Hi Steve,Steve29 said:I also have a question about some strange Jackdaw behaviour I saw on my roof on Saturday. A pair of jackdaws, which are breeding in neighbours chimney, had a dead Chaffinch and one of them was plucking the chaffinch. They flew to the chimney pots and I could see feathers flying into the air for about 5 mins. Later one of them went into the chimney and the second waited on the TV aerial. Presumably the jackdaws didnt kill the c'finch and also that they wouldnt be able to tear its flesh to eat it so was the c'finch already dead, just used as a one stop feather shop to line its nest? Any ideas? Has anyone seen this before?
breffni said:About 40 sand martins and at least 6 white wags at templetown beach today - sand martins established a pioneer nesting site on part of the sand cliff that fell away...+ a dozen or so swallows with the easterly wind - haven't seen a wheatear yet.
The highlight at Tacumshin was a glaucous gull, it was there both times we visited. Really is an excellent place for all sorts of birds. It was very hazy while we were there and I'm sure there was plenty more we couldn't see. Lady's Island was excellent too and we didn't have a lot of time to spend there but the highlight there would have been the garganey spotted by Tommy, along with gadwall, shovelers, and a mallard with a string of 15 ducklings. Our visit to the north slobs was disappointing as there were no geese there so still haven't managed to see the snow geese.MargaretM said:Tacumshin and Lady's Island well worth the visit, Sandra will fill in the details on them. .
Well done for the garganey - i went to the lagan to seen gregory the garganey - a well known character in those parts - but he was away the day i went...ardnasx1 said:the garganey spotted by Tommy, along with gadwall, shovelers, and a mallard with a string of 15 ducklings.
Thats a lovely shot of the Sandmartin Breffni.breffni said:-
The sandmartins are great though...
Might be good for dragonflies/butterflies later on...Peter Phillips said:You can walk through most of the fen at the moment its quite dry. Lots of frogs and some illegal dumping.