Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 A couple of twitchers on the road outside my job taking photographs of waxwings. Loads of them in a hedge in nests. The industrial estate is full of rowan trees so looks like they picked a good spot. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Only my second sighting of a brambling at the weekend, and the first one where there was any chance of getting a decent photo. Loved seeing the patterns and colours, and its behaviour and appearance alongside a host of chaffinches. It seems much less assertive, but of course it wasn't backed-up by its mates. Nevertheless, my confident assertion is that bramblings are the scruffier, less confident cousins of chaffinches. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe George Smith helped secure the conviction of two men for trading in wild raptors. Now, his work is helping to unveil an illegal multimillion-pound international industry.............................. Edited February 13 by Florentine_Pogen 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/13/peregrine-falcon-thieves-dna-database-scotland-wild-raptors-birds-aoe George Smith helped secure the conviction of two men for trading in wild raptors. Now, his work is helping to unveil an illegal multimillion-pound international industry.............................. Thanks for that. It was an interesting read. The two guys should have went to prison though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 30 minutes ago, Wile E Coyote said: Thanks for that. It was an interesting read. The two guys should have went to prison though I thought you hated birds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 6 minutes ago, sugna said: I thought you hated birds. Ha Ha. i am sure they are delicious if I ever managed to catch one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 2 hours ago, Wile E Coyote said: Thanks for that. It was an interesting read. The two guys should have went to prison though I think under normal circumstances they would be going to prison but the reality is our prisons are full. Hopefully some locals take out retribution on the pair of wee c***s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) West Glen road up from Kilmacolm is a good one. I got to within touching distance of a buzzard that was resting on a fence post while driving down in the daytime last summer to both mine and it's surprise. A barn owl flew across my headlights going uphill at night a different day. Power lines are good for novices like myself spotting birds of prey. It can be hard to distinguish exactly what they are, but Dodside road going south from Newton Mearns is a decent place to look. Edited February 18 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Spot the elusive Treecreeper (I must replace my good zoom lens that got knackered last year). I only saw one a few years ago and now I've seen three over a weekend in two different places. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/24/flaco-new-york-citys-beloved-owl-dies-after-striking-building "The Eurasian eagle owl named Flaco, which escaped New York City’s Central Park Zoo last year, has died after crashing into a building in Manhattan, officials said late on Friday..............." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 A slightly better view of the treecreeper that I discovered I'd taken.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 A white doo. Had to go to a shopping centre in a different part of town and saw this pigeon outside a chemist shop. It wasn’t perturbed by the number of people going in and out of the shop or walking past. It was still there about half an hour later when I went back to my car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Sparrowhawk in garden. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Just seen the first Swallows of the season on Prestwick Old Course . Presumably blown up early by the weekend storm but it's as early as I've seen them here. Worry for them this week with the forecast ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Recently seen a couple of river birds that are supposed to prefer quiet spots in urban sites. Saw a kingfisher in a (large) copse about 50 yards from an active building site. Saw a dipper about 10 yards from the bridge i was on which carries an A road out of brecon town centre. Also a goosander nesting in a park in the town centre, a stones throw from a massive Tesco. As well as those, the cormorant colony in my local park must be over 50 birds easily now. I can only assume that sewage is good for them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 5 hours ago, coprolite said: Recently seen a couple of river birds that are supposed to prefer quiet spots in urban sites. Saw a kingfisher in a (large) copse about 50 yards from an active building site. Saw a dipper about 10 yards from the bridge i was on which carries an A road out of brecon town centre. Also a goosander nesting in a park in the town centre, a stones throw from a massive Tesco. As well as those, the cormorant colony in my local park must be over 50 birds easily now. I can only assume that sewage is good for them Cormorants and Goosanders means a plentiful supply of fish close by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 On 03/04/2024 at 14:42, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Sparrowhawk in garden. One visited our garden today, and has left a body and blood everywhere. They could at least 'do the dishes' after they have dinner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 37 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: One visited our garden today, and has left a body and blood everywhere. They could at least 'do the dishes' after they have dinner. Yeah, amazing, lightning fast in flight, total killing machine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Yeah, amazing, lightning fast in flight, total killing machine. Very fast. This one seems to have come out of nowhere. Untitled video (8).mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Not the most exciting of birds, but when one lands on a ferry within arms length you have to take a picture 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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