Red-spot Bluethroat

Red-spot Bluethroat

Red-spot Bluethroat

Red-spot Bluethroat

Late to the party at Swineham Point to see the Bluethroat (red-spot) as friends over from France for 6 days. So lucky it has hung aroud and Gillian and I got there today to be spoilt by a very beautiful obliging bird that walked towards us on the path. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds

Yes - had a friend here the weekend from Granville in France an hour south of Cherbourg and he says he doesn’t put anything out or in until May 1st. I have lots in Greenhouse that I can hold back until I think it’s safe.

My plot looking bare - potatoes (1st & 2nd), onions and parsnip seed in. Just holding on another week or two to add dwarf beans, corn on the cob, leeks, squash, courgette and chard. Hopefully looks better in a few weeks.

Great stuff 👍

Lovely Whinchats 👍

Our Great Tits hatched last Sunday - we have waited 7 years for this to happen in our camera box 😊

Great stuff Mark 👍

Time to put a high fence around my allotment 😳

Why is it dog free 😊

Lovely shots Phil.

White-tailed Eagle (adult) being mobbed in flight by a Red Kite which is very close by.

A juvenile White-tailed Eagle in flight.

White-tailed Eagle adult in flight with it's head and white tail showing well.

White-tailed Eagle in flight making it's presence felt.

Morden Bog today (Wareham Forest) with Colin where we saw a White-tailed Eagle (adult) mobbed by a Red Kite (and a Buzzard) and a juvenile White-tailed Eagle. Also saw Tree pipit, Crossbill, Siskin, Dartford Warblers, Coal Tit and heard a GSW. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds #UKbirding

Two White-tailed Eagles over Morden Bog. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Very true 🤷‍♂️

Fantastic photo.

Every morning at 0630 I could use Merlin because those bloody birds (that I love) keep me awake.

It’s got to be parody - no USA President would talk in such an un elegant way 🤔

That’s a fair comment.

😂

They can enter mine in competitions if they wish - I hope they win 😂

I read a report in The Guardian today that Great Tits are way ahead of the old norm with egg laying and have adapted in line with caterpillars being available. We currently have Great Tits started incubating 11 eggs two days ago.

Yes many had gathered a following that they didn’t want to lose. I have left many good contacts behind but personally cannot support Musk.

I think the influx from Twitter that swelled when Musk took over has slowed with many staying on X which is disappointing.

A Cetti's Warbler - showing amongst the twiggy parts of a branch.

Not the best picture of a Greenfinch but it does show the beauty of it's back.

A nice Meadow Pipit perched on the grass beside a pond.

A Reed Bunting on a Tree.

A Cetti's Warbler and Reed Bunting from Swineham (Marsh Harrier seen distantly), a Meadow Pipit from Sunnyside Farm (3 Redshank, Lapwing, Teal also seen) and a Greenfinch (for the beauty of its back) from Hartland Moor (two Dartfords seen). @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds #ukbirding

A pair of Garganey on the waters edge of a large pond.

A pair of Garganey out on the water of a large pond.

A lovely Grey Wagtail sitting proudly on a bramble branch.

A Yelowhammer sat up amongst some thin branches.

Woodsford today where from the road I saw the distant pair of Garganey and from the bridleways nearby I saw a Grey Wagtail and a Yellowhammer (photos). Also saw 2 Goosanders, 5 Barnacle Geese, 4 Egyptian Geese, 2 Canada Geese. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds #ukbirding

I went to the New Forest on Wednesday hoping for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Goshawk but just saw a distant Goshawk. Did see this lovely Song Thrush. #ukbirds

What part of the country are you
Tony?

Yes I have gambled a little with half of my seed but near Portland we are well South. The most tender seeds are in my conservatory which is warmer than the greenhouse. Time will tell.

I have planted my first earlys “Pentland Javelin” in my allotment and have tomatoes, leeks, Squash, Dwarf beans and Corn on the cob sown in greenhouse but all appears slow growing this year.

“Low-life” coursers - it’s a pity so much effort wasn’t put in to taking on the “High-life” fox/stag hunts that hide under the guise of trail hunts.

The area looks great 😊