The Birds In The Garden And Everywhere Else Thread

[Darran]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cThAEtbegKk&feature=emb_title

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/hughharrop/status/1536264095221137410?s=21&t=vHg3V3DY_w6rScHlIUFZaQ

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/carlbovisnature/status/1538987185428389888?s=21&t=vW0eKk-MFPNcl-HWhcRu7A

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/neild1962/status/1540281666194776065?s=21&t=g4DEysDn-pzq_bbIfO1A3A

 

[K23]

A favour returned.

When I was a kid growing up in the 50s & 60s, the possibility of seeing a Red Kite circling the skies was somewhere between zero and extremely unlikely as numbers dropped to only 40 pairs somewhere in mid-Wales. Fast forward to the very late 80s and young Red Kites were brought from Spain and Sweden and released at several sites on private land in the Chilterns, Northamptonshire & Yorkshire in an attempt to kick-start the UK population and there are now something like 6,000 pairs in the UK. However, recently, numbers have been falling in Spain so this year, young Red Kites are making the reverse journey that their ancestors did 35 years ago and being released in Spain to bolster the Iberian population. Some of these will be released in Extremadura, my personal favourite part of Spain and somewhere I have visited every non-pandemic year for the last decade and where I have seen and photographed many Red Kites but I was unaware of their decline until this repopulation programme was recently announced.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61903943

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/carlbovisnature/status/1548238114983796737?s=21&t=5oBXYQ4GspzGf5WFBkDXSA

 

[K23]

https://twitter.com/carlbovisnature/status/1548238114983796737?s=21&t=5oBXYQ4GspzGf5WFBkDXSA

We used to have a whole family of those walking around our garden every day one spring/summer when we lived in Shropshire. They were very tame so our daughter used to pick the chicks up and gave them all names.

 

[Dan_Swan]

Two well three Photo's from a recent walk down Parc Le Breos. A Nuthatch and a juvenile Robin. Also chucked in a Hoverfly for good measure too :?

 

[K23]

Two well three Photo's from a recent walk down Parc Le Breos. A Nuthatch and a juvenile Robin. Also chucked in a Hoverfly for good measure too :?

Nice pics Dan. What camera do you use?

 

[Dan_Swan]

Two well three Photo's from a recent walk down Parc Le Breos. A Nuthatch and a juvenile Robin. Also chucked in a Hoverfly for good measure too :?

Nice pics Dan. What camera do you use?

Thank you, it's nothing 'flash' I use a Nikon L820. Had it for 7/8 years I guess, they're probably discontinued now. No complaints with it though!

 

[WxmJax]

A favour returned.

When I was a kid growing up in the 50s & 60s, the possibility of seeing a Red Kite circling the skies was somewhere between zero and extremely unlikely as numbers dropped to only 40 pairs somewhere in mid-Wales. Fast forward to the very late 80s and young Red Kites were brought from Spain and Sweden and released at several sites on private land in the Chilterns, Northamptonshire & Yorkshire in an attempt to kick-start the UK population and there are now something like 6,000 pairs in the UK.

My favourite bird. Couldn't believe it when I saw them around Northallerton a few years back going up for the Sunderland game or the 30 or so we saw in the distance at Henley on Thames. At the time I thought they were only in Mid Wales. One of the best bits of the trip south is still spotting them between Newtown and Llandrindod, there were 5 in a field last month that had just taken flight. Off to Aberaeron later for a little road trip around the coast ending up at Joe's and Dickie Bartons on Thursday so looking forward to seeing some. We were going to buy an old soft top yesterday just for the trip for things like this but didn't feel well so had to give it a miss. Typical.

 

[Longlostjack]

 

[K23]

Nice pics Dan. What camera do you use?

Thank you, it's nothing 'flash' I use a Nikon L820. Had it for 7/8 years I guess, they're probably discontinued now. No complaints with it though!

Very good little cameras those. I bought a Canon SX40 about 10 years ago which is very similar in terms of MP & zoom and both are capable of taking very good pics. They're both compact and light enough to take on walks too without being cumbersome. I gave mine to my son about 5 years ago and bought the Canon SX60 instead mainly for the x65 optical zoom which is incredible in such a small camera.

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/tatelloyd76/status/1552043610937368577?s=21&t=rbSYosgT0rmExAptInTxRA

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/kapeciaresists/status/1552367296341049345?s=21&t=8bsfkE4V1LhBClFYdQ6uWw