Springwatch has to come to an end once again, how fast did it go this year!!! Some great places with awesome flora and fauna on show and the presenters did a stirling job of pieceing it all together. Now here is a chance to look back on the shows and think about the highlights this year, there are many to choose from, thanks for your suggestions so far, so please find below a poll to select what you think is the stand out moment of Springwatch 2011
And the nominees are...
Warden Intern at Otmoor.
Seeing a Hawfinch close up after being caught in a mist net - sadly I haven't seen one for years.
CJ
It's close between the Grasshopper Warbler and all of those Grass snakes, but I will go for the compost heap full of Grass snakes
Best wishes Chris
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I think it was the heron youngsters for me. They were magnificent.
Cheers, Linda.
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The hatching of the ospreys at Dyfi.
Tiger Signature
Oh what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Woodlice cam! you've gotta be joking!
Actually I'd vote for a few of those,
Herons,
Barn Owls
Mickey Smiths film
Redstarts breif appearance
And Liz Bonin, (I was tempted but stuck to the script that is wildlife!)
How can I choose just one?!! I loved the Buzzards, one of my favourite birds - but also the herons and red kites :-) Bran the Raven was a star, gorgeous bird.
~ Karen ~Pet & Widlife Artist living in southern Perthshire. A self confessed White-Tailed Eagle-holic!
The live webcams on the nests, especially the buzzards! I got quite addicted to those and felt deprived when the screens went blank!
Also please have a look at the latest blog post from Russell down at Ynys-hir as he looks back over the last few months of preparation and drama before and during Springwatch.
We were spoiled this year, so many good features, and the setting is just amazing if you have not been to Ynys-hir yet then you should, it's fantastic!
That is such a tough one! I really did enjoy Springwatch this year....although was I the only uncomfortable person watching Liz talk to that wildlife photographer who had trained a green woodpecker to feed on a vertical post....? It's one thing supplimenting a diet...quite another to make a bird feed in a different way (ie the same way as a competitor for the food - Great Spotted Woodpecker). Anyways just my feedback for what it's worth.
Unknown said:although was I the only uncomfortable person watching Liz talk to that wildlife photographer who had trained a green woodpecker to feed on a vertical post....? It's one thing supplimenting a diet...quite another to make a bird feed in a different way
I have seen Green Woodpeckers feeding on insects on rotting trees, in the same way that Great Spotted Woodpeckers do. It's not something that is completely alien to them. They do like to take advantage of eating ants on the ground, but they also eat other insects.
I took this photo of one at Blashford Lakes 2 weeks ago, and it stayed around feeding on this tree for ages