J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Wasnt really looking for them, i was trying for woodcock, but these are all i found..all schoolboys favourites..... blackies.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Songy's.....lovelly.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Long tailed tits.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Wren, Built by the cock bird but as yet unlined..... Right underneath a foot path only feet from where Kingfishers used to nest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NID 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) JD that Songy's is a belter,went a walk about last night and down south is way ahead as far as nests and eggs go,atb NID. PS.Still freezing up here.Also notice the difference in foilage growth. Edited April 17, 2009 by NID Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I noticed a similar thing today - I had a poke around the gorse and broom bushes looking for linnets and yellowhammers but nothing yet at all. Found a couple of blackbirds pre-lay and visited an old site I remembered from my youth where the tawny owls used to nest and sure enough she was there, probably a few generations later than the old birds I used to know. The site is a long narrow crack in a tremendous old beech tree - pics up later. OTC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Songy's.....lovelly.. There a beautifull colour Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NID 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Spot the Hen mallard sitting tight,head only. The nest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Here's the tawny owl She's really hard to see but whilst I was craning my neck for a better photo she took off so this is the best I could get of her, you can make out her back sitting tight. And there's no way I could shin up there for a look at the clutch - I didn't manage it all those years ago either! It must be 40 foot up a smooth beech trunk . . . OTC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buckshot 53 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NID 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Nice photo's Buckshot,is that a great spotted woodpecker in first one,atb NID. PS.good Tawny OTC. Edited April 17, 2009 by NID Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Nuthatch....black eye stripe.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NID 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Nuthatch....black eye stripe.... Cheer's JD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,503 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Sopme cracking picts there lads Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Had a chap over today to take pics of hares and deer. I also managed to stumble across a few nests much to his delight. Got a few good images of hares chasing each other as well as deer in various poses... Heres a few nests of today... lapwings..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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