What have you seen

They are up here too in S. Cumbria. We saw more Swallows today as well as a Ring Plover, Little Egret, Skylarks and Lapwings.

What a smashing few hours of nature watching and listening. We are up near the IJsselmeer Inland "lake" site north-east of Amsterdam. 

When we arrived at this campsite we were setting up and heard a Nightingale singing away in the bushes about 20 metres away. Couldn't find him but not surprised. Had a walk around the area which contains quite a few lakes, small and large, and saw 8 Spoonbills, a Red Crested Pochard, Great White Egret, several dozen of different Terns, a Cuckoo amongst others. There was also a lovely bunch of Star of Bethlehem flowers and several Blue Butterflies.

We were only going for a walk but really enjoyed, especially the Magnums Classic at the end of it.

For at least the third year in a row, when there has been a spell of dry weather, a local crow visits our garden and goes onto our bird-bath. Each time he / she brings a piece of bread, sometimes the size of my thumb but up to half a slice in size. He / she drops this into the water and lets it soak for a few minutes before it then eats it. It really shows the brain power of the crow family.

The other day while stood looking out of the kitchen window a very lucky sparrow flashed past with a sparrow hawk in hot pursuit the sparrow flew into the privet hedge alas the sparrow hawk smashed into the hedge and just hung there for a while then dropped down into our garden and sat there but thankfully regained it's composure and flew into the tree at the bottom of the garden, I did not fancy putting that in a box and taking it to the local vets 

Another wonderful day spent locally again. Saw a few more scrub area birds today, such as  Bluethroat, loads of Garden Warblers (must have been a recent fall of them), Reed and Sedge Warblers, Bearded Tits, etc. Missed seeing the local Sea Eagle but saw all of the Geese take to the air when he apparently flew by (Local birder saw the Eagle). Saw a Little Gull out on the big lake and witnessed 2 Great Crested Grebes getting very friendly with their head bobbing and weaving antics. There's a Short Toed Treecreeper keeping us amused near the caravan.

Nice warm but rather windy weather but we were able to get a good walk in as well.

1st swifts of the year, for us today. Leighton Moss, lots of them flying low over the water. Still not many swallows about, though.

We’re staying for a few days at the Club’s Kendal site, no sight or sound of the woodcock yet, maybe tonight….🤞🙂

Grey Wagtails, cuckoo, all three common hirundines, quite a few thrushes and an osprey nest. Couldn’t quite see the occupants mind! (Bassenthwaite)

Actually got to see a Nightingale today, along with half a dozen Cattle Egrets, a Grasshopper Warbler and a wonderful Broad Bodied Chaser (dragonfly), along with plenty of the same type of willow scrub birds we've seen recently.

Trip to Foulshaw Moss today, not far from the campsite. 
Good views of tree sparrows, lesser redpoll, siskins, tree pipits etc. And, of course, the wonderful ospreys! 
Moved on to the nearby Meathop Moss for even better views of their ospreys. 
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Had a bike ride today so bird watching took a back seat. Nevertheless when we stopped for lunch in a "park type" reserve we saw White Storks, Nightingales and heard but couldn't find any of the 3 Golden Orioles we heard. Also saw a Middle Spotted W'pecker in flight.

They also had 2 Bewick Swans which seemed quite happy. I suppose they were either too old or ill to fly home.