tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post2673184867072931142..comments2024-02-14T12:43:04.624+00:00Comments on Crosswhatfields?: Thrush HourSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-28694461692321525542013-05-15T19:34:31.481+01:002013-05-15T19:34:31.481+01:00Mummy swan is still sitting on her eggs...apparent...Mummy swan is still sitting on her eggs...apparently incubation is around 35 days, so expect to see the cygnets in a week's time?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-66251179375301995692013-05-03T02:55:17.444+01:002013-05-03T02:55:17.444+01:00was just woken up by an 'end of the world'...was just woken up by an 'end of the world' type sound, a loud mechanical grinding noise so loud I couldn't tell where it was coming from, turns out it was the railway. some sort of rail cleaning machine? network rail? whos responsible. either way it was a bit effin much and very scary.<br /><br />that reminds me – the birds will start on the loud noise soon, but much preferable. i hope the chicks survive, does anyone know what happened with the swans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-74042949254673578282013-05-02T07:38:15.550+01:002013-05-02T07:38:15.550+01:00I'm not an expert by any means but during a la...I'm not an expert by any means but during a late afternoon last week I heard a ''guiro'' type sound, much more continuous than the normal magpie warning call. I looked out of the window and saw 2 brown birds, one darker than the other, dive bombing a magpie and eventually chasing it off. And come to think of it, I haven't heard a magpie since. <br /><br />I don't know enough to be able to sex the birds but I assumed that the one that's sitting is the female. I haven't spotted the other one around. She was sitting earlier today but she does seem to leave the nest unattended for quite long intervals. Fingers crossed!Marmosethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393430738344326838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-86729666912348573562013-05-02T04:23:26.473+01:002013-05-02T04:23:26.473+01:00So that extraordinary noise I heard was a magpie? ...So that extraordinary noise I heard was a magpie? are you sure? it was proper raptor-like...I thought the local kestrel was circling and I had to close my ears to what happened next...glad to see the family alive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com