local wildlife (fur,feathers and beasties)

[Stubby]

4 hours ago, nepia said:

Sadly they didn't do any marmalising but about half of them formed a cloud that circled a couple of times before heading off for the night.  The sound of the wings was quite eerie - not a sound from their mouths

When they form a cloud I thought that was a murmuration ? Sorta like a shoal of fish in the sky . ( not sure about marmalising 😁 )

Edited August 12, 2022 by Stubby

[Mick Dempsey]

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

When they form a cloud I thought that was a murmuration ? Sorta like a shoal of fish in the sky . ( not sure about marmalising 😁 )

Thought it was the Diddy Men that did that.

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Thought it was the Diddy Men that did that.

So it is Mick , so it is !

[nepia]

14 hours ago, Stubby said:

When they form a cloud I thought that was a murmuration ? Sorta like a shoal of fish in the sky . ( not sure about marmalising 😁 )

Isn't murmurising when the birds flock and then do their kind of synchronised patterns in the sky?  These just coalesced and flew away

[Stubby]

Yea , like a shoal of fish ..

[nepia]

Murmurating I meant - didn't intend to be childish with the correct word twice!

[AJStrees]

 

[Bob_z_l]

Finally got a pic of our third swallow fledglings

 

[Pete W]

Common Darter, bonking on a cowpat.

I think that's how David Attenborough would describe it.

[AJStrees]