Hey everyone,
We’ve been in Co Down visiting my granny and seen some stunning wildlife! Yesterday we saw Red Kites! It was amazing!
Watch my video here :-
I’ve also written about Red Kites, a very special bird to me. You can read that here :-
https://youngfermanaghnaturalist.com/2018/01/08/rapturous-red-kites/
I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend.
Stay Wild
Dara
You’re right about that being a cuttlefish shell – strange that a mollusc should have an internal shell, but it does give the body a shape.
We’ve also been watching red kites. They’ve been swooping over fields where grass has been cut for silage – looking for small mammals, frogs, and even insects that are exposed when the grass is cut.
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I really enjoy your enthusiasm – never lose it ever! I also love red kites and once got very excited when I drove through a part of Hertfordshire (I think it was Herts) and counted no less than 19 red kites wheeling overhead during the journey. I did drive safely too! But it was a memorable, magical journey. I’m planning to travel through mid-Wales in a few weeks time, and hope to see masses of red kites there – I think that’s where they were first re-introduced on the UK mainland. And I think that’s cuttlefish you found – I used to like finding that on beaches as a child and if I found a piece I’d bring it home for my pet budgie to sharpen his beak on ;-))
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