Now I always thought the Mistle Thrush was known as the Storm Cock!
Hurray! They are so clever. Big birds - you can't miss them.
yes we have a mistle thrush too
Oh, Lynda, thank you so much for the updates, especially about Wispa's offspring. They are so cute. Do you have a mistle thrush as well, on the farm? I've seen them when I've been visiting the UK, loud mimics but fun to watch and listen to. It's so nice to see your comments! thanks for replying. .
Wispa was the tup. I you go to the Blog page there is a photo & obituary.
Also, very interest to hear about Twix & Twirl...poor Wispa not being able to enjoy here little lambs, but I guess T & T are happy now they have an adoptive Mum.
Hi Lynda & Helen, I hope oyu don't midn me butting here..Hmm, sorry, pun not intended, but I'm very interested to hear bout the local name, Storm Cock, & wonder if there is 1 for the Blackbird as it's singing is very prolific.
Amazing it seems much lighter on the cam than it is here in South Lincolnshire!
Helen.. the black twins are Twix and Twirl... they are this years lambs from Wispa... hence the names... a means of carrying on Wispas legacy to the farm
the song thrush is known locally as a " storm cock" as it sings really loudly from the top of a tree in the worst weather... I first noticed it in January but havent heard it for a week or teo.... the cuckoo was calling yeaterday about 5pm local time
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we do have a resident song thrush as well as the other birds you can hear
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Neil... is you are still there ...
It had help from something wearing a blue earring and two large horns.
"As the World Turns" - the camera just shifted slightly to the left.
I don't usually watch at this time, but they sure are lively (and noisy!)
Those black ones are a lovely pair.
Or one of them is, and Mama has just said "Be quiet!"
Right now they are in full voice.
No, I guess you're right helen, but bet they will soon learn if taught! lol!
They probably aren't up on their nursery rhymes, but yes, they remind me of kindergarten.
I often see the lambs having a chase around the trees & htink of the tune, "A Ring...a Ring..of Roses", or "Here we go around the Mulbery Bush"...
Interference at the camera, and a race around the tree.
I think that sheep was saying hello to a human - not Dan, possibly Heather - just a quick glimpse of a head.
& I guess the area immediately surrounding the beck is ideal marsh or swamp land habitat for the melancholic song of the Curlew that we hear so often
Yes, it is just a beck - we would call it a stream or a creek here, but Gradon hasn't visited the farm and wouldn't know that it's just a little trickle of water in a pretty valley..
That little black lamb we've been watching shows an inclination to be a bit of a hermit. He's back in that section of the field again, all by himself. What does he know that the others don't?
Couldn't tell how many babies - too many legs.
Here she comes, announcing herself on the way
Oh, I think so. Depending on the wind.
I wonder if is that we can hear so many sheep and lambs at times is due the noise carried over the river from that flock in the distance!
They certainly have lots to say right now. Likewise the blackbird.
I see them, Gradon, and the cam is so clear I can see the flock on the opposite hill.
The view maybe void of lambs at the mo,but they can just be seen in the bottom far corner of the field running about!
Yes, Helen, I noticed earlier that the lamb had moved, What a relief!
The black lamb has moved. Maybe just having a lazy day?
Mad dash for shelter from the rain. You can sure hear it.
Neil, we all muddle along together and learn from each other, and all of us enjoy this beautiful, peaceful site. Some long-time friendships have developed out of this page.
Thanks Helen for your reassurance & freindliness, Much appreciated.
As for the song thrush, we have a similar thrush here in Canada called the 'wood thrush' with a sound just like a flute, but alas, with encroaching building in expanding cities, it is rare to hear one, as they are deep in the woods, and our woodlands are disappearing.
We've been making mistakes on this chat page for over ten years, Neil, and we've all learned to interpret what each one means. No grammar or spelling police here - just be yourself and enjoy.
Sorry, yet more mistakes in my previous msge, but thankfully the Black "spec" appears to be moving again! Phew!
p.s. ues, it is also a oity we can't edit our mistakes as I notice that once again I mis-typed the word "to" in my earlier messages. ALso, let's hope the lamb is all rightor will be investigated soon.
Going back ot the Blackbird song, yes I agree it is beautiful, as is the much more rare Song Thrush, sadly, nowadays..
Hi Helen, I may be wrong but would htink the "black spec" we can see is too large to be a Blackbird, & do wonder, like you, if the lamb, if that is what it is is all right
I think the black object is a lamb - just raised its head, but it isn't leaving its spot.
I love the birdsong, especially that blackbird. I have the volume up high while I work.
Is that a small black lamb out there by itself (has been there for a while) or a large black bird. I can't tell.
Hello all! How green that all is. We are still struggling to get out of late winter and cold rain.
Good Morning Folk, Hope you are all well, I log in daily even if I don't always say anything. I think it's lovely to hear the sheep & lambs all talking ot each other in their different tone of voices, & capturing views of them when in sight, along with hearing the birds too, expecially the Curlew,Many thanks Dan & Team...
Mum and babies ,sheltering under tree from the rain !
Pity we can't delete mistakes!
I put my thumb,,where it shouldn't go
Three sets of eyes - must be a mother and two young'uns. I can hear them, too.