West Ham Online

"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."

Typical women :-)

That was lovely

"Blue Footed Boobies have a fab dance - Look at my feet, just look at them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z922by9_6Fw"

"Blue Footed Boobies have a fab dance - Look at my feet, just look at them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z922by9_6Fw"

"I saw that (dunnocks mating) in my garden years ago. I agree, it's heady stuff."

"Yesterday for the first time ever I saw a pair of dunnocks doing it. If you don't know female dunnocks are sluts, however male dunnocks know this and don't like to bat on a sticky wicket. The female does a bit of flirty dirty dancing with her wings to tell a male she's horny. He wants to jump on but won't do so until he's removed her previous lover's muck so he has a few pecks to clear her for entry and then climbs on board. Filth."

Got a honeysuckle covered in aphids but the blue tits and sparrows are enjoying feasting on them.

The sparrow couple have successfully raised four and you could really get in touch with how happy they are to see them all flying today.

"When the golf club first opened last Wednesday there was both a fox and a deer wandering about, not both on the same part obviously"

Ha! I think my lot are between broods.

"It is bedlam here. There is big crowd of Starlings and their fledgelings flying about and shouting at each from the oak trees. Had 35-40 on my lawn today rooting for worms. Ditto the house Sparrows, they went quiet for a bit but their fledglings have arrived and the lot of them barely stop moving. There are obvious some nice juicy insects living in my apple trees. Second brood of Jackdaw chick still here (squeek, squeek, squeek). Also saw a Heron flying over this afternoon pursued by mobbing Crows and Magpies. The Heron was not happy with that situation one bit. So glad I am not the office."

Anyone else found it's gone a lot quieter over the last few days?

"Watched at least 3 blue tit chicks fledge today , first time I’ve even watched it , they flew onto the roof then over the woods , l think there’s still at least one more in the box , l don’t know if they come back for the night or what but l will miss them , they have been so entertaining!"

Two nightingales going at it now. No cuckoos yet though once the nightingales start that’s just a matter of days.

I witnessed a magpie attacking an injured squirrel yesterday. The squirrel appeared to have something wrong with its legs and was unable to climb. This magpie had several goes at it but the squirrel defended itself and the magpie moved on.

https://youtu.be/-sYrRUJNHCU This is now my favourite

https://youtu.be/pV7t28Ufc5w https://youtu.be/OtUPrdOKIZo

Watched a couple of lapwings today. I think it’s the male that does a roll in a low flight.

This is my favourite https://youtu.be/lymQjNqR1t8

Goldie 2:07 I've watched that many times. It's actually my favourite video on YouTube. Here's another: https://youtu.be/Qt-pB1R64mI

"""Human. Homo sapiens. Uncertain"" Lots of Neandertal in your genome?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBlYfTbA44

Bouncing Ludo 1:18 Mon May 18 Thanks.

One of the chicks is practicing run-ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR1ZJJ-BB41s5PSlJAUyZP0rnDP_1xD1U5EDZgvuPX47lPY25SdSzNqoXxs

One of the chicks is practicing run-ups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR1ZJJ-BB41s5PSlJAUyZP0rnDP_1xD1U5EDZgvuPX47lPY25SdSzNqoXxs