Yes, strange. They nest near Catania airport .Mate took a photo of one on its nest on a telegraph pole in Latvia. They’re very rare in this country but have nested in Lakenheath Fen, not far from Mildenhall but what I find strange is they’re sighted and nest in 2 places that have serious amounts of noise from the jets from the USAF bases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath.
Gambia/Senegal by any chance fantastic wild bird life especially up river past the mangroves , same here in East Africa they are blessed with abundancenice spot!
not a twitcher but do go to west africa for a couple of weeks in winter for sun and bird photography
spot on. Gambia a good winter destination to top up vitamins, lovely people and lots of photography options lolGambia/Senegal by any chance fantastic wild bird life especially up river past the mangroves , same here in East Africa they are blessed with abundance
Fnarr FnarrShould this be called the “show us your stork” thread?
Wow!I saw these storks nesting in Spain a few weeks ago. Also videoed a letter spotted woodpecker drumming on a tree.
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Wonderful to see that. They don’t have enough insects to feed on in Northern Europe nowadays. I think If I was flapping all the way from South Africa, I’d probably stop at Portugal, too!Round my way in the last 25 years or so the house martin has been in steady decline but not the case in Portugal it seems, my mate sent me this photo whilst he’s on holiday there.
They’ve finally realised it’s too cold here.
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Well they must have left early this year, our autumn is unusually wet and cold this year. I don’t see a lot of Storks here but we do get the Blue Crane which is a sight to behold - and SA’s National bird.Wonderful to see that. They don’t have enough insects to feed on in Northern Europe nowadays. I think If I was flapping all the way from South Africa, I’d probably stop at Portugal, too!
Round my way in the last 25 years or so the house martin has been in steady decline but not the case in Portugal it seems, my mate sent me this photo whilst he’s on holiday there.
They’ve finally realised it’s too cold here.
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Should this thread not be titled the "Other" birds thread