Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down.
Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!!
Great little bird the dipper . Seen quite a few in Wales.
Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down.
Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!!
Cumbria is Dipper-Central. Always a nice spot though.
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller.
Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down.
Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!!
Was delighted to spot 2 of them in different parts of the River Frome, on holiday in Somerset last year. First I'd seen for literally 40 years, in Scotland back in '82.
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller.
They make a very distinctive sound John. We heard them every year in our little woodland, but never actually saw one. Then I rescued this one.
@Stig@WSS@Lookout Can't remember who the tech one is out of you lot, but is there any way of uploading a video on here?
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
knowing the French they would probably eat it.
I was astounded by the amount of people just going straight over him before I got the chance to pick him up. You could clearly see him from quite a way off and it was easy to swerve to the side.
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
knowing the French they would probably eat it.
I was astounded by the amount of people just going straight over him before I got the chance to pick him up. You could clearly see him from quite a way off and it was easy to swerve to the side.
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller.
They make a very distinctive sound John. We heard them every year in our little woodland, but never actually saw one. Then I rescued this one.
@Stig@WSS@Lookout Can't remember who the tech one is out of you lot, but is there any way of uploading a video on here?
I would love to see a waxwing again. Many years ago, the house we lived in had a large cotoneaster bush and I was amazed to see these wonderful birds enjoying the berries. They are very exotic looking birds and are winter visitors from northern Europe.
I am a member of a Facebook group for waxwing sightings. There have been quite a few sightings this winter, mainly in Scotland and the north of England, unfortunately they haven't ventured further south.
Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them.
He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher
Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller.
Lucky enough to see one in Kent back in the late 80's. Pretty rare to see them in the UK.
Edit - if you look at the ones that are marked as 'Research Grade' they'll all have location data unless the observer has deliberately requested that it be hidden. This is for worldwide sightings, but you can go into map view and narrow it down however you want.
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First I'd seen for literally 40 years, in Scotland back in '82.
@Stig @WSS @Lookout Can't remember who the tech one is out of you lot, but is there any way of uploading a video on here?
I am a member of a Facebook group for waxwing sightings. There have been quite a few sightings this winter, mainly in Scotland and the north of England, unfortunately they haven't ventured further south.
Cheers.
Edit - if you look at the ones that are marked as 'Research Grade' they'll all have location data unless the observer has deliberately requested that it be hidden. This is for worldwide sightings, but you can go into map view and narrow it down however you want.