Starting with a first for me ... Sparrowhawk in neighbour's garden here in quarry, only ever seen a seemingly lost youngster many years ago!
Grabbed ID vid footage through d/glazed door, then battery died & by time I'd replaced it to go outside for better res a delivery driver stopped next door & frightened the bird off!! grrrrrr
Hope it's a one-off for the sake of my Spadger horde!
2019 thread here ... https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196421/add-your-odds-sods-here-thread/1275306#1275306
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
stunning shots Clare, that L.Egret's plumage and yellow feet show up so well and also the attractive young BHG.
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Regards, Hazel
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Lovely pics, Clare. I love the yellow wellies of the Little Egrets as well as their glorious plumage. It was similar frilly feathers on similar Egrets which Victorian and Edwardian ladies wanted on their hats. Confusingly, the feather trade called those feathers ospreys and the feather trade nearly resulted in the extinction of those Egrets. Of course, the feathers of other species of birds as well as whole bird carcasses were used to 'adorn' hats as well, leading to the killing of possibly millions of birds. Luckily, groups like the RSPB (and the Audubon Society in the USA) among others were formed by people who were appalled by such unnecessary slaughter. Unfortunately, the slaughter of wildlife continues around the world in the interest of expanding farmland in many places, and of building ever more houses on what was formerly land where nature could flourish. But the fight goes on. If what another poster on these threads refers to as the Orange Menace is re-elected, what few remaining protections there are for wildlife and nature in the States will completely disappear and big business will be given a completely free hand to do whatever they please with impunity. What a fine example he is making to the world (NOT!)
Kind regards, Ann
Lot to learn
gaynorsl said:the waves splashing in behind the BH Gull show it off perfectly,
Not bad waves for a reservoir, eh?