Had to deal with an issue regarding peregrine falcons nesting in a pylon once. Didn’t see them with my own eyes but saw photos of the nest in the pylon.
I have seen one on the grass eating a blackbird in my garden (kestrel) Also ive heard owls in trees but havent seen them
Also saw a woodpecker in a tree, do they count
Greater or lesser spotted (neither count)
Neither, it was green
Doesn’t count
Never been intimidated by any bird but a goose (she aggressively chased me away for photographing her children, and rightly so)
Deepfake other than number 3
Reintroduction project in the 90s means you see loads about now, used to be on the decline back in the 1950s due to lack of food and persecution.
Seen Hobbies nesting in trees at my local nature reserve.
Real birds only please
You’re just jealous they didn’t invite you to their table football game.
Picture 1 reminds me that I’ve also seen an osprey in a tree, but only via an RSPB telescope that was literally a mile away and the osprey was just a tiny blob in the middle of the viewfinder.
you must have amazing eyesight
Sadly no. The RSPB had set it up and were letting people have a go. It was a known nest. I don’t know why they didn’t put it nearer, but there was a big lake in the way and it was up the side of a hill.
I went to a medieval thing at Cardiff castle that involved some falconry. The highlight of the weekend was spending ten minutes listening to the falconry man telling the crowd how well trained and safe the birds were, and then watching the falcon immediately disappear into a tree as soon as the hood came off.
you were a mile away from the telescope mate it’s impressive stuff. you should have been out there hunting with the ornithic lad not watching him from a distance.
I saw a bird the morning with the body of a sparrow and the beak of a duck
