Daily Wildlife Sightings

[kielder]

What wildlife have you seen today?

I have seen Blackbird, House Sparrow, and a visit from our resident field mouse.

[shutterbox]

Well Kielder i have been out and about this morning since 4am and got back at 9.30. My target this morning were waterfowl,i saw heron,mallards,canada geese and managed one good image of a mandarin duck (see Gallery) i also got a few shots of black swans. If they are good quality i will post later, now it's time for breakfast.

[ellen h]

I went for early morning walk (6.30-9.00am)with my dog and saw the usual bunch of crows hanging around the castle,a male kestrel flying overhead and shelducks landing on Sandpit hill.This is all in the local country park.
While walking through the shrubs and copses there are so many songbirds ranging from the blackbird to wrens and dunnocks.I also heard(but did not see)a cuckoo!
I will be out again later I hope when I intend to sight a little owl.I know where the nest site is but as yet I seem to be the only one not to have seen it!!
ellen

[Rob_D]

Was out doing some atlasing for the BTO Atlas. Had a nice Bullfinch, a Hobby passing over, and located the Buzzards nest (with chicks I think). Also very gutsy Muntjac deer that walked up barking to within about 5m of me, then looked at me for about 30 seconds before I sneezed and he walked off!

[galanthus]

Been in most of day except for taking teenage daughter for x ray after trying to walk in 4 inch heels whilst full of vodka last night

While out saw several buzzards, grey herons, starlings and the odd sparrow. In garden have had several large red damselfly; 2 male and one female bullfinch;3 goldfinches; uncountable greenfinches;coal tits; blue tits and great tits (complete with squealing juvenille brood);dunnocks;collared doves and juvenille blackbird.

[ellen h]

Alas no sign of the little owl,still will keep trying.
I did though see the harris hawk,an escapee that seems to be surviving very well in the wild.He has been seen catching rabbits-plenty around at mo!
ellen

[Pete Collins]

I went to Totternhoe (a village in South Bedfordshire, a few miles from my home) this afternoon to have another look at the Man Orchid I found there last Sunday. There were actually four there, within a few feet of each other. None of them were fully out, though, and I failed to get a decent photo.

I saw lots of Common Spotted Orchid and Common Twayblade. On the way back to the car park I spotted a flower that was new to me, which I think is Field Mouse-ear.

When I got home, I was just in time to see a Sparrowhawk in the back garden - it flew in across the neighbour's hedge, failed in its attempt to grab one of the young tits that where around the feeders, and disappeared back in the direction it came.

[kielder]

These are all interesting and varied sightings! some are very lucky in their sightings! There have been a lot of Orchids on this forum recently.

[RobinP]

My sightings today were restricted to my garden as I had to spend some time tidying it up, had some small frogs in the long grass and birds included blackbird, chaffinch, 4 bullfinch (3m), greenfinch, blue tit, great tit, collared dove, wood pigeon, not the most exciting day so will try to get out somewhere tomorrow, maybe try for the man orchids that Pete found.

[kielder]

Oh I hope you get to see some orchids Robin, I think they are stunning.