Your Wildlife Sightings!

Utterly fantastic pictures Johnie

 

Stunning Johnie

 

Sensational Photos Johnie, just sensational, a lovely mix and the Summer Plumaged Great Northern Diver is the Pick of an excellent bunch!!

PS If Celtic can play as well next season as your Pictures, we are in for one * of a Season!!

 

Thanks all .

 

On a delightful Spring morning on my local Farmland where there are 2 Small Marshes between 5.30-7.30am with Ruby Roo of course who had a Great time I was delighted to see 2 singing ever so handsome Summer Plumaged Reed Buntings, a family party of Stonechat, the 2 Proud parents and their 3 fully grown young.
Also 2 singing Sedge Warbler were seen and the spot of the morning a fine singing Reed Warbler, I really had to battle to get eventual good views, with Ruby Roo saying hello to a Wee Spaniel as I was trying to get good views
We went out again 9.30-11.30 am on the Main local patch but though we had a good time it was very quiet on the Wildlife front, I did predict to my nephew we would win 4-1 though

Yes back in time for that certain game

 

I saw a couple of Roe Deer yesterday , quite close to the town . They were grazing in a field , but ever watchful of dangers .

 

Just had a lovely * female Badger in my garden just now

So extra treats will be put out

 

I'm completely crap at putting up photos I've taken myself, so here's one from the internet.

Just spent a week in Far North Queensland, where it's been flooding, consequently these things are everywhere...

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...RSQP&msclkid=ddc4b90dcf5511ecabd66b113dccea78

Saw several, including one about 3.5 metres just near the side of the road.

 

Brilliant pictures.

 

Hope you gave it a wee cuddle Mr clean?

 

We actually ran towards it with the cameras but it bolted off into the water.

On reflection, that was a pretty stupid thing to do...

 

A few from the weekend at Portavade and a foggy morning at Lough Colgagh.

 

Just wanted to say thank you to all the guys putting the effort in to share these beautiful pictures with us! Brings me a little bit to Scotland every time I have a look at the thread!

 

Yesterday while going to a Brilliant Village Butcher in a Snowdonia Village with a good mate in his Van I well spotted a fine Red Kite flying quite low over another Village on the way, he stopped the Van and we enjoyed this fine bird. I did actually say in his garden being going we may well see a Red Kite

 

Going into Iceland near Bridgeton(yes, unfortunately I live near that shithole) this morning, I saw, and heard, a stunning Oystercatcher. I do love their call.
Yesterday morning I was going into the local butchers when a beautiful Kestrel was making a racket. It landed on a roof nearby. I stood and watched it when one of the butcher's came out to ask what I was looking at. You'd have thought I'd given him a million pounds as he'd never seen one before. He was amazed that these birds where in the city. He seemed really excited to see it. Hopefully I've planted a wee seed about the beauties of nature.

 

A few from midweek, I bagged my first sighting and (bad) picture of a Cuckoo, I've often heard but never seen one, I was in Doorly yesterday and could hear him singing in the woodland behind me, next thing is he's flying high above, i managed to get a few shakey shots before he/she disappeared, likewise the Kestrel, he was way off in the distance in poor late evening light, the last pic is of 2 Otters i spotted on the far side of Lough Gill near the centre of town, again too far away for a decent shot, that's all my excuses used up nowso a good week for species so far, but a bad week for photography, although i did get some fine pics of a lovely Brown Hare today at Raghly Harbour

 

Superb Photos Johnie especially the Cuckoo, they are lovely birds.
And a brilliant Wildlife Report