Rain benefitting wildlife

[FredPuli43]

Which animals, birds, and wild plants that we have in Britain benefit from the record amounts of rain we've been having ? And which suffer ?

[pdq1]

Ducks must be having a field day

[FredPuli43]

LOL but don't know about that pdq. Ducks have to oil their feathers in the wet, to stop themselves getting waterlogged !

[chaptazbru]

I know that blue tits don't fare well in wet weather. We had a very, very wet winter a couple of years ago and a lot of blue tits perished, unfortunately.

[Ratty2E]

Well the Blackbirds seem to have more than enough worms for their babies so I imagine they will do well this year. Animals which have underground or riverbank burrows and nests probably aren't faring as well due to flooding.

[Kiki-frog]

Kingfishers are having a bit of a rough time as they build their nests in riverbanks.

[tenrec]

Owls struggle to hunt in the rain. Feathers don't do well.

[sallybb]

judging by the amount of emerging blossom that has been strewn on the ground, I guess that any nectar dependent insects will be affected.

[cecil39]

thrushes will probably do well as slugs and snails can get about better in the wet and thats their food, but moor hens build just above the water so many of them will have lost their nests, and i don't think wild bees will do well either as many nest in the ground.

[josaphine32]

Most ducks and geese will loose there first clutch of eggs, Went down to the river earlier as we live on the thames, all you can see is fields of water:-(

[Tilly2]

The swans on our stretch of the river have lost their nest and eggs due to the rise in the water level. Poor thing has been sitting on them for about three weeks so far. Today, all gone. They will have to find somewhere else now.
The blackbirds and robins are doing well. Lots of worms for them.

[paddywak]

The pair of swans on our local pond are lucky in that they have a "nesting" raft and so all this extra water hasn't bothered them. The ducks and moorhens have all been wash away unfortunately.

[cupid04]

I saw a couple of mallards yesterday splashing in this huge swampy puddle in
the middle of a field. They were loving it!