WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2018

Martin I don't know how you have your camera set up but I just that darkish colour it shows in the pic ….or are my eyes really that bad

 

I was shooting with multi point focus today it was overcast and appeared to be the best setting, the colours look fine to me but i am blind in one eye and cant see anything out of the other

 

I saw one of the Bluetits taking a bath in the sink pond yesterday. There is a lot of algae blooming in there at the moment but he found a clear spot to bathe.

The Starlings have started to arrive with the first lot of chicks. Which means everything will soon be covered in liberal splashes of poo . Going to move the feeders as far away from house as I can . Unfortunately the return of the Starlings will mean the return of that hawk . It knows Starlings are easy pickings . It's been conspicuous by it's absence over the past few weeks.

 

We saw quite a lot flying around Dorset this week.

 

You must have all the Swallows, all we have up here is just 4 swallows when we used to have hundreds 5 years ago, somethings is not right as lots of wildlife has gone, birds,bees,butterfies and moths etc, it's very noteables in the big drop in numbers here

 

Nothing to be ashamed about mate ….just join the club

 

Lucius it won't be long before we have the heavy here...as the berry flowers are coming off

 

Swallows and Swifts are still arriving and flying on without stopping so even they must know they are late.

 

Visited Ynys Hir RSPB Reserve last Friday and got some cracking photos of this Oystercatcher that has been nesting on this wall with its mate for the last seven years and were stars on one of the Springwatch programmes a few years ago.I took quiet a few photos but didn’t want to bore you all so here is a selection The RSPB have a camera trained on the nest so visitors can see what’s going on from the comfort of the visitor centre @strongylodon might remember this nest from the programme but the team left the site before the eggs hatched The bird kept getting a bit restless so was up and turning itself to get the best position for brooding They have three eggs but don’t know when they are due to hatch as I wasn’t around when they were laid

@strongylodon I went outside in our back garden last Thursday morning to scare off five rooks that were queuing up to feed on my bird feeder and as they flew off five Swifts flew over our house roof.Have seen more Swifts here than at home

 

Lovely photos @Kandy ... thanks for sharing that special moment. Haven't seen you in a while so hope all has been okay. xx

 

Looks like a great reserve @Kandy and cracking shots of the Oystercatcher.

 

@Victoria it’s been a long winter/spring for me this year and haven’t been able to shake off my usual winter blues plus have had the builders in taking down (with the help of Mr Kandy & myself ) our old wooden conservatory ready for a new uPVC one as the old wooden one was causing us grief and the workmen have messed us around so has to cancel going away at the start of May and we have managed to get booked in for a nice break at the same place as last May in Wales.Hope you and your dearly beloved are both keeping well

@strongylodon we spent all day on the reserve with a couple we have become friends with after our Norfolk holidaylast November and as they were staying down that way they invited us to spend the day with them before they left for home.The hide has the wall running down from it and the camera is attached to the wall of the hide with views of the water beyond Just a question of zooming in and getting the shot as the bird sat tight on the nest

 

shot Kandy and nice to see you posting ….sorry to hear the problems you've had with your extension and hope it gets resolved soon plus your holiday you've booked goes according to plan

 

Our nextdoor neighbour breeds racing pigeons so it's great to see them fly round and round. Saw a lesser spotted woodpecker ?(the smaller one of the two) on our fence last week and then the week before that my son got some cracking shots of a sparrow hawk in our garden unfortunately she had caught one of the young racing pigeons!!!!Would up load a few pics but seem to be having trouble on that front

 

Nice photos Kandy nice to see you back around .