For WHO's birders

[Nurse Ratched]

"I thought you might like this video.



It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

[WHU(Exeter)]

RSPB* birdwatch tomorrow. *When I typed that it auto 'corrected' to ESPN! What a time to be alive

[gph]

"""I fear the bird flu has killed off a lot of my finches. Far fewer numbers coming to feed compared to last winter."" But bird flu is just a hoax spread by Jews to ruin Aryan Christmas... Fuck, I should've known I'd catch nutter if I read too many Golden Oldie posts"

[zebthecat]

No sign of avian flu here. The noisy sparrows and blue tits are still busy foraging the seeds and berries left over from summer. Up until the snow hit the big bumble bees have been enjoying my winter jasmine hedge. Not the prettiest plant but it is doing its job.

[lab]

Saw about 30 Lapwings sat in a field Thursday morning just absorbing sun . Also saw a Sparrowhawk chase a Wren/Dunnock but I’m sure it got away . The dog found a deer skull with short antlers that could make great thumb sticks and in the last field we were in we put up a snipe .

[DaveT]

Thankfully haven't seen any birds that have avian flu. Though definitely you're so many around despite the huge amount of food and fresh water I've been putting out over the past few days. Forgot to say I saw the bee catchers when they were here in June and by luck saw Eleanora's falcon when visiting nature reserve nearby back in August. Haven't seen the flocks of Bewick swans that usually arrive this time of year

[WHU(Exeter)]

That’s true enough…I should really think these things through a bit more.

[Tomshardware]

"They'll be fine Exeter, after all it's been snow in Spring before now."

[WHU(Exeter)]

"I put in 150 tulips a few weeks ago, because the weather was a lot warmer than average, the shoots have already came through, a lot earlier than usual I think. Hoping that these last few days of the sudden dip in temperature haven't killed the whole lot off. Monty Don never has these problems."

[WHU(Exeter)]

"I put in 150 tulips a few weeks ago, because the weather was a lot warmer than average, the shoots have already came through, a lot earlier than usual I think. Hoping that these last few days of the sudden dip in temperature haven't killed the whole lot off. Monty Don never has these problems."

[Nurse Ratched]

I fear the bird flu has killed off a lot of my finches. Far fewer numbers coming to feed compared to last winter.

[Lee Trundle]

We've had a hell of a lot of birds die recently around where I am from avian flu. It's quite sad seeing the ones who have it in distress.

[Nurse Ratched]

"Good bump, Tom's. Our bathroom spider entertained a number of 'gentleman callers' and last night my daughter noticed she had babies in her web. She lets my daughter get close, but gets the 'ump if I go near."

[Tomshardware]

"I was at Tollgate out of town shopping centre Colchester the other week around dusk. I've never seen so many pied wagtails together at one time, they seemed to be gathering for a roost. It was quite something, of course everyone around me was oblivious to this great natural spectacle before our eyes."

[lab]

"We had a Glossy Ibis visit the pond in Eversley Hampshire, unfortunately I missed it ."

[gph]

"I like wolf spiders. They have tiny brains, but they use them well. They are cannibalistic, so having different behaviours when they meet other wolf spiders of varying sizes is quite important. And they do have different behaviours. But scientists can't (yet) figure out how the small number of neurons at their disposal can support this."

[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

"lab 12:46 Tue Sep 27 'AH, I didn’t catch the eagles on the IOW last week,' It's not surprising, 'last week' isn't due on the IOW for about 20 years."

[Nurse Ratched]

"I agree they are quite lovely, Tom. Meanwhile it's spider season and I could swear there are more than usual around this year."

[Tomshardware]

"The pied wagtail, a bird that cheers me when I see them."

[Tomshardware]

"Saw a pair of house martins the other day, seems late for them to still be about. Plenty of robins about and vying for territory, same goes for wrens."

[Aalborg Hammer]

"Lab..if you go the cafe/restaurant 'Off the Rails' (superb fish fingers and chip baguette btw) its quite near the Yarmouth ferry,theres some really good tracks through the wetlands there where you can see loads of birds."

[Aalborg Hammer]

"Lab..if you go on the Yarmouth to Ryde Road,there's a NT bird reserve at Newtown with hides and loads of wildfowl (PO30 4PA) Worth a visit..great to see the ravens. Currently in North Yorkshire..it's lovely to see the Curlews on the recently furrowed fields..up on the moor ,Black Grouse are everywhere, males with their entourages!!"

[Northern Sold]

That Golden eagle section in the Frozen Planet was staggering stuff... OK not so sure the mountain sheep/goat or whatever they were thought the same as they was being dropped from a very great height...

[lab]

"AH, I didn’t catch the eagles on the IOW last week, saw a pair of ravens ,plenty of sea birds and as I was up early I loved seeing Canada Geese ,several flocks coming over from the mainland low over the sea and settling near Yarmouth,in the afternoon you could see them returning . Where I stayed there was a Buddleia in flower which attracted humming bird hawk moths . Just had a nice surprise up at Blackbushe airport ,a small group of lapwings near the runways ."

[Aalborg Hammer]

I see that an American Nighthawk has made the journey across the Atlantic and is attracting a lot of twitchers to a housing estate near Didcot..same family as a nightjar

[Tomshardware]

Would love to see a bearded tit.