SPRINGWATCH ...

[Smug in Boots]

... HAWAY!

Even if you don't usually watch it, come on, you should make sure you sit down with your kids and watch.

There's nothing more important than the natural world and the sheer joy & beauty it produces.

If your kids never learn another thing let them discover a love of nature ...

... it's nectar to the soul and gratifying how many people have turned to nature in a time of crisis.

 

[RTB]

My kids are past the stage of watching TV with mam & dad.
Any way I've been doing my own Spring / Summer watch over the last few weeks

This is Mr Heron in the local park

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And this family of geese

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[Smug in Boots]

It's an absolute joy mate, just showed your photos to Mrs Smug.

We've just had a nest of 5 wagtails fledge ...

... the relief that they all made it was enormous.

 

[Iansun]

The bairns more into playing fortnite

 

[master-simpson]

Saw a Whitethroat for the 1st time when I was out for a walk the other day.
Then I checked the RSPB site only to find out they’re really common.



Bart

 

[Ban the Ketchup]

my son is 13, I think he has a keen interest in nature because his internet search history has a lot of mentions of beaver and tits

 

[gelders pie]

The bairns more into playing fortnite

I think the kids who shout about saving the planet , hardly know and understand what exactly they want to save

 

[Kittenmittons]

My back garden is a bit of a training ground for a family of blackbirds. Woke up this morning to find ma and da showing a baba how to fly. Scuttling around the garden, then they hid it in a bush and went off.

Tonight a pair of magpies have been hanging about and the dad has been chasing them off for about 4hrs. ****ers. I love the blackbirds, they've been here with me for years.

Anyway aye, I love the birds but hate the mags, it's just like normal.

 

[Iansun]

I think the kids who shout about saving the planet , hardly know and understand what exactly they want to save

That's very true

 

[Blond Bombshell]

My back garden is a bit of a training ground for a family of blackbirds. Woke up this morning to find ma and da showing a baba how to fly. Scuttling around the garden, then they hid it in a bush and went off.

Tonight a pair of magpies have been hanging about and the dad has been chasing them off for about 4hrs. ****ers. I love the blackbirds, they've been here with me for years.

Anyway aye, I love the birds but hate the mags, it's just like normal.

Get your gun Joe... You are allowed by law to rid the land of magpies

 

[Perritts Parrot]

Get your gun Joe... You are allowed by law to rid the land of magpies

They're horrible creatures, will kill off all the other smaller birds younguns .

 

[arthur]

They're horrible creatures, will kill off all the other smaller birds younguns .

If the cats have left any.

 

[clockstander]

Cats and Dogs urgh.

 

[master-simpson]

my son is 13, I think he has a keen interest in nature because his internet search history has a lot of mentions of beaver and tits

Bart

 

[Kittenmittons]

Hmmm, I didn't realise that I'm allowed to do that, but I'll definitely protect the Blackbirds. The mags sound like they've been out already today judging by the mother blackbird's alarm call.

 

[clockstander]

Cats and Dogs urgh.

Censorship ? .

 

[safc-noggieland]

Cats and Dogs urgh.

Mind I quite like their steps.
OK I’ll get me coat. . . .

 

[Smug in Boots]

The farmer, in the big fields around us, is baling straw at the moment which is disturbing mice, rabbits, birds, etc.

I was working outside earlier and noticed the birds of prey are taking advantage. There was a black winged kite being chased away by two larger birds, red kites I think ...

... the aerial display was like watching a WW2 dogfight, absolutely incredible.