tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6298975762316683707..comments2024-03-19T01:38:12.447+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-7066493669855145122018-07-14T19:30:42.871+01:002018-07-14T19:30:42.871+01:00Thanks. I always seem to get Whites wrong.Thanks. I always seem to get Whites wrong.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-85585872153952002562018-07-14T19:30:09.899+01:002018-07-14T19:30:09.899+01:00Yes, but you have to catch your cygnet and rear it...Yes, but you have to catch your cygnet and rear it in isolation. Our Wildlife Office is terribly overworked, with three parks to look after.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-4143273203921895582018-07-14T12:33:30.349+01:002018-07-14T12:33:30.349+01:00It seems that Angel wing is actually treatable:
h...It seems that Angel wing is actually treatable:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/yorkshireswanrescue/photos/a.10151249965716595.439531.15554796594/10154512557696595/?type=3<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-60719185466620106952018-07-14T04:35:58.470+01:002018-07-14T04:35:58.470+01:00Hi Ralph- the extensive black on the wingtip makes...Hi Ralph- the extensive black on the wingtip makes this a Large White. small White never has this extent of black on the wing. Certainly good numbers of all 3 common white species about currently.<br /><br />Great the tuftie chicks seem to be flourishing.Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-77313890022153686442018-07-14T02:51:47.443+01:002018-07-14T02:51:47.443+01:00I've never seen a bumblebee in such a state of...I've never seen a bumblebee in such a state of excitement. No idea of what it was trying to do.<br /><br />Theoretically the ducklings could survive, as they feed themselves. But their chances are severely reduced. I haven't seen their mother with the three others. Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-61233059805669927522018-07-13T23:03:26.662+01:002018-07-13T23:03:26.662+01:00I so love bumblebees, so today is a special treat....I so love bumblebees, so today is a special treat. What is it doing in that white rose? It looks as if it is trying to coat itself completely in pollen.<br /><br />Grebes are such good parents. Well, they are model citizens in almost any respect, and as they are much more sensible, prudent, thoughtful, devoted, and intelligent than we are, we'd fare better if government was in their hands (well, webbed feet).<br /><br />How terrible about those two abandoned ducklings. Do they have a chance?TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com