What have you seen

Not particularly exotic but we had two Moorhens in the front garden today. The nearest water is at the Local Centre about a quarter of a mile away! I was a bit concerned because we have a rather large cat locally called squid who I am sure would have been up for a bit of hunting!!!

David

This time of the year our bird feeding efforts get decimated by the local rooks and jackdaws who descend on the feeders. They are feeding their young, I can hear the youngsters gobbling up the offerings when I walk beneath the nests. We are lucky, the rookery is on someone else's patch! We like all types of birds so we put up with the marauders. 

Great pics of the Barn Owl BM.

How far away were you?

Thanks Neveramsure.

They were further away than I would have liked, as the more crop used reduces the detail in the bird. 

The edge of the hunting area is about 30 metres away from the viewpoint which is a structure that the owl seems to ignore if people are standing in and around, there is no other cover so. I don't like to prevent the bird feeding by encroaching. Then the field stretches for another 60 metres approx, so anything between 40 to 100 metres which the owl quarters until successful. 

From memory, I would say that the pics were from about 40 to 50 metres roughly.

The bonus on this evening was the four Short Eared Owls and 2 Kestrels hunting in the Warth behind the viewpoint. To far away for pics though

What lovely pictures on this thread, just a bit jealous.

We put out a couple of feeders on site here at Hunters Moon, and have been watching the birds, trying to identify as many as we could  (only beginners ) We've had a Nuthatch and a Great Spotted Woodpecker this afternoon,  did get a nice photo of the Woodpecker will have to wait until we get home to post . 

You are one up on me with the woodpecker H&T On second thoughts, make that 2 up if you caught one of the nuthatch aswell.

Look forward to your post.

A couple of interesting experiences this morning while on my dog walk. Tess spotted some movement in the banking by the side of the path but I could not at first see anything. Then a few yards farther on I saw a brown animal running along the fence line towards some undergrowth, it was larger and furrier than a rat but smaller than a squirrel and without a bushy tail. I'm still not sure what it was.

Later while on the way back I spotted a Buzzard perched on a telegraph wire and a crow was perched about 3mtrs to its left. The crow kept hopping closer and closer to the Buzzard and when it got 0.5 mtr away it jumped over to the right of the Buzzard and landed on the wire. That had the desired effect and the Buzzard headed off to some trees, still being mobbed by the lone crow. 

Nature is a joy to watch sometimes.   

 Following on from my post above, just a few photos from our break on Dorset. We were lucky enough to see the Sika deer at RSPB Arne. 

The birds were photographed through the caravan window at Hunters Moon site,  so apologies for the quality.

Great photos, H&T, I especially like the one of the Bullfinch

Then a few yards farther on I saw a brown animal running along the fence line towards some undergrowth, it was larger and furrier than a rat but smaller than a squirrel and without a bushy tail. I'm still not sure what it was.

Could it have been a weasel, nevers?