Strange places to bird watch!

[Wild-Woman]

Isn't it strange where you can bird watch?! As I loaded some shopping into the back of my car from a local supermarket when I heard an unmistakeable sound - a curlew. I stood there for a minute and listened again just to make sure I was hearing it correctly then the sound came again. Even starlings can't really mimic a true curlew call as well as the real thing, so I sat with the car door open a minute and listened again. The sound came. Amazing I thought. It must be from the strip of land left over from where the A2 was moved. Then to my delight, just as I was going to close the door, up from the direction I heard the call and then, flying fairly low was the curlew I had heard. It crossed the carpark and continued towards the Thames which is about 3 miles away.

That's a first for me. What birds have you seen or heard in a place that isn't their normal habitat?

[Shrike]

I always find seeing Ducks and Moorhens sitting in trees a bit strange , but the case i read of in birdwatching of the night heron (i think), sheltering from the rain/wind in a bus stop, i thought that was funny.

[Madmills]

I was dumbstruck to see waxwings in the trees of my local supermarket carpark last winter !

[tigertom]

My 1st ever lesser spotted wood pecker I found one day along side a disused canal which had only four trees on bank with a port behind it and chemical works either side only seen it by pure chance as well
MIKE

[Jersali]

I watched a Heron "fishing" from a low bridge!

[Blenkas]

Originally Posted by Madmills

I was dumbstruck to see waxwings in the trees of my local supermarket carpark last winter !

Surprised you might have been but supermarket car parks are one of the most reliable spots to see Waxwings due to the berry bearing trees that almost all supermarkets seem to plant around their car parks. Always worth checking in the winter.

[actionfinch]

Having a coffee in a little pub in brixham harbour and noticed a handful of turnstones running around outside ..

[Kayleigh]

A female pheasant landed in my pond in high winds and a heron was on the house roof across the road.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Kingfisher in my back garden. 600+ yards from the nearest river.

Cheers,

Adam

[artdemole]

A nearby Asda on edge of Frome has a consevation area next door to car park.All ways see wild fowl flying over the road from one side to the other.