scothunter 12,609 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Yea BGD it was good to see. Second time ive seen it. Next time i go up that way I'll take my tab try get a pic. It had a big branch in those talons. Must be renovating its nest somewhere. @dogman i live close to the coast and this old guy was telling me to look out for a pair of sea eagles. Im guessing he meant oospreys? Or are they different? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan85 722 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Yea BGD it was good to see. Second time ive seen it. Next time i go up that way I'll take my tab try get a pic. It had a big branch in those talons. Must be renovating its nest somewhere. @dogman i live close to the coast and this old guy was telling me to look out for a pair of sea eagles. Im guessing he meant oospreys? Or are they different? Sea Eagles definitely pal, bigger than the Golden Eagle even if not quite as impressive. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Yea BGD it was good to see. Second time ive seen it. Next time i go up that way I'll take my tab try get a pic. It had a big branch in those talons. Must be renovating its nest somewhere. @dogman i live close to the coast and this old guy was telling me to look out for a pair of sea eagles. Im guessing he meant oospreys? Or are they different? Different mate. I had a pair arrive on a shoot I had for a little while. Big birds. One of the estates I delivered too had a pair for a wee while. Would corner the poults with the wings out in the pen and kill lots. Not much you can do about it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 West coast katchum. @lab goldens or sea eagles? Yea i can imagine they would decimate a lot of poults in jig time lol I honestly thought you wouldn't have got an one bigger than the golden. Learn something new everyday cheers lads Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 West coast katchum. @lab goldens or sea eagles? Yea i can imagine they would decimate a lot of poults in jig time lol Sea eagles. The keeper did a wee bit on Countryfile ( I think) about them. He was worried that if they made a nest on the estate the shoot would be stopped because an exclusive zone around it. Load of bollocks. Anyway one died, electrocuted it's self. Kinda glad I was working a few big Labs and no a wee cocker anyway...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 West coast katchum. @lab goldens or sea eagles? Yea i can imagine they would decimate a lot of poults in jig time lol I honestly thought you wouldn't have got an one bigger than the golden. Learn something new everyday cheers lads They're the same family as the American bald eagle mate, look the same but without the white head and neck feathers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_eagle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Seen quite a few things since i moved here. See a pair of otters most mornings. Few pine martins. Also a dolphin or porpoise in the Caledonian canal. The lock keeper opened the lock to let it go back into the sea loch. oh and good few red deer, but there f***ing everywhere they deer lol some are f***ing huge and eyeball me and the dog till we pass. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 NO SWALLOWS IN NORTH EAST JUST YET BUT CAME ACROSS THIS MISTLE THRUSH WITH NIGH ON FULLY FLEDGED CHICKS 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 immigrants them swallows.fcuk em. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 No swallows......but saw a pair of these out back of mine today, way off range apparently? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,608 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 NO SWALLOWS IN NORTH EAST JUST YET BUT CAME ACROSS THIS MISTLE THRUSH WITH NIGH ON FULLY FLEDGED CHICKSCracking pic mate. Got a blackbird on eggs in the stable but that's an early brood of thrushes. Will be fledged soon looking at size of them. Did well to bring them off with no leaf cover.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomburras 2,730 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 Lots of bats out tonight finally - got them taking midges from round my head. Also seen lots of sandmartins in north yorks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 Lots of bats out tonight finally - got them taking midges from round my head. Also seen lots of sandmartins in north yorks.Also seen a load of sand martins today, SW Pembs.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 Saw lots of bats yesterday evening. Little England. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) A bit of a tenuous link, but this place apparently, is home to one of the biggest colonies of swallows in Europe..... I visited Doel today, an almost abandoned village near Antwerp port. They started buying this place up to expand the port in the late 90's , but several years later & an ongoing legal battle with about 25 people refusing to leave..........it's now an attraction to some, especially to graffiti artists. My wife wouldn't even get out of the motor! Haha.......most buildings are vandalised in some way, with people actually living among the wreckage..... Like some dystopian vision of post apocalypse..... Edited April 2, 2017 by Accip74 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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