What wildlife did you spot today?

[Toddy]

Today has been full of birds. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, great, blue, coal and long tailed tits, robins and blackbirds even the usual sparrows are looking so bright, sharp and colourful just now. They're all pairing up too.

 

[Kepis]

Today has been full of birds. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, great, blue, coal and long tailed tits, robins and blackbirds even the usual sparrows are looking so bright, sharp and colourful just now. They're all pairing up too.

Similar here too, Sparrows, Wren, Starlings, Blue & Great Tits, Blackbirds & Robins all busy, Buzzards & Red Kites soaring & wheeling overhead, not to mention the ever present Crows & Gulls, saw my first Yellow Brimstone earlier, the bumblebees and hoverflies are all busy as well

 

[Broch]

We've had a raptor display today - Goshawk calls from the other side of the valley, five Red Kites being harassed by a pair of Raven, four buzzards, one pair being seen off territory by another pair, and a sparrow hawk!

On top of that, a Woodcock flushed from the scrub.

 

[Ozmundo]

I was listening to the Tawny Owl in the back garden last night.

Setting up the bivi later so I can watching it flying.

 

[Kepis]

Pair of White Tailed Eagles yesterday afternoon

 

[Broch]

Pair of White Tailed Eagles yesterday afternoon

That trumps buzzards and kites

 

[demented dale]

Pair of White Tailed Eagles yesterday afternoon

Where did you see them? There are lots of them here on the west coast of Ireland. I have never seen one. It is one of my ambitions. There is a breeding pair in mount shannon in county clare. There is a viewing point. They were absent for several years after successful breeding. It looked like one of the pair had died but now the terrority is occupied again. I must get down there. x

 

[Pattree]

This spotted me before I spotted it.
It was waiting to welcome me home after my camping weekend.
It was confused and wouldn’t leave. I picked it up in a quilt and let it go.

It didn’t recognise the open window and had to be put through it. Just an owlet.

 

[demented dale]

This spotted me before I spotted it.
It was waiting to welcome me home after my camping weekend.
It was confused and wouldn’t leave. I picked it up in a quilt and let it go.View attachment 93959View attachment 93960

It didn’t recognise the open window and had to be put through it. Just an owlet.

Best thing to do. The parents will continue to monitor the chick even on the ground. I worked at an Owl center and people would often bring us young tawny owls that they had 'found'. The advice then and now is leave them where they are. Well done. Check its health and if all well let it go. x

 

[Kepis]

That trumps buzzards and kites

Where did you see them? There are lots of them here on the west coast of Ireland. I have never seen one. It is one of my ambitions. There is a breeding pair in mount shannon in county clare. There is a viewing point. They were absent for several years after successful breeding. It looked like one of the pair had died but now the terrority is occupied again. I must get down there. x

South Downs, Sussex, couple of photos taken by one of the neighbours from his garden.

 

[demented dale]

South Downs, Sussex, couple of photos taken by one of the neighbours from his garden.

That is great. what a sighting x

 

[Le Loup]

What wildlife did you spot today and can you share any interesting facts?

Kangaroos use their tail as another leg when moving slowly. Front paws are more like hands, they use them in the same manner as humans. Legs have a large claw used in fighting. Here you can see a doe with a Joey still in the pouch.
Keith.

 

[demented dale]

Kangaroos use their tail as another leg when moving slowly. Front paws are more like hands, they use them in the same manner as humans. Legs have a large claw used in fighting. Here you can see a doe with a Joey still in the pouch.
Keith.

Have you seen one recently? if so where? x

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Some buzzards having fun on a thermal updraft (they were too far away for my camera to get close shots)

 

[demented dale]

Some buzzards having fun on a thermal updraft (they were too far away for my camera to get close shots)

decent shots. distance really worked in this case. That's how I picture buzzards in my mind. thanks. x

 

[Nice65]

I didn’t spot whatever did this, I’m assuming it’s a deer. The access is very limited and there are no hoof prints in the mud anywhere, even the bramble doesn’t look trampled. Whatever it is getting up onto the fallen tree to eat more bark, it’s quite a long reach when there are more accessible bits to eat.

Location, near Petworth, West Sussex.

 

[Nice65]

Have you seen one recently? if so where? x

Australia. By weird coincidence, this guy was born, or at least brought up in Bognor Regis, my old home town.

@Le Loup good to see you’re still about you crazy old coot

Bognor is a right old dump these days, a classic Georgian seaside town that lost its magic and charm many years ago. You wouldn’t believe the housing estates all over Shripney, Lidsey, North Bersted, Pagham and Aldwick.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

I didn’t spot whatever did this, I’m assuming it’s a deer. The access is very limited and there are no hoof prints in the mud anywhere, even the bramble doesn’t look trampled. Whatever it is getting up onto the fallen tree to eat more bark, it’s quite a long reach when there are more accessible bits to eat.

Location, near Petworth, West Sussex.

I can see there is some water near by, what's the coypu situation like in the area ?. I've seen that kind of neat ring barking from both coypu & beaver.

 

[Nice65]

I can see there is some water near by, what's the coypu situation like in the area ?. I've seen that kind of neat ring barking from both coypu & beaver.

I have no idea, but deer damage didn’t spring to mind, hence the post. I didn’t even know we had coypu in the UK and I reckoned beaver is unlikely. But I honestly don’t know.

Yes, it’s a broken bridge over a stream that that flows south and joins the River Rother, then the Arun.

 

[slowworm]

The damage looks too neat for damage I've seen from red and roe deer.

I note there are beavers not too far away - https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/beavers-set-to-bring-biodiversity-boost-to-south-downs-wetland/