very fit bird.

Edited July 2, 2013 by vin

[Rake aboot 4,935]

Seen my first Kingfisher up here this year,, was bloody magical.

 

Socks ,, Once had a sparrahawk part my hair after a blackbird once, in my front garden ! hahahaha

 

I remember years back being excited as hell after seeing my first MAGPIE !! we never had them up here till 20 odd yrs back. Green finches nested in my hedge the other year, but not seen em back yet.

[Neoleaver 55]

My old mate used to tell me all his tales of egg collecting, like you say every egg has its own story, he was a good bit older than me mind. By the time I was a young lad in the 80's it was frowned on and we were encouraged to just spot them thru the bino's and tick em off in your book, shame really because you dont need anything like as much knowledge about the birds to do that, nesting habits/times, habitat etc. Even the old fella that took the young ornithologists club out birdwatching admitted he'd got most of his knowledge from egg collecting. He used to say that done right with care you actually save the nesting female the extra workload of feeding a full brood (one of which usually died anyway) and give the other chicks a better chance.

Great pics mate, yer dogs a belter, go's to show there is stuff you can do wi your dogs thru the summer apart from massacaring kits! (Then moaning there's no bunnies about come autumn)

[tjones3862 3,423]

THINGS MITE OF CHANGED OVER THE YEARS,,, BUT THE HOBBY WILL ONLY GO NORTH HAS FAR HAS CHESIRE,, THATS WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NORTH WILL NOT SEE THEM, GOT A VID SOME WERE OF A COCK CAPPER, IN SCOTLAND SOME YEARS AGO,,IN A FOREST NEXT TO LOCK GARTEN,,, IT LOOKED LIKE A GREAT BIG BIN LINE FROM A DISTENCE,,

[troter58 1,711]

me and pip68 see some nice waders when we have a walk out by him we spend more time watching the birds seen a barn owl out just before dark it was hunting as it had a kill great to see not seen one for a good while i enjoy wildlife and loved egging when i was a kid dont see many skylarks about now a days there was loads by me but none now enjoy it while there here atb

[johnny boy68 11,726]

I TOOK THIS TODAY, GIVE IT 4 / 5 MORE WEEKS YOU WILL HAVE THE HOBBY TIMEING THE YOUNG SAND MARTIN AND DRAGON FLY,,HIT S THE LATEST BIRD OF PREY TO GO DOWN,, ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LIKE MIND PEOPLE,,, IVE NOTICED THE DIVS CAN NOT COMMEMENT ON THINGS LIKE THIS,,, THERE SPARE TIME HOBBY MUST BE THE GREEN EYED MONSTER,,,LOL..

Great stuff used to see a few hobby's round here after the damsel and dragonfly's, don't think I've seen one for a few years but I don't actively look for birds like I used to tbh.

 

I have noticed an increase in cuckoo numbers round my way of late, seen 4 in the space of mile on the weekend.

[pip1968 2,490]

got a few birds eggs on my phone but for some reason they wont upload,just things like lapwings jackdaws blackbirds and coots,its great roaming around the country with like minded people looking for nest and even better stumbling on something that you have never had

[Marvel 469]

Used to spend hours as a young lad on grass banking looking to see where the skylarks landed so that I could collect there eggs { seems daft now} don't see nowhere near as many hedgerow nets as I used to, I suppose that'll be down the number of magpies,crows,and birds of prey and worst of the lot tree rats, but very very happy care free days atb Marvel

[Guest vin]

I gave my collection to the local museum when I was a young lad,Some of which my older mates had collected/donated and some of my own. . . Best thing was when they took me to show me where they were going to store them in the vaults..there was drawer upon drawer of every egg I had ever dreamed of touching. . I remember saying to my parents at the time.. ( huh ... its not like they needed my egg collection ! ).

 

I did stash 3 of my faves and often wondered what happened to that little old tin box...35 yrs ago now. . .So I guess its long gone.