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Wildlife March 2010
« on: March 16, 2010, 09:41:58 PM »
It's that time of year again.

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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2010, 09:55:33 PM »
Quote from: fredg on March 16, 2010, 09:41:58 PM
It's that time of year again.


Ah, yes,  loved up young couples checking out smart new apartments, it must be Spring !
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2010, 10:05:23 PM »
Which one is Jack the lad  ::)
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2010, 10:22:43 PM »
I watched a pair 'carry' sticks to a very tight nest site. All sticks fell yet they tried over and over

Saw first frogs on 2010 on Saturday

goodness me two typos in one sentence  :(
« Last Edit: March 18, 2010, 05:42:30 PM by mark smyth »
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 12:05:23 PM »
When I took this photo I saw the bee but not the spider - a close encounter but the bee got away  ;)
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 04:12:16 PM »
Our Jackdaws are still struggling after the coldest winter since the 70s and now when it finally started warming up, the deepest snow fall of the winter so that all farmland, their main food ,is deep in snow, so they're now foraging along the outer tide line on the fjord. We have a roost only a km away and it's always a joy to see large flocks coming in at dusk doing aerobatics over the house on their way. Their not so playful now, trying to conserve energy. Up to a couple of weeks ago we had around 500 passing each evening, pretty well the entire population of this area.

This morning a real sign of spring, an Oystercatcher doing a fly by, the first of the year and about two weeks late.
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 04:25:27 PM »
Just saw something I hadn't seen before. A pair of bullfinches sitting in a Hazel, nibbling the emerging catkins - their beaks were yellow with pollen! I know they take buds and cause a lot of damage to fruit trees, but this was a new one on me....
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 08:16:45 PM »
Stephen,
interesting - would be happy to have bullfinches visiting my garden or even better breeding in the bushes :D
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2010, 02:13:14 PM »
Wild Journeys an Irish wildlife programme starts again tomorrow. Those outside of  Ireland can pick it up on SKY on channel 161
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2010, 06:13:52 PM »
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2010, 07:55:44 PM »
Mark,
amazing Swifts. Reminds me to built a nest box :P
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2010, 08:36:39 PM »
Not exactly wildlife but certainly feral.

Just how many is a trayful?
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2010, 10:07:26 PM »
Having a communal bath?
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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2010, 09:33:47 AM »
Quote from: mark smyth on March 20, 2010, 06:13:52 PM
The common swift, Apus apus, is the fastest bird
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8539000/8539383.stm?utm_campaign=March%2Bnewsletter&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email

Quote: "The birds reach top speed during bouts of mating"

Even more astonishing! What other creatures mate at speed?

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Re: Wildlife March 2010
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2010, 01:27:28 PM »
Quote from: Stephenb on March 21, 2010, 09:33:47 AM

Even more astonishing! What other creatures mate at speed?


Questions like that are designed to lure me into trouble  ::)
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