What have you seen

Who can you mean?

Been a bit quiet lately, doing peregrine watch tomorrow and Friday.

Stayed near Peterborough last week and had a redkite overhead every day, all day.  Also had Kestrels nesting in an owl box less than 50 metres away, real treat.

Walked up the river today for a couple of hours, with only this harrier for company. Oh...and a Reed bunting

Croatia, week after next, wonder what birds I am in for?

Hey GL

nice pics of the harrier. Looks like GA is finding things a bit difficult, it is hard to see anything on the web cam up to now, havn't looked for a couple of days though.

Bath trio managing so far and both Bristol pairs are doing well I believe.

A number of Bullfinches on site today, feeding on the ground behind the van. A GSW preening himself on a Beech tree overlooking our pitch. Numerous Whitethroats spotted down Glen Lochy and Cuckoos calling from both sides of the valley.

BM

This year has had a disappointing outcome so far.  4 eggs laid, 1 chick surviving to this point.

Not sure if you are aware, but there is now a daily blog of the activity around the nest site and it is very interesting.  The number of intruding peregrines to the nest site is amazing, the resident birds are having to ward them off.  A magpie actually approached the unprotected chick, but backed off when the chick drew itself up in height, GA came back unaware of the danger she had left her chick in.

One sighting I would never have thought possible was having Goshawks around the spire.

Only able to volunteer until the end of next week and then it will be over for me for another year, shame as I really enjoy my Fridays watching these birds.

Three dogs with me on a walk today and a lark singing above. One of my favourite sounds.

Yet another dotterel dip today on Pendle, think they've changed their flight path this year. 😱 Might try again on Monday.........

The 6 Dotterels in North Norfolk seem to have taken flight.  Walked about 8 miles to try and track them.  Went to the Choosley Drying Barns 3 times with no luck.  Did see a lot of other stuff including 20+ Hares.  I'll go back to Choosley at 6.30 in the morning with my fingers crossed

Pliers did you see the Golden Plovers?

Great day yesterday starting with a Barn Owl quartering the field next to the site and ended with Spoonbills at Burnham Overy Staithe.  No Dotterals I'm convinced that the Southerley winds prompted them to move further North.  Still saw loads incl Linnets, Sedge Warblers, Willows, Wheatears, White Throats etc, etc..

Cheating a bit here! Not actually seen by us, but the twitchers are out in force around Dunsop Bridge and Whitendale where a rare Russian Pallid Harrier has been causing a fuss for a week or so now. We only know because we were walking in that area and noticed several folk with very large cameras so asked one what they were looking for.

It's a beautiful looking bird but you'll have to Google Image it to see what all the fuss is about!

Well I was totally wrong about Dotterals heading North, they turn up again so actually got to see them.  Someone said they saw 7 but I only saw 5.  Have to wait and see how good the photos I took are.

M we had a Pallid Harrier in North Norfolk for several weeks last spring.  The one in Lancs is significantly lighter and looks spectacular.