Hoopoe

[mackem 29,858]

2 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Same as goosanders mate they have been spotted on the river Don that runs through Rotherham town.

I have seen a few goosanders mate,they are like the mergansers over here,seen all sorts of birds the last few weeks,the migration south is underway.

[steve66 3,778]

Just been watching about a belted king fisher only ever 4 been recorded in the uk , should be in north America so blown well off course 

that would be amazing to see /photograph  

[mitre 354]

Nice looking unusual bird makes you wonder what else as came over our shores I remember we had some waxwing birds over here some time back from a other country 

[mackem 29,858]

6 minutes ago, mitre said:

Nice looking unusual bird makes you wonder what else as came over our shores I remember we had some waxwing birds over here some time back from a other country 

Waxwing were regular winter visitors to Sunderland when I was a kid,the local newspaper would report their arrival and I would see them often when I was walking my dogs.

[Daniel cain 49,283]

26 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Same as goosanders mate they have been spotted on the river Don that runs through Rotherham town.

When I'm at the lake/rivers,I  shoot any  cormorants/goosanders on site,f**k the Twitchers ...

 

[Greyman 32,252]

26 minutes ago, steve66 said:

Just been watching about a belted king fisher only ever 4 been recorded in the uk , should be in north America so blown well off course 

that would be amazing to see /photograph  

The one and only lamaguire vulture to venture into England as far as I know and I saw it twice before it got spotted by the birdies 

[jukel123 9,605]

Cormorants and goosanders eat a lot of salmon fry and smolts. Neither belong on our rivers. Cormorants are marine birds and goosanders ate foreign imports.

You can get a licence to control them but they only allow you to kill a dozen birds. Some controllers aren't great counters though.

[tatsblisters 11,035]

36 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

When I'm at the lake/rivers,I  shoot any  cormorants/goosanders on site,f**k the Twitchers ...

 

Tbh I would do the same. 

[paddyluke 844]

On 27/09/2025 at 15:24, wildman said:

Can believe it been a keen bird watcher all my life seen some nice, interesting birds ,never thought I'd see a hoopoe , just spent last hour watching one in my back garden did get a photo on my phone not very good not gonna put it up because it has the farms name on .we don't need thousands of twichers descending on us 

there was one down my way a week or two ago, all the birders calling for a look then a dog walker walked past and his dog spooked the hoopoe which took flight and it was taken by a peregrine falcon

Edited 5 hours ago by paddyluke

[Bendigo 1,146]

6 hours ago, jukel123 said:

Cormorants and goosanders eat a lot of salmon fry and smolts. Neither belong on our rivers. Cormorants are marine birds and goosanders ate foreign imports.

You can get a licence to control them but they only allow you to kill a dozen birds. Some controllers aren't great counters though.

I believe a lot of the cormorants are actually freshwater birds that have come from the continent rather than our marine birds. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Bendigo