Two cranes over Welney this morning:
These are the UK's tallest birds, standing at four feet or 1.25 metres. These two were enjoying a thermal. They do now breed in East Anglia, but not successfully at Welney as yet.
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Good omen. Deferring longevity, wisdom and direct personal spiritual access to divine timing. No pressure to lead there then…thank you and yours for it all.
The birding was brilliant this morning – but the pleasure these birds were obviously having was special.
Great picture Richard.
I’m pleased to see that you’re taking a well-deserved break from your hectic schedule.
We need to clear our minds every so often.
Several hours break….
love their scientific name but how is it pronounced? – they do symbolise happiness and eternal youth !
One of those birds so good they named it twice.
There are others. The greylag goose is anser anser – goose, goose, which I always think it is.
Wren is even better. Troglodytes troglodytes. Such a small bird sounds like a dinosaur.
My favourite is Buteo buteo.
(Buzzard)
Seen in the last half hour
Glad to see that you got out and about. Makes submitting my longer ramblings a bit easier on my conscience.
🙂
Failing eyesight (renewable when my cataract is removed) gave me not “UK’s tallest birds”, but the sort-of conflated
“UK’s ballets”.
A worthwhile mis-read?
They can dance….
Gor blimey, Richard, those birds are nearly as tall as me! Eeek! I’m only 5’2″! I think I’d better steer clear of them! (Winky face)
🙂