I had a Hummingbird Hawk moth in my garden this morning, Poole, Dorset.
That is the earliest I’ve seen one and it was cold and breezy.
I guess it overwintered here. lyndalambert.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
#Hummingbirdhawkmoth
@harbourbirds.bsky.social White Tailed Eagle flying very high over West Morden now.
We have a lot of Nuthatches in my Dads garden this year, enjoying a bath in this hot weather. I missed out on a garden visit from the Cuckoo yesterday morning. #birdphotography @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Some photos of the Sandwich Tern chicks from a rainy day a couple of weeks ago. Soggy chicks trying to stay dry on Brownsea Island. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @martinadams1.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
Roseate tern on brownsea this am @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Great to see the Avocet chicks doing well at Normandy lagoon
#Hampshirewildlife #birdphotography
We ringed the Poole peregrines brood this morning. 4 healthy chicks (3 females and 1 male). Ringed, colour ringed, biometrics and DNA sampling. White on blue colour rings (DZ, HD, HF, HG). Thanks to Stonewater for access and my experienced ringing assistant Terry Elborn.
White tailed Tropicbirds nest in trees, even at ground level on predator free islands like this one taken on Aride Island in the Seychelles.
When the chick is fat enough the mother will abandon it until it is so hungry it will make its way to the sea.
