tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post5406305520827912301..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-23389361679377792682017-07-25T20:30:10.385+01:002017-07-25T20:30:10.385+01:00Never realised that Britain was a spider haven. I&...Never realised that Britain was a spider haven. I'm always pleased to see them, because you have one spider instead of a hundred flies.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-45823527993044117142017-07-25T19:58:04.844+01:002017-07-25T19:58:04.844+01:00Great picture of the Barn Owls! Lovely to see that...Great picture of the Barn Owls! Lovely to see that they are doing better than in previous years.<br /><br />The picture of Southern Migrant Hawker's backlit wings is so wonderful. It looks like something out of a fairy tale.<br /><br />One of the things that startled me the most when I first visited England was, how many spiders there were in plain sight. I am something of a rehabbed arachnophobe. The first weeks were tough. Then I realized that a large spider population is a very small price to pay for all the glorious green vegetation everywhere.TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-77544076401041441732017-07-24T20:02:11.032+01:002017-07-24T20:02:11.032+01:00I was lucky enough to be shown round the place by ...I was lucky enough to be shown round the place by an insect maven, who knew where the most interesting ones were to be found.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-74638550078308616592017-07-24T11:22:26.589+01:002017-07-24T11:22:26.589+01:00I went to Rainham on Saturday afternoon and bagged...I went to Rainham on Saturday afternoon and bagged the same kestrel and little grebe (but with two chicks); and also some splendid Bearded Tit youngsters, 3 of a reported brood of 8, with one parent. Not an insect to be seen, though - the weather was grey to dark-grey, and the rain, when it came, positively Old Testament. harryghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-24693741231553419402017-07-22T20:38:44.482+01:002017-07-22T20:38:44.482+01:00The BBC can't tolerate silence, even for a sec...The BBC can't tolerate silence, even for a second. They are, after all, in the yakking business.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29819784420063005132017-07-22T20:37:36.825+01:002017-07-22T20:37:36.825+01:00Thank you.Thank you.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-17516759201087026262017-07-22T15:52:55.906+01:002017-07-22T15:52:55.906+01:00Good stuff. In the second minute of the BBC docume...Good stuff. In the second minute of the BBC documentary "Alfred of Wessex", rebroadcast this week, there are two sequences of a barn owl hunting over marsh with the sound of wingbeats dubbed on, inappropriate enough but the sound doesn't even match the wingstrokes at one point. Jim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-41494847155081049162017-07-22T15:15:58.045+01:002017-07-22T15:15:58.045+01:00Nice shots!
Nice shots!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506801504471952656noreply@blogger.com