Show us ya birds !

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, nepia said:

@Stubby  You're a man with your ear to the ground:  I've heard 27th hand (it was on FB apparently!) that a pair of white-tailed eagles were seen here recently, presumably on a day trip from the IoW.  Have you had any sightings?  You're much closer...

He confirms it , yes from I.O.W.

[David Cropper]

Heard the first hoopoe today,  seems a bit earlier than usual. Haven't heard the cuckoo yet.

Edited March 28, 2021 by David Cropper

[nepia]

Excellent.  They are magnificent birds:  my dad kept a couple as exotics back in the day when keeping birds in 30x10x8' flights wasn't frowned upon or a hobby for the well healed.

[carlos]

saw a pair of choughs at work today, quiet tame too.

[rapalaman]

Had a peregrine come over quite low yesterday in middle of Chelmsford- never seen one here before though we get plenty of sparrowhawks, kestrels and buzzards overhead daily.

all the other bird life made themselves scarce pretty damn quickly!

Edited March 31, 2021 by rapalaman

[Ratman]

Got this fella on my dads hedge yesterday, had me spotted through window straight off when i stood up out of chair, all his birds in his avery were going batty. I thought it was a sparrowhawk but dad said it could of been a young peregrine as there’s a breeding pair in the quarry at work which is very close by.

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, carlos said:

saw a pair of choughs at work today, quiet tame too.

Don't get Choughs down here . Get Rooks , Crows, Ravens , Jays and Magpies though .

[Anno]

9 hours ago, Ratman said:

Got this fella on my dads hedge yesterday, had me spotted through window straight off when i stood up out of chair, all his birds in his avery were going batty. I thought it was a sparrowhawk but dad said it could of been a young peregrine as there’s a breeding pair in the quarry at work which is very close by.


 

female Sparrowhawk, nice.

[gary112]

Found first blackbirds nest today 

[Doug Tait]

Found these today too