Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
Oct 2016
10:59am, 8 Oct 2016
21,795 posts
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Derby Tup
3 house martin yesterday. 3 swallow and a big female sparrowhawk being mobbed by corvids today. Singing chiffchaff too #april
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Oct 2016
11:00am, 8 Oct 2016
1,222 posts
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Surelynot
Lots of goosander on the Nith battening down for the coming winter. Do juveniles have broad white bands on their wings? |
Oct 2016
2:11pm, 8 Oct 2016
1,076 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
In the summer I thought there was a bees' nest in or under a large pampas grass in the garden. Today I noticed some large chunks of 'honeycomb' made out of paper on the ground and a big hole dug out of the ground under the pampas. A bit of googling tells me this was probably a wasps' nest and likely to have been a badger that dug it up. |
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Oct 2016
10:33pm, 8 Oct 2016
1,081 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Just heard what I think is a Tawny Owl in the garden. My husband then said "yes, I heard one of those a few nights ago". Thanks for telling me! *rolls eyes*
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Oct 2016
10:20am, 9 Oct 2016
1,137 posts
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steve45
Single Swallow, Redwing, Canada Geese...sunshine like summer!
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Oct 2016
2:39pm, 9 Oct 2016
9,967 posts
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Chrisull
When I run, I see quite often in the Cornish hedgerows, small birds the size of wrens perhaps a little bigger, with dark red bottoms/tail feathers - small wide tail feathers, any ideas what they might be? Wrens don't have red bottoms... definitely not sparrows. Ideas?
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Oct 2016
5:40pm, 9 Oct 2016
15,001 posts
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Chrisity
wrens with piles?
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Oct 2016
5:44pm, 9 Oct 2016
9,969 posts
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Chrisull
Oh it's this - common redstart - second photo down - definitely. worldbirds.co.uk |
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Oct 2016
6:37pm, 9 Oct 2016
1,138 posts
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steve45
no way Redstart at this time of year! One or two stragglers left but all cleared off to southern climes now! From my window at 6pm this evening--c 100 Swallows whizzing around for about twenty minutes--the most I've seen this late from my window! |
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Oct 2016
6:38pm, 9 Oct 2016
1,139 posts
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steve45
If it was late spring summer..ok but they are not really hedgerow birds either.
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