Some pictures I took recently

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Lucan Demesne this morning
Blue Tit appreciation day (-;

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peter1892

Sparrowhawk by griffpics.com, on Flickr

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Rainbowsend

Hen Harrier


Twite (I think?) Massively cropped and reeds waving around in front of it.

Capercaille

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Hen Harrier


Twite (I think?) Massively cropped and reeds waving around in front of it.

First bird is male marsh harrier. Second is linnet.

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DSC_3933 by Stephen_Smyth_irl, on Flickr

DSC_3927 by Stephen_Smyth_irl, on Flickr

Bald Eagle in Vancouver

Rainbowsend

Capercaille wrote: »

First bird is male marsh harrier. Second is linnet.

Thanks for that, I was thinking the "hen" harrier looked a bit different, it was in the usual hens haunt, and it wasn't sure on the Twite/Linnet as couldn't see any pink, probably female?

Eyepatch

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

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Eyepatch wrote: »

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

I know that all sounds very laudable but spiders need to eat too. This is Nature. Things eat and things are eaten. Would you rescue a Bluetit from a sparrowhawk? A shrew from a kestel? A worm from a hedgehog? And so it goes on endlessly...:)

dodderangler

Eyepatch wrote: »

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

So the spider goes hungry and the bee was more than likely bitten aswell which would be a painful death then.
So it's a lose lose situation.
Leave nature as it is mate. Everything needs to eat.

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dodderangler wrote: »

So the spider goes hungry and the bee was more than likely bitten aswell which would be a painful death then.
So it's a lose lose situation.
Leave nature as it is mate. Everything needs to eat.

Except cormorants presumably:)

dodderangler

keps wrote: »

Except cormorants presumably:)

I wouldn't stop a cormorant from eating fish. I just hate seeing it as they eat quite a lot.
I certainly wouldn't "rescue" prey from predator.
That bee is dead. That spider hungry. Lose / lose situation

Eyepatch

Hi! @dodderangler!I'm not worried about the spider, as there are lots of flies around. The bees are in short supply. The bee was able to walk and, hopefully, after its shock, did fly away. If it had been bitten, I don't think it would have been able to walk. The spider's tactic was to roll it round in sticky gossamer, disabling it in that way. Who knows it might have kept it alive for egg-laying purposes!

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Eyepatch wrote: »

Hi! @dodderangler!I'm not worried about the spider, as there are lots of flies around. The bees are in short supply. The bee was able to walk and, hopefully, after its shock, did fly away. If it had been bitten, I don't think it would have been able to walk. The spider's tactic was to roll it round in sticky gossamer, disabling it in that way. Who knows it might have kept it alive for egg-laying purposes!

Yeah, Frodo was fine after the same experience in Lord of the Rings:)

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dodderangler wrote: »

I wouldn't stop a cormorant from eating fish. I just hate seeing it as they eat quite a lot.
I certainly wouldn't "rescue" prey from predator.
That bee is dead. That spider hungry. Lose / lose situation

But when they are 'taken care of ',their appetite diminishes, I hear.

OpenYourEyes

Ok guys, I don't think there's any more need to add to the cormorant debate here. I think everyone has aired their views, and this isn't the thread for it anyway. Start a new thread if you feel the need.

KJ

Collared Dove


Grey Squirrel


Chaffinch


Reed Bunting


This is a Thrush?


Any help naming these two?

whyulittle

I'm going with Linnet for the last one.

Bsal

Second last one is maybe a chiffchaff.

Pie Man

The one you think is a thrush is a juvenile blackbird.

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The lesser-spotted, one legged tit(coal?):)






( The bird was scratching)

whyulittle

A Tit alright but a Great Tit.

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And with leg restored:)

Woodville56

Some pics from a ramble in the local woodland this morning !

splish

Frochan or Bilberry

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collecting bits of wool/fluff

whyulittle

There's your Coal Tit keps.

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whyulittle wrote: »

There's your Coal Tit keps.

Excellent - I thought it might be but was afraid I'd get it wrong again:)