Took a few trips down to see the Osprey that's been seen
locally for the last 3 weeks, what a bird, it was fantastic
to watch it Diving and fishing, I was shocked to see it fly
about 300 feet up into the air still carrying a fish, I thought it
would just perch in a tree to eat it. Also seen were 3 Sparrowhawk
2 of them hunting together, Kingfisher, Buzzards, and 8 Jays.
Hard going today looking for wildlife up at Soil Hill,
very long and wet grass and very quiet but I did come
across 2 Wheatear on a fence and then a flock of 20+
Goldfinch on the thistle, Ned Lane was also quiet but
found 8 Meadow Pipit on a distant wall and a Wheatear
at the end of the track.
Took a trip up to Ringby Lane on Wednesday but
not a lot to see, but managed to get a few shots, and
bumped into John L while I was up there.
Meadow Pipit, Skylark, flocks of Goldfinch & Linnet,
Dunnock, and 8 House Sparrows at bottom of lane which
I thought were something else at first with having red beaks
from eating berries.
Some more pics on my ventures out the last couple of days,
Osprey was the icing on the cake but it was great to see other varieties
of birds as well, seeing the Sparrowhawk on a chase was enthralling.
Flocks of Goldfinch, Linnets, Swallows feeding up to fly back to Africa,
Grouse & Partridge were seen on the moors, Kestrel, LBB Gull, and some
little brown birds but couldn't make out what they were.
and Howard C, 3 Grey Wagtails, 3 Cormorant, 15 Goldfinch, 6 Swallows, Sparrowhawk
hunting, Kingfisher and this fantastic Osprey only the second time seeing one so close and
the first time it was at nighttime so to get clear views and to watch it fishing was brilliant.
