Ongoing joke

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

13 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

No not many brightly coloured birds here , 

I was up near Portland bill once and seen a brown small bird on top of some blackberry thorns never did find out what it was couldn’t id it as a uk species couldn’t get near it to get decent pic on phone
 

Golden eagles on my list and wouldn’t mind seeing a turtle dove. 
not seen a corncrake but heard one in Dorset seen cuckoos in Dorset,   dartford warblers and stonechats on heaths .

Stone chats  pretty common up on the chalk here mate .This time of year is also good for the short eared owl .My son in law is obsessed with filming them and the harriers both montegu and hen up there .Look up “Wild snaps “ on Instagram

[forest of dean redneck 11,624]

4 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Stone chats  pretty common up on the chalk here mate .This time of year is also good for the short eared owl .My son in law is obsessed with filming them and the harriers both montegu and hen up there .Look up “Wild snaps “ on Instagram

Yeah will do I’m on that  

And would love to see few more bops like hobby’s merlins or the harriers, seen common ones. peregrines and sparrowhawks ,kites an buzzard obviously  not seen a gos yet even though I lived  awhile up in the forest of doom .

 

[Daniel cain 45,613]

7 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Stone chats  pretty common up on the chalk here mate .This time of year is also good for the short eared owl .My son in law is obsessed with filming them and the harriers both montegu and hen up there .Look up “Wild snaps “ on Instagram

never seen a Montegu in the wild

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Just now, Daniel cain said:

never seen a Montegu in the wild

They are up on Salisbury plain every year Sean .I’ll try dig out some pics son in law has taken .

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Just now, foxdropper said:

They are up on Salisbury plain every year Sean .I’ll try dig out some pics son in law has taken .

seen 2 at a hawking display when I was about 14 yrs old...my favourite BOP has always been the Elenoras ,my dad had a dark morph female late 80's was stunning

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

7 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Yeah will do I’m on that  

And would love to see few more bops like hobby’s merlins or the harriers, seen common ones. peregrines and sparrowhawks ,kites an buzzard obviously  not seen a gos yet even though I lived  awhile up in the forest of doom .

 

Saw a gos not long ago in Wilts mate .Immature juvenile on a farmers barn .Sat in high seat in Larg ,highlands and one caught a black bird right by me .

Saw another last year up near Shap ,also sat in a high seat .

Hes very particular which pics he shows as some are bit grainy .Good enough for me but not him

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

He’s got a good pic of a red footed passage hawk from slimbridge last summer as well as an otter same day .He’s got the patience for it .

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

7 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

seen 2 at a hawking display when I was about 14 yrs old...my favourite BOP has always been the Elenoras ,my dad had a dark morph female late 80's was stunning

This one

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Here’s the montegu from the plain Sean .

[Daniel cain 45,613]

36 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Here’s the montegu from the plain Sean .

out of likes Tim,thank you

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

17 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

out of likes Tim,thank you

Me too ,your welcome .

[forest of dean redneck 11,624]

On 01/01/2023 at 14:28, walshie said:

Last time it was tracked it had swam 250 miles in 6 days, so could well be the same one. The one here was sitting on the back of boats in the harbour and nearly sinking them.

Now up in Blyth

[si brown 8,486]

23 hours ago, foxdropper said:

Here’s the montegu from the plain Sean .

Never seen one of them before, looks like a kestrel x feral Pigion

get to see all sorts of bop up my way cos it’s all moorland and wooded valleys, got to admit peregrine’s are my favourite but it’s not like I see them that often

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

30 minutes ago, si brown said:

Never seen one of them before, looks like a kestrel x feral Pigion

get to see all sorts of bop up my way cos it’s all moorland and wooded valleys, got to admit peregrine’s are my favourite but it’s not like I see them that often

Same day that harrier was photographed there was  a peregrine over head  last light diving into a flock of starlings .We thought it was a hobby at first but long distance pic showed it was a peregrine .

We had a pair breeding in the local town that were encouraged as they kept the feral pigeons down .Out today saw an osprey way up on its journey to Africa .We get quite a lot of bop here .My fav at moment is the red kite tbh .Love the noise they make  .I want one

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16 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Same day that harrier was photographed there was  a peregrine over head  last light diving into a flock of starlings .We thought it was a hobby at first but long distance pic showed it was a peregrine .

We had a pair breeding in the local town that were encouraged as they kept the feral pigeons down .Out today saw an osprey way up on its journey to Africa .We get quite a lot of bop here .My fav at moment is the red kite tbh .Love the noise they make  .I want one

Saw my first red kite up here last year while out decoying Go 40mile south of here and there plenty full but there’s a fair few shoots in that 40mile. 

seen a sea eagle a few times too, first time was waitin on a fox, saw it through thermal and thought wtf.. so looked through rifle scope and couldn’t believe it, there massive!

It roosted bout 15 mile inland in a big off grid wood