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  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Gribbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    knowing the French they would probably eat it.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    Happy Birthday @Leuth
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,222
    Leuth said:
    Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down. 



    Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!! 

    Great little bird the dipper . Seen quite a few in Wales. 
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,202
    Leuth said:
    Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down. 



    Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!! 

    Cumbria is Dipper-Central. Always a nice spot though. 
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,222
    Groibbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller. 
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    Leuth said:
    Picture the scene. Your boy Leuth, 36th birthday, wants to go on the Abraham Heights cable car. His extremely reasonable partner observes that is it 26 quid each for a tourist trap. He sullenly agrees and tags behind as they pass back along the Derwent. And then he looks down. 



    Been waiting my whole life to see one of these. And it happens on my birthday!! 

    Was delighted to spot 2 of them in different parts of the River Frome, on holiday in Somerset last year.
    First I'd seen for literally 40 years, in Scotland back in '82.

  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    I'm not going to lie though, the highlight of 2022 was seeing my first (and second) White Tailed Eagle in Poole Harbour. Sorry, no photo.
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,222
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    I'm not going to lie though, the highlight of 2022 was seeing my first (and second) White Tailed Eagle in Poole Harbour. Sorry, no photo.
    Brilliant. I need to see one of these. Occasional visitor to Norfolk but a visit to Scotland or the IOW will hopefully do it 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,523
    KettsJohn said:
    Groibbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller. 
    They make a very distinctive sound John. We heard them every year in our little woodland, but never actually saw one. Then I rescued this one.

    @Stig @WSS @Lookout Can't remember who the tech one is out of you lot, but is there any way of uploading a video on here?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,523
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    knowing the French they would probably eat it.
    I was astounded by the amount of people just going straight over him before I got the chance to pick him up. You could clearly see him from quite a way off and it was easy to swerve to the side. 

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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,523
    I "Tweeted" it (see what I did there?) -

  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,523
    Got one on Mrs phone of me feeding him out of my hand, but it's on her phone and she's at work
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Gribbo said:
    Hal1x said:
    Gribbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    knowing the French they would probably eat it.
    I was astounded by the amount of people just going straight over him before I got the chance to pick him up. You could clearly see him from quite a way off and it was easy to swerve to the side. 
    Well done for stopping.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    Gribbo said:
    KettsJohn said:
    Groibbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller. 
    They make a very distinctive sound John. We heard them every year in our little woodland, but never actually saw one. Then I rescued this one.

    @Stig @WSS @Lookout Can't remember who the tech one is out of you lot, but is there any way of uploading a video on here?
    Not me, that's for sure ;)
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,768
    I would love to see a waxwing again. Many years ago, the house we lived in had a large cotoneaster bush and I was amazed to see these wonderful birds enjoying the berries. They are very exotic looking birds and are winter visitors from northern Europe.

    I am a member of a Facebook group for waxwing sightings.  There have been quite a few sightings this winter, mainly in Scotland and the north of England, unfortunately they haven't ventured further south.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    KettsJohn said:
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    I'm not going to lie though, the highlight of 2022 was seeing my first (and second) White Tailed Eagle in Poole Harbour. Sorry, no photo.
    Brilliant. I need to see one of these. Occasional visitor to Norfolk but a visit to Scotland or the IOW will hopefully do it 
    I've pm'd you mate
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,523
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    I'm not going to lie though, the highlight of 2022 was seeing my first (and second) White Tailed Eagle in Poole Harbour. Sorry, no photo.
    Sorry mate, don't believe you
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    Gribbo said:
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    I'm not going to lie though, the highlight of 2022 was seeing my first (and second) White Tailed Eagle in Poole Harbour. Sorry, no photo.
    Sorry mate, don't believe you
    I can draw you a picture? 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    edited April 2023
    One to have a guess at.


  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,132
    Great Northern Diver?

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    Good thinking, but no.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    KettsJohn said:
    Groibbo said:
    Little Golden Oriole I rescued from the middle of the road in France. Got a video of him eating maggots out my hand and out of a pot but can't upload them. 

    He ended up in the local wildlife sanstuary in the end, where the women thought he was a Kingfisher




    Occasional visitor to Britain, especially here in Norfolk. Always been one of my favourite birds since I was a kid along with the Roller. 
    Lucky enough to see one in Kent back in the late 80's. Pretty rare to see them in the UK.
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,222
    Stig said:
    One to have a guess at.


    Tufted Duck?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    Good guess, and this one was with a bunch of tufties, but no.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,391
    Greater scaup then? The only other one that looks like that...
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,391
    (You can see its upperparts are grey rather than black, which is the tell)
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    Good thinking, but still not quite there. It was in fact a Pochard.


  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Stig said:
    Good thinking, but still not quite there. It was in fact a Pochard.


    looks nuffink like a pilchard?,
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,506
    Have any of you guys ever seen or heard a Woodlark singing…..better still any photos you may have taken stating where and when?
    Cheers.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,098
    edited May 2023
    Sadly, I've never seen one but there are lots of photos here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=7363&verifiable=any

    Edit - if you look at the ones that are marked as 'Research Grade' they'll all have location data unless the observer has deliberately requested that it be hidden. This is for worldwide sightings, but you can go into map view and narrow it down however you want.

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