tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post2231374831436075828..comments2023-04-04T09:31:49.481+02:00Comments on Aigronne Valley Wildlife: Osprey eats Raptor...Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-60092818948225603252013-01-30T13:47:09.592+01:002013-01-30T13:47:09.592+01:00Great post. Looking at the pellet picture at full ...Great post. Looking at the pellet picture at full size it looks like feathers in there?? The Buzzard certainly enjoyed his meal, as you say its life.Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-544933573069266902013-01-30T13:21:18.281+01:002013-01-30T13:21:18.281+01:00Yes, I think it is as bad on the flat tops of the ...Yes, I think it is as bad on the flat tops of the ridges as it is in the valleys.... there are very likely only vole populations now on the steeper slopes and similar hill edge woods.<br />This prolonged water-logging is going to affect plant growth too!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-52977787625394487782013-01-30T12:27:18.461+01:002013-01-30T12:27:18.461+01:00Even here the vole population has dropped using ou...Even here the vole population has dropped using our "Shadow-meter". He hasn't brought one in for ages and usually he's pretty regular. All our ground is very boggy and we have standing puddles.<br /><br />Love barn owls so it sad to see. On the bright side here the gold finches have now appeared at our 'table'.<br /><br />As you say--nice or not it is a food chain.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-25043186047846095852013-01-30T10:36:49.038+01:002013-01-30T10:36:49.038+01:00Susan, they are not called the Buse Variable for n...Susan, they are not called the Buse Variable for nought... I think the French name is far more apt! I've just been watching the Kestrel ground-feeding... hopping and walking along the ridges in the field opposite... and then making a short [3m or less], ground-hugging flight to another ridge... behaviour more typical od a Little Owl... and I think that the reason we are seeing the male Hen Harrier here almost every day, is that it has had to widen and repeat hunt its territory.<br /><br />Gaynor, thanks... I will always report this sort of thing here because it is part of real life.<br />In feeding the small birds, I am aware that some will be food for those further up the food chain... but that's a food chain!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-47781162947807351112013-01-30T09:28:09.502+01:002013-01-30T09:28:09.502+01:00I'm glad it's not just me that looks at so...I'm glad it's not just me that looks at some buzzards and wonders if they are an osprey. I agree that the voles in their burrows have copped it in all this rain. There must still be a few around though, as I saw a fox pouncing in a field the other day (just before I fainted in fact!) Sad about the owl, they are lovely creatures. It is most interesting to see the feet close up in your photo.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-1467857585027669692013-01-30T07:55:00.871+01:002013-01-30T07:55:00.871+01:00Good morning, Tim.
A great post. Upsetting but a ...Good morning, Tim.<br /><br />A great post. Upsetting but a really fascinating analysis of the state of the bird life in Aigronne valley.<br /><br />Great pics.<br /><br />Only another 8 weeks....GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.com