What have you seen

Spotted the same thing happening this morning in one of the new nest boxes set up behind the CL we're on at the moment.

Went to Gibraltar point this morning but there wasn't a lot to see, especially as the rain came in early.... Little Egret, lots of Wigeon, a few Little Grebes and Goldeneyes. There were a few large flights of birds but much too far to be sure of species, possibly Golden Plover.

Doubt that it's a record, but very interesting all the same.....We had 7 Long Tailed Tits on our fatball feeder at the same time this afternoon. 

Saw and heard our first curlews of the year on our local moors this morning. A few days earlier than usual, and very welcome. They breed there every year and I absolutely love hearing them call as them fly over.

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How lovely Pliers. We stopped on a CL near Bishop Auckland last June for a few nights as a last minute decision. It had a few horses in a paddock or two but best of all it had breeding curlews in the adjoining arable field and we heard the male returning on a regular basis. All of it unexpected as we were not that far from civilisation.

On a separate note we were lucky enough to be visited by both a Barn and a Tawny Owl at almost the same time around 10 o'clock last night. We heard the Barny hissing right next to the van so switched off all of the lights and had a peek. He was sitting on a hedge post but wasn't fooled by our subterfuge and immediately flew off. About a minute later the Tawny was hooting away.

Quite a few paired up Goldeneyes and a couple of female Goosanders on the meres today.

There were plenty around the Skegness area last week. I heard them each morning when I was out with Flyte, and then we saw a large flock of then on one of the scrapes behind the dunes at Anderby Creek a couple of days ago.

I was greeted by 3 Robins in separate trees having a 3 way sing off this morning, the sun had just broken the horizon to bathe them in sunlight. It was very welcoming. The fact we were crunching thru hoar frost didn’t seem to bother them👍🏻😊. They may not be looking for mates fully yet but Spring is on its way.

The garden Robins are already paired up Rocky.

Have to say it is lovely to hear birdsong again.

Had a short walk down the road and spotted 6 long tailed tits, 1 Large Tortoiseshell butterfly and then on the way back 1 Firecrest in a tree right next to the wall where I was standing did the same walk yesterday only a bit longer and did not see any birds although heard a woodcock fly through some trees and 3 small lizards sunning themselves on the local stone walls. Have got 2 local robins here singing in the hedge or trees and did have 1 redstart about as well.

We have 1 Robin here all year but this morning another turned up and they’ve been chasing around the garden all day.  

We’re obviously slow around here WN👍🏻😊