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Know Your Birds? - Edit - Not That Kind!

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  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    Saw a Red Kite for the second time in a week whilst walking the dog this evening. 
  • LeuthLeuth
    Macronate said:

    Hall Place, Bexley today.

    No idea what it is but it kept dropping/diving at what looks like the dried area.
    Marsh Harrier? 
  • cliveclive

    Two critically endangered parrots have escaped London Zoo.

    Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot were on a routine flight when they flew out of their enclosure on Monday.

    The pair have taken detours and hidden high up in the trees in the past but have never completely disappeared until now.

    London Zoo has asked for any sightings to be reported to them, adding the two blue and yellow-feathered birds were likely to stick together.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04l90xq993o


    Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot sit on a branch in an enclosure


    Lily and Margot took flight on Monday and have not been since

  • Swindon_AddickSwindon_Addick
    Macronate said:

    Hall Place, Bexley today.

    No idea what it is but it kept dropping/diving at what looks like the dried area.
    Looks like a Kestrel to me. They tend to hover over grassy areas and then dive down whenever they spot a mouse or vole.
  • Raith_C_ChattonellRaith_C_Chattonell
    Reported in today's Mirror - a scarlet tanager - although it doesn't look very scarlet.  :|




  • Hal1xHal1x
    edited November 14
    Saw a Buzzard the other day whilst in the car. I had moved over in a lane to let a car by, and this surprisingly large brown/yellow bird (about the size of a long chicken) flew slowly across my bonnet at about 4 foot (whilst giving me a nasty beaky look!). I was dumbstruck, and had to look it up when I got in, wasn't my idea of how I thought a buzzard looked. Apparently a few nest around here.

    This is the look it gave me!


  • lolwraylolwray
    Stig said:

    A Cattle Egret enjoying the cricket season.  It isn't really a cricket, it's a grasshopper. I believe, a Lamenting Grasshopper. Bet it was lamenting this encounter.
    Did you take that pic ? If so ..Good show that man 
  • LeuthLeuth
    Stig has reached levels of Birding that scarcely seem possible tbh
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  • StigStig
    lolwray said:
    Stig said:

    A Cattle Egret enjoying the cricket season.  It isn't really a cricket, it's a grasshopper. I believe, a Lamenting Grasshopper. Bet it was lamenting this encounter.
    Did you take that pic ? If so ..Good show that man 
    Thanks. Yes, I got it last week in Mallorca. This lone Egret was patrolling the towpath next to the main canal in the s'Albufera Nature Reserve (highly recommend). It was doing quite well feeding itself, but it had a droopy wing, which I guess is why it got separated from its mates and why it was so easy for me to get that close. We found the others in a field about a mile away. It also had an infestation of bugs in its feathers. I don't know, but my guess is that these birds undertake mutual grooming and that a lone individual quickly gets quite cooty.
  • StigStig
    Leuth said:
    Stig has reached levels of Birding that scarcely seem possible tbh
    Ha ha, you should see some of the junk I take. 
    https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=jarvo&verifiable=any

  • LeuthLeuth
    Not showing off at all. 'Audouin's Gull' yes yes well done. 'Black Winged Stilt' okay stop 
  • Six-a-bag-of-nutsSix-a-bag-of-nuts
    Stig said:
    Leuth said:
    Stig has reached levels of Birding that scarcely seem possible tbh
    Ha ha, you should see some of the junk I take. 
    https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=jarvo&verifiable=any

    If those are your junk Stig, I might as well give up  :)
  • Billy_MixBilly_Mix
    Macronate said:

    Hall Place, Bexley today.

    No idea what it is but it kept dropping/diving at what looks like the dried area.
    Does it have a forked tail? As big or bigger than a buzzard? Multicoloured russets, browns and paler sections?
    Could be a red kite
  • Billy_MixBilly_Mix
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    I didn't take this photo, but I was on the birdwatching cruise with the photographer when it was taken.
    One of the two White-Tailed Eagles now semi-resident in Poole Harbour.

    Count me 40 shades of green with envy
    A magnificent creature and a tremendous reintroduction success story
    Despite what the villainous "field sports" industry will tell you
  • LeuthLeuth
    Big William said:
    clive said:

    Two critically endangered parrots have escaped London Zoo.

    Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot were on a routine flight when they flew out of their enclosure on Monday.

    The pair have taken detours and hidden high up in the trees in the past but have never completely disappeared until now.

    London Zoo has asked for any sightings to be reported to them, adding the two blue and yellow-feathered birds were likely to stick together.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04l90xq993o


    Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot sit on a branch in an enclosure


    Lily and Margot took flight on Monday and have not been since

    In case anyone missed it, found safe and sound a couple of weeks back.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2e7xdmy14mo
    They wouldn't have enjoyed (or likely survived) this weather...
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  • Billy_MixBilly_Mix
    RedPanda said:
    I sometimes see a cormorant or two showing off around half a mile from the Thames. This is in Greenhithe:
    They love a fishing lake or a canal
  • ME14addickME14addick
    Billy_Mix said:
    RedPanda said:
    I sometimes see a cormorant or two showing off around half a mile from the Thames. This is in Greenhithe:
    They love a fishing lake or a canal
    Last month we had a trip to Folkestone and watched some cormorants in the harbour. It is fascinating to see how far they swim underwater. They always pop up far from where they originally dived.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Can’t beat a bit of cock when you’re on holiday 
  • letthegoodtimesrollletthegoodtimesroll

  • StigStig

  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    All I know for a quiz is if it's not a fish it's a bird.
  • Raith_C_ChattonellRaith_C_Chattonell
    This photo by Tapani Linnanmaki made the Comedy wildlife final.

    A White tailed Eagle - but not on a good day  :/


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