Some Nature Pictures I Took Recently - II (Seasonal Photos)

NEW WAVE · 25-05-2019 10:50pm

Robin

gzoladz · 26-05-2019 7:02pm

Common Blue and Painted Lady butterflies, Snipe, Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover fledged chick, Little Tern, Avocet and Wren fledged chicks

NEW WAVE · 27-05-2019 7:00pm

Juvenile Blackbird

NEW WAVE · 28-05-2019 10:38pm

Grey Wagtail

Means Of Escape · 31-05-2019 8:44pm

Top right corner
After scoffing on the fat balls

Means Of Escape · 31-05-2019 8:46pm

Better image

NEW WAVE · 31-05-2019 10:03pm

Pheasant Exercising

whyulittle · 01-06-2019 8:39pm

"Save the bees!", they say. This Crab Spider was having NONE of it!

Pretzill · 02-06-2019 12:01am

The bumblebee was just sleeping. He went on to pollinate some chives.

(ignore scary white spider)

NEW WAVE · 02-06-2019 7:11pm

Blackbird

gzoladz · 02-06-2019 8:25pm

Red-footed Falcon, Treecreeper chicks and Blue Tit chicks

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-06-2019 8:39pm

Is the falcon a captive bird or had we a rare vagrant?

gzoladz · 02-06-2019 9:08pm

Jeffrey Panicky Jockey wrote: »

Is the falcon a captive bird or had we a rare vagrant?

Rare vagrant in Cahore. A few hobbies around too.

bkrangle · 03-06-2019 6:10pm

Saw these while walking around some ruins in Paestum (Southern Italy)

Del.Monte · 03-06-2019 8:44pm

The way things are going, climate wise, Hoopoes will soon be breeding here.

Bsal · 07-06-2019 1:36am

Made a new friend today

Del.Monte · 08-06-2019 1:54pm

Another one from the Dodder taken by a friend. This time foxy is stalking a heron instead of a Little Egret. The heron doesn't seem too concerned.

NEW WAVE · 08-06-2019 4:42pm

Wren

Spotted Flycatcher

whyulittle · 08-06-2019 4:49pm

Your Chiffchaff looks more like a Spotted Flycatcher.

NEW WAVE · 08-06-2019 5:10pm

whyulittle wrote: »

Your Chiffchaff looks more like a Spotted Flycatcher.

Never seen a Spotted Flycatcher befrore so my first catch. Was a long way off and heavily cropped. Thanks whyulittle

gzoladz · 08-06-2019 7:44pm

Just 2 record shots, nice to see it though

Thud · 09-06-2019 2:51pm

Common blue 6034073

peter1892 · 09-06-2019 10:17pm

Shield Bug

gzoladz · 10-06-2019 11:01pm

Female Sparrowhawk

magicbastarder · 11-06-2019 8:23am

fantastic shots - what were the circumstances? did you come across it by chance and had the camera with you, or was it somewhere you knew you might expect a kill?

gzoladz · 11-06-2019 9:46am

magicbastarder wrote: »

fantastic shots - what were the circumstances? did you come across it by chance and had the camera with you, or was it somewhere you knew you might expect a kill?

Literally I saw it from my window and ran downstairs, so by chance but I know they are in the area.

gzoladz · 11-06-2019 6:49pm

I am told this is a male... what's the opinion of the experts?

New Home · 11-06-2019 6:54pm

The opinion is that it's invisible! :P

gzoladz · 11-06-2019 8:07pm

New Home wrote: »

The opinion is that it's invisible! :P

This is not "After Hours", please

New Home · 11-06-2019 8:10pm

Sorry, prize-winning "Idiot of the Month" here - I thought you were referring to a new picture that hadn't embedded, not the triple whammy from earlier on. :rolleyes:

gzoladz · 11-06-2019 8:20pm

New Home wrote: »

Sorry, prize-winning "Idiot of the Month" here - I thought you were referring to a new picture that hadn't embedded, not the triple whammy from earlier on. :rolleyes:

Ah don'tt worry, it was funny!

Tiercel Dave · 11-06-2019 11:51pm

gzoladz wrote: »

I am told this is a male... what's the opinion of the experts?

Sparrowhawk is definitely a female. A male wouldn't be able to handle a pigeon, something around Blackbird size is the biggest thing he would attempt.....

gzoladz · 12-06-2019 6:56am

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

Sparrowhawk is definitely a female. A male wouldn't be able to handle a pigeon, something around Blackbird size is the biggest thing he would attempt.....

My thoughts too, but I am getting such strong arguments from a few very good birders that make me wonder, basically on the back of the ruffous feathers.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 12-06-2019 8:34am

gzoladz wrote: »

My thoughts too, but I am getting such strong arguments from a few very good birders that make me wonder, basically on the back of the ruffous feathers.

It's without doubt a female. I can't see anything that would lead someone to think it's a male.

NEW WAVE · 12-06-2019 5:48pm

Dunnock

bkrangle · 12-06-2019 9:46pm

Just on the sparrowhawk front, my sister took these in her garden about 2 months back - pretty sure it was a female

We also saw what we think was a male in the area but he was a lot smaller and was more of a greyish colour

gzoladz · 13-06-2019 7:03am

@Srameen and @bkrangle I would agree with both of you...for me my sparrowhawk and bkrangle are both females due to size and colour.

Friends I checked with are 50-50, however 2 or 3 of them are top birders in the country and are of the opinion that at least mine is an immature male.

I don't know now...for me males they are not only smaller but also have more like a "chick" face