Showing posts with label Blue & Yellow Macaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue & Yellow Macaw. Show all posts

Monday, 6 June 2022

Did not expect that!

Overcast, 14°, light W.

Firstly, some belated news from Friday of a Turtle Dove heard “purring” c150m north east of primary school but not since. Presumably a migrant passing thru. Per Richard Broughton.

Secondly, not what you expect but the pair of Blue and Yellow Macaw doing a tour of the village again but this time retrieved by their keeper and their bout of freedom is at an end.

Back to normality and fairly quiet elsewhere around the village. A Lesser Whitethroat and Corn Bunting along the Bunk line, a Grey Wagtail nearby and a Cormorant over.

River/Marsh: Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Nuthatch etc.

Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle, Banded Demoiselle, White-legged Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly.

Butterflies: Large Skipper, Painted Lady, Meadow Brown & Small Heath.

Paul & Alan.

Blue & Yellow Macaw ↕

Yellow Wagtail courtesy Alan
White-legged Damselfly courtesy Alan

Sunday, 17 April 2022

Grebes and a touch of the Tropical

Mainly sunny, 18°, light S.

Not a lot to report today. Just a pair of Great Crested Grebe on the river that appeared to be moving through.

And quite bizarrely a report of 2 Blue and Yellow Macaw flying over Station Road by a colleague of Richard Broughton’s.
Apparently seen the following day in Ewelme then Lewknor.  

Must have been quite a sight to see. A native of tropical South America popular with aviculturists.

A few butterflies in the garden today, Brimstone, Small White & Holly Blue and a Green-veined White seen by Alan.

Green-veined courtesy Alan
Great Crested Grebe courtesy Alan
Common Whitethroat courtesy Alan