What have you seen

Just mentioned this on another thread but for a few weeks this magnificent creature has been seen off the south Devon coast. Latest sightings off Berry Head near Brixham today

link Humpback whale Devon

Good day at Sculthorpe, Redpolls, Bramblings, Bull Finches, Nuthatches and Siskins amongst the many other species.  On the way home watched 2 Red Kites enjoying some wind dancing

Bull Finch and Redpoll at Sculthorpe today

GL

Noticed the Norwich and Bath perigrine webcams show both pairs have eggs.

Is the female at Norwich the one from Bath that took over last year?

Nice shots OP I love the bullfinch but rarely see them. The woods I played in as a kid were full of birds, but chopped down now to make way for a large office development 10plus years ago.

Great photos, OP. We occasionally get bullfinch on our garden feeders, but they never stay very long.

Yesterday down on Alkborough Flats I think I caught a fleeting glimpse of a Bittern flying into a reed  bed, and then heard a Water Rail, but didn't manage to spot it. There were Marsh Harriers performing and more Avocets than earlier in the week. Back at the site a Goldcrest flitted along the hedge line and there were Green and Gold Finches about as well. Today saw what I thought initially was a Hobby, but perhaps was a Peregrine, over Far Ings Nature Reserve. 

Hi A Cuckoo has just flown over here in the Lot France maybe on its way to UK, also had a hobby perch on our stone wall to quick for me to get camera!!!

At Hillhead a Twite in the hedge by our van.

Weatherproofing fencing panels today, enjoying the sunshine and what at times seemed like our very own Nature Reserve.

Had to stop and watch 3 Buzzards high up in the air, wheeling around and mewing. They were interrupted rather rudely when a Goshawk flew past them and 2 Ravens cronked their way merrily past, with the male showing off by diving and rolling in flight.

The songbirds were a treat with the loudest being the Nuthatch and I saw our Chiffchaff as he fed in the trees at the bottom of the garden. 2 GSW's were competing, one making a lower drumming noise than the other. I turned around quickly, just in time to see 2 Siskins pinch the last of the sunflower seeds. The Song Thrush and Blackbird haven't stopped.

I think I might have to find some more panels to do tomorrow.

BM

Yes it is the Bath female, well and truly at home on 2 eggs.  My volunteering starts next week.