What's buzzing or flying near you 2021?

@ARMANDII

Tut! Splitting hairs, or would that be hares. Now duly edited.

 

I've seen at least 6 Kestrels around the edge of our village. We call this young one 'the very friendly Kestrel' as we can often get quite close to it



Redwings, another 'first' seen during our local Lockdown walks

 

I have only seen a few Redwings and , always very nervous flying off immediately they see you.
Just one Fieldfare this Winter.
A pair of Coal tits are very regular but not always together.

 

I'm a bit worried for what is not flying round here; I've not seen any wrens since Christmas. I think this cold spell is taking its toll.

 

The birds are there @WoolyBack but being so cold they are probably sheltering to help maintain body heat.

 

Only seen Redwings twice here, in flocks of about 30 and really struggled to get close enough for a photo until Tuesday, and that was taken from quite some distance, about 100 yards away.

Numerous groups of Fieldfares about, normally in flocks of up to a dozen, but today there was a flock of about 40 and I managed to catch up with a few stragglers



Then I saw a flock of about a dozen Stonechats



Skylarks are starting to increase at their local nesting site




P.S. All seen/photographed whilst out on our normal dog walk within a mile of home.

That's our village church on the left behind the Meadow Pippit

 

Long Tailed Tits, infrequent visitors to the garden but always busy when they arrive.




Soil is dry and light enough for the Sparrows to start having dust baths!!

 

Golden Plovers have been moving around due to the cold weather and 20 turned up in a field a mile away, very rare around here and only seen in Winter.

 

A rare treat to see a Red Throated Diver on the River Frome in Wareham today, very few over winter around here. Unfortunately they don't look anything like as colourful as they do in Summer up in the Scottish Highlands and islands where they breed.