What have you seen

GL, perhaps you could explain what is going on with these rather close Greylags.

The camera never lies, they say, however the lower bird is flying behind the lead bird but looks virtually underneath, just the lack of focus on the lower bird gives it away.

Interesting behaviour from the Barnacle goose who chased off all the other males by making a lot of noise and stretching out his tongue

BM

Cracking shot, I just think it is a close encounter of the bird kind.  I have shots of Greylags flying very close, a bit like display pilots, sometimes they get a bit too close.  I bet they separated shortly after.

The Barnacle is actually a Canada, nice shot though.

No Redpolls today as I have to tile son's shower room.

Thanks GL, just checked my bird guide and you are correct, the blighter attacked every goose bird it could catch, getting hold of by the throat.

The GL's are not actually as close as it looks, they just happened to line up behind and below each other which on the camera showed up as almost touching. 

Good luck with the tileing.

I watched a couple of Canada’s yesterday at Titchwell and concluded, as there were only the 2 of them, that it was a male keeping close tabs on his female.

Had a walk locally and saw a group of Lapwings returning to their breeding grounds on our moors today.

Also, on the Ribble, a flock of oystercatchers flying upstream.

Signs of Spring, at last, although we've still plenty of snow on the tops.

Another 5 weeks and we should have wheatear and sand martins 😊

There are up to a dozen blackbirds & a few robins every morning on the grass around the vans. When I was returning this morning with Flyte they all flew off and I thought that we were the cause of it until I spotted a Sparrowhawk flying up the road by the site. The birds must have sensed that it was around and scarpered for shelter before it arrived.

Lots of swans, geese and ducks of different varieties on the lake and in the fields at Queen Elizabeth Park at Ashington today, and Long Tailed Tits in the woods, but unfortunately I didn't spot any of the Red Squirrels which are breeding in the area. 

Lots of Bewick Swans heading eastwards over the sea in the last couple of days, guessing first stop on migration will be the Netherlands.

It doesn't seem long since we were waiting for the first sighting of them returning to Slimbridge. I got the feeling there were not so many this year.

I suppose GL is preparing for life in the belfry and good dose of Perigrines. Our local pairs are getting a little more active, so hoping they are successful this year after a failed nesting last year at the Avon Gorge. Unfortunately they look to be setting up a nest out of sight below the viewing area, so will miss seeing feeding time.

Spotted two parakeets up on the downs in Bristol yesterday. Where they escapees or are they taking up residence in the area?

Did you catch sight of the perigrines?