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Post by calndel on May 31, 2017 20:12:54 GMT
just what kind of mushrooms have you been eating?
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Post by calndel on May 31, 2017 20:14:41 GMT
loved the owls and badgers on tonight's show
lots of hatchings too
mind you it looks like the woodpecker it waiting for a bit of dinner
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:36:46 GMT
.. running a bit late this morning and have been beavering away half watching and doing something else - in a nutshell -
Gary Moore is with Bret - fantastic recordings - some he's not happy with (skylark) but are still amazing - yellow hammer very fab. Earlier on, a section on the dawn chorus - the larger eyed birds sing and feed first; black bird, robin and thrush. I know that blackbirds feed throughout the night; they sing first just before the dawn.
Gorgeous shots of the weir and riverbank - glisteny water and light haze; sheep bleating, birds singing, soft water flowing - a bit magical. Unicorn grazing..moorhen and coots making their chirps and whistles. Gorgeous....
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:37:39 GMT
....there has been no mention of bourbons or Earl Grey so far...
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:44:12 GMT
Golden pheasant is Gary's most rewarding recording - he did this for Tweet of the Day on Radio 4 - he did well to find one.
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:45:17 GMT
Gary has been out all night to record horseshoe bats - new piece of equipment - making a clip for later.
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:46:50 GMT
Noctule bat recorded on river last night - amazingly clear sound - clicks.....
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 7:50:10 GMT
Snipe calling - redshank... lapwing.....
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 8:00:28 GMT
Bret and Gary make a lovely conversation.
Scarlet Moffat now with peregrine falcons - I love the closeup camera work I've seen on these birds - wonderful.
Female has chased male away with lots of sqwarking. Maybe it wasn't her male? Bells chiming while Gary recording - very loud at such close proximity! Fabulous shot over Salisbury - food swap one parent to other to take to chicks.
!pm Bret will be talking to Helen Roy about harlequin ladybirds and other alien species.
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 8:01:51 GMT
Just watching the peregrine live as the bells chime - Bret's prog has finished - such beautiful birds - really gorgeous.
Wish I could stay bit have to get a wiggle on..
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Post by jamboyoti on Jun 1, 2017 9:41:53 GMT
Sorry SS..was here for first 20 minutes before starting work at 8.30... Glorious Gary Moore..and yes a perfectionist..found it so difficult to tear myself away..had written some stuff but somehow it didn't get posted. There isn't one tomorrow is there? loved the delicate feeding of rat by Kestrel to young... also Brett likes muntjac..both to watch and enjoyed it New Year's Eve..friend used a fresh road kill..rich venison! Didn't see swallow tails yesterday..boo...too cloudy, but saw water vole..my first and amazed how big it was, also saw marsh harrier, tufted and shoveler duck..Thankyou past and present spring watches for helping me recognise them, long tail tits, some dragon flies..hawkers but difficult to ID as moving so fast, and heard cuckoos!   Sorry we we keep missing each other..you away next week? |
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Post by standing stone on Jun 1, 2017 12:10:38 GMT
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Post by jamboyoti on Jun 1, 2017 12:23:06 GMT
Good to sight you SS..almost as rare as some of the wild life we are watching. Loving the red kite chicks..and extraordinary clip of one swallowing what looked like a thigh bone whole...ugh..reminds me of last year..owl and slug..yuk! Also gorgeous red kite chicks..
possibility of another swallow egg being viable..hoping.
Helen Low..47 species of Lady birds in uk..she is full of information..can't keep up...writing a guide on ladybirds. Some tiny..1 mm!
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Post by jamboyoti on Jun 1, 2017 12:35:30 GMT
Harlequin lady bird native to Asia..hitched in first record 2003.. Spread 100 kilometres a year in Scotland, Wales and particularly urban settings..when sample often 80-90% are harlequins...will eat almost anything,other Lady birds, lace wings and hover flies..so removing some of our aphis eaters
Big lady bird and can be several colour forms..orange with black spots can have 0-21 spots or black with red spots2/4 . Sometimes cluster together where prey ..in Autumn over winter in groups.
Established self within 10 years..and globally too beginning to dominate.
She is Helen Roy not Low!!
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Post by beanstew on Jun 1, 2017 12:39:17 GMT
Helen is on twitter as @ukladybirds and is always helpful in assisting with ladybird species identification. |
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