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Post by bisdu on Jan 24, 2014 18:05:02 GMT 1
Any ornithologists out there? Yesterday I saw a flock of birds, 50 - 60 perhaps, landing in a field of stubble and begin eating the seeds (i assume) They were the size of a collared dove with black backs and a white underside - definately NOT magpies though. Any ideas?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 19:46:03 GMT 1
Think it may have been a peewit (Northern Lapwing)..see lots round here..did it look like this? Attachment Deleted |
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Post by bisdu on Jan 24, 2014 19:54:00 GMT 1
Could be....not sure I saw the crest but they were a distance off so might well have had them - thanks Pete
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Post by tinkerbell on Jan 25, 2014 14:59:57 GMT 1
Had the same experience last week but ours were Redwings.They were feeding for over half an hour and a lovely sight to see.Go round in flocks this time of year.All just disappeared within a minute.No pic as was pouring down and misty.
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Post by Ali on Jan 25, 2014 23:24:32 GMT 1
It's apple time - perhaps they are redwings and blackbird family diving onto the apples left over from autumn - I adore watching them from the windows .... is like a heaving soil
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Post by tinkerbell on Jan 26, 2014 0:27:02 GMT 1
Not after windfalls.Spread right across grassed area and seemed to be eating everything in their path-all going in same direction.Just like a police search.
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