Following on from the previous post when the House Martins took top billing by fledging on camera.
The first two videos were taken on Thursday and show how the House Martins "fledge" then return to the nest from time to time. They'll be evicted soon when the pair start a second brood as they've done each year recently. Note, I'm not seening as many nests this year, probably due to the weather early on when they were arriving.
The Spoonbill had been sitting behind the tree on Miss Erskine's Bank when it appeared on the top of the tree as if trying to dry in the wind. I was a fair bit up the path, around 200 metres away and looking into the sun. The second Spoonbill video was from the Lurgies path again but opposite from where the Spoonbill was preening and leaping around.
The last video of an early returning Black-tailed Godwit was kept as the bird is ringed and thought to be a regular, ringed as a juvenile in 2015. The early return is a sign of failed breeding unfortunately.
I'll have a go at enhancing the oriinal video to see if the rings can be made more apparent.
House Martin fledglings being tempted out by an adult, click here for video
The Clash, "should I stay or should I go now" click here
Spoonbill in a tree, in the wind, 200 metres distant, click here
Spoonbill preening and basically hopping about, click here
Black-tailed Godwit, with rings, click here
and for those of a certain age, like my age, how good this is, even now, click here
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