Comments on QUICKSILVERBIRDS BLOG: A Beltane May-Day

Hi Andrew, my first visit here, and you are right...

2009-05-05T18:20:00.000+01:00

Hi Andrew,

my first visit here, and you are right, it is sandy there.

I still have not heard a skylark here this year, but I am pretty sure they are already back for the water pipits are really giving it great guns up in the mountains.

Happy birding
Dale
http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com

Hi Miranda, sounds like France was a lot warmer th...

2009-05-05T07:33:00.000+01:00

Hi Miranda, sounds like France was a lot warmer than the UK this weekend, started well but yesterday was chilly and a keen wind. It must be spring!!

Thanks Mary, I'd not quite go as far as poetic :-) Sad to hear the loss of your trees nearby, too many trees being lost in cities.

Shysongbird, Edward Thomas is often overlooked for the more popular pastoral poets, but I think he should be more widely recognised.

Hi Jane, good to hear you're still keeping Florida's wildlife on it's toes. I don't have photos of Kestrel's I'm afraid, well apart from one which could be a speck of dust on the lens.

Thanks Oldcrow, I hope you had a good Beltane day too.

I'm impressed with that driftwood shelter. Great ...

2009-05-03T20:59:00.000+01:00

I'm impressed with that driftwood shelter. Great piece of poetry you've written, lol. Got a laugh out of it. Hope you had a good Beltane.

Was the blackthorn blossom good near you? it was s...

2009-05-03T13:17:00.000+01:00

Was the blackthorn blossom good near you? it was stunning in Dorset. Haven't seen the hawthorn yet (as still in USA). Wonderful poems, makes me think of the spotted flycatchers which turn up every year to nest in the box on the side of our house. I know summer is here when I see them.

I've been working on a Kestrel nestbox webcam this week for Dorset Wildlife trust (see more at my blog). Please pass on the link to anyone you think will be interested - we've named them Chris & Kate (after the Springwatch presenters! - and because Chris is the Wildlife Trust vice-president). No eggs yet, but hopefully any day now. Very exciting.

I'm looking for photos of kestrel, so if you have any, and don't mind them being used, please let me know! Thanks. Jane.

Great post Andrew and I loved the Edward Thomas po...

2009-05-02T12:43:00.000+01:00

Great post Andrew and I loved the Edward Thomas poem, yours was....interesting! too ;-)

Love your blog Andrew, never knew you were so poet...

2009-05-02T09:53:00.000+01:00

Love your blog Andrew, never knew you were so poetic...
Glad the birds are singing on Sand Point but here in central Bristol we seem to be down on numbers in Kingsdown, especially since a rental company chopped down some scrub by a house. Still, have noticed all the usuals plus goldfinch, willow warbler, coal tit in the last few days, so not bad.
Mary

Interesting to see you findings of blosom being ou...

2009-05-01T23:10:00.000+01:00

Interesting to see you findings of blosom being out later this year - I must admit the evenings and nights in particular as significantly cooler at this time of year than last year - by mid April 08 we'd switched our heating off and we're still using it a bit in the evenings. Although I notice in general temperatures for next week are due to go up to 22 degrees on Thursday.... hurray! Having said that with all the rain and then warm weather the grass will continue to be a nightmare!

Enjoy your weekend... Miranda