Seen Over Your House Today

[PR19_Kit]

We have a swarm/squadron/crowd/LOTS of swifts live in the eaves of a house just up the hill from us. Summer evenings sees them doing their training flights for their 'Black and White Arrows' display. As JayBee says, they're masters of the stall turn and chandelle etc.

Of course I like them as they have very high aspect ratio wings. 

[kitnut617]

We have a family of Barn Swallows in the yard too, zooming around after the mosquitos.  Very hard to get a photo of them.  Another interesting bird which frequents the yard a lot are Northern Flickers, these are of the woodpecker family and are quite large in size. Only instead of pecking at trees, they do the same at the ground. They particularly like ants ---  I'll try to get a photo of them when they're around because they quite colourful.  We also get huge flocks of Bohemian Waxwings and their cousins, Cedar Waxwings.

[darthspud]

A very
poorly HC1 Merlin limped over casa d'darth at lunchtime, sounded half past dead and was only just making headway. Hope it got down safely.

[Spey_Phantom]

this morning, a pair of BAF F-16AM's flew over heading SW 

[Weaver]

More heard than seen, but something fast and jet powered flew over my house yesterday, but I couldn't get to a window or an area with a view in time to see anything. Just been talking to a mate, and it seems it was one of the RAF Typhoons which escorted a Quatar Airways A330 into Manchester Airport following a hoax bomb threat...

[Captain Canada]

A friend has a Trumpet vine in his yard, and then Hummingbirds flock to it. Pretty neat to see ! And very entertaining when they fight !

[NARSES2]

The most interesting birds I see in the UK are the Swifts (might be swallows) when I'm up on the farm. They nest in the stables,

Nesting in the stables, they much more likely to be Swallows Chris.
Swifts tend to nest on the outside of buildings whereas Swallows do not mind being inside.

Jim

Cheers Jim.

There are birds nesting in the eves as well so maybe there are both on the farm ? I'll have to have a good look next time I'm up and they are around

[JayBee]

Just had a Kuwait Air Force C-17 depart Prestwick.
Why was it here, well my guess is that it was picking up a cargo of lamb carcases.
Ramadan has just finished and at this time of year, when I was in Airtraffiuc at Edinburgh we always got cargo filghts collecting lamb for the celebrations.

Jim

[Captain Canada]

Heard a Herc fly over. Love that sound. It was a hot and hazy day, and he was way up there in the parts where there were no contrails. So I never actually saw it, but I'm pretty sure of that sound.

[zenrat]

Kookaburras were going crazy in the backyard yesterday laughing and cackling away as the Tree Fellers took down a peppermint gum the possums killed off by eating all the new growth.

[Green Dragon]

We got buzzed by ten fast jets trying to rip our roof off! I assume it was the Red Arrows? Came out of Edinburgh very low and fast about 20:40 ish.


Paul Harrison

[Old Wombat]

Seen over my "house" a couple of days ago;


Silver Bosun (Tropic) Bird


Golden Bosun (Tropic) Bird

Seen in front of my "house" in the same 12 hour period;


Nankeen Kestrel having a dust bath


Robber Crab (a.k.a. Coconut Crab) - ruler is 30cm/12" to give an idea of size.

[zenrat]

Cool.
I'd do nothing but watch wildlife all day.

[kerick]

Two Chinooks flew over town yesterday. Might have been the National Guard boys out for a little training.

[thesolitarycyclist]

Wharton Hall farm near Gainsborough Lincolnshire. Two Tornado GR 4s and a Hercules doing low levels about 200ft at a guess