Local Wildlife

[Hugo]

They were at it in the Spinnies too,  a bit of an orgy was going on with two drakes to one female.     

[Nemesis]

Walking on the pavement this morning at West Shore I encountered a very large, lone swan. I made to walk in the road to avoid the bird as I had the dog with me. " I'm trying to get it back across the road "said a man in fluorescent gear. He got between the swan and the wall and tried to shoo it. The swan promptly turned round and jabbed him right where it would hurt ! Sorry, but I had to laugh !

[Hugo]

There was a flock of Curlews in the field opposite Llandrillo College today but I couldn't get near enough to take a decent photo.

[Hugo]

Some of the birds in Conwy

[Hugo]

As it was such a nice day, I popped down to Angel Bay in Penrhyn Bay and had a look at the Seals on the beach.   The tide was coming in quickly and a group of 12 or more were congregated at the far end of the beach.

[Hugo]

I was just about to let our dog go out into the garden for the last time tonight when the security light came on and I could see the Badger munching away at the peanuts I had left. The noise must have disturbed the Badger because he shot off into our neighbours garden.
I put our dog back in the house and had to go in the garden and scare off any others that may have been out of sight at the top of the garden.
When it was safe to do so I let the dog out and he just ran around like a headless chicken but at least I knew he was safe from the Badger.

[Hugo]

ME will you please come and collect your birds as they are pooping on my roof and costing me a bomb in birdfood.     

[Merddin Emrys]

None of mine there, they are your very own tame pigeons lol! Lovely birds!  D)

[Hugo]

Some of the birds in Newborough Forest today

[SteveH]

There were comments on murmurations earlier, there is a short video attatched to this link....

Watch up to 30,000 starlings above Conwy Estuary in spectacular formation.
Birds of a feather certainly flocked together above Conwy this month drawing thousands of avid watchers from all over the UK.

Thousands of the species have gathered each evening over the last month over the estuary before dropping into the reeds at the RSPB reserve to roost overnight.

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/watch-up-30000-starlings-above-11114939

[Hugo]

My wife gave our dog Marco his first haircut of the year and we put some of the cuttings in the back garden.    It wasn't long before the Crows came and took some away, at least they'll have nice warm nests in the nearby woods.

[DVT]

Apologies for being pedantic - but aren't those jackdaws?

Last year our rabbit, sadly no longer with us, used to be tormented by a magpie that would hop up behind him and take tufts out of his tail to take to the nest!

[Fester]

Apologies for being pedantic - but aren't those jackdaws?

Last year our rabbit, sadly no longer with us, used to be tormented by a magpie that would hop up behind him and take tufts out of his tail to take to the nest!

Jackdaws were ripping up loads of newspaper in then street today, shredding it for nesting material

[Hugo]

Apologies for being pedantic - but aren't those jackdaws?

Last year our rabbit, sadly no longer with us, used to be tormented by a magpie that would hop up behind him and take tufts out of his tail to take to the nest!

Well spotted DVT    Jackdaws and Magpies are both members of the crow family, or, more technically, corvids.   Today there were two Jackdaws and two Crows helping themselves to the cuttings and one of the Crows is in the first picture. They were a young pair of Carrion Crows and they were quite nervous  ones too.

In this photo the Carrion Crow is in flight in the centre and the Jackdaws are either side of it, while the Pigeon is  just not interested in the cuttings

[Fester]

Not local but.... cute!
The male Stork has returned from migration, to its injured mate, for the 15th straight year!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35936411