Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

dennishasdoneit said:
Did the Adult Robin make any noise when u peered inside the next box?
I ask this because I remember some years back a pair of Great Tirs choosing to nest in an apple tree hole in the garden..I didn't want to disturb them unduly ( they nested there every summer) but one day curiosity got the better of me and I approached the nest hole and peered down inside only to jump back after the mother who was siitting on eggs made a very loud hissing/ snorting 'eff off' noise....it did the job.
Lesson learnt.leave wildlife alone.
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They are tucked right in the corner so you can only really see tail feathers sticking up.

We're giving them a wide birth so we haven't really got that close. They do come out of the nest to feed, and if we are in the vicinity if the nestbox they tend to stay away until it's clear, so we tend not to hang about too close.

Should be hatched sometime this week.
 
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bornblueegg said:
loving this thread
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These American Robins are so funny, there was another chick wandering around in the long grass behind and the parents were patiently watching it. When they start flying around it’s like kamakazi planes flying around. I’ve had them fly into me or zoom past my head with an adult ten feet behind screeching directions
 
I can't believe how small woodpeckers actually are. However there is definitely a lack of sparrows from my younger days, used to see them everywhere. We had another bird kill yesterday, guessing sparrow hawk as there are feathers everywhere and the cats don't do that. My partner said she saw the unfortunate one missing its breast meat but haven't seen the carcass myself since. Still hear the owls early doors, Tawny and little owl if I'm not mistaken and I've seen a red kite gliding over the land, just wonderful
 
bornblueegg said:
I can't believe how small woodpeckers actually are. However there is definitely a lack of sparrows from my younger days, used to see them everywhere. We had another bird kill yesterday, guessing sparrow hawk as there are feathers everywhere and the cats don't do that. My partner said she saw the unfortunate one missing its breast meat but haven't seen the carcass myself since. Still hear the owls early doors, Tawny and little owl if I'm not mistaken and I've seen a red kite gliding over the land, just wonderful
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Where I live you see more red Kites than sparrows

It is one of the places that set up a breeding programme some years ago and now there are hundreds of them

Still find them breath-taking
 
bornblueegg said:
I can't believe how small woodpeckers actually are. However there is definitely a lack of sparrows from my younger days, used to see them everywhere. We had another bird kill yesterday, guessing sparrow hawk as there are feathers everywhere and the cats don't do that. My partner said she saw the unfortunate one missing its breast meat but haven't seen the carcass myself since. Still hear the owls early doors, Tawny and little owl if I'm not mistaken and I've seen a red kite gliding over the land, just wonderful
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The Little Owl is a special Bird.
Really is.
A Diminiuative Daytime hunter on low- land open country.knows it's pitch.elusive. but instantly recognisable in flight...just unique...
A Special Bird.
 
Oldham Exile said:
Where I live you see more red Kites than sparrows

It is one of the places that set up a breeding programme some years ago and now there are hundreds of them

Still find them breath-taking
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When I look at the first line of your post..it's quite amazing..thinking back.
In the 70s the House Sparrow was the most abundant bird in Britain.they were everywhere.The Red Kite meanwhile..was virtually extinct......Things change..over the years...

Man has fuckedcabout with nature ,...on a whim.

Red Kites shot by game keepers and also ravaged by the savage Rabbit 'disease'which decimated numbers acoss the country.Then reintroduced.Red Kites turn up everywhere now,for those with eyes to see..
And now being shot at again.ho hum....

Masters of the air ,and seldom in any rush.

Saw my first one just outside Chesterfield Derbyshire ,about 20 years ago ,perched in a tree ,magnificent, off the road taking you from the M1 into the town centre.

Only ever seen this bird actually on the ground feeding once.....few years back Belper Derbyshire,spotted one at a sheep carcass.
I know they prefer scavenging rather than live prey....less effort,minimum energy expended,which can be used ,instead for their Ariel dexterity....Masters of the air.
 
bornblueegg said:
I can't believe how small woodpeckers actually are. However there is definitely a lack of sparrows from my younger days, used to see them everywhere. We had another bird kill yesterday, guessing sparrow hawk as there are feathers everywhere and the cats don't do that. My partner said she saw the unfortunate one missing its breast meat but haven't seen the carcass myself since. Still hear the owls early doors, Tawny and little owl if I'm not mistaken and I've seen a red kite gliding over the land, just wonderful
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Sounds like they're lesser spotted woodpeckers which aren't much bigger than a sparrow. We don't get them but great spotted woodpeckers are regular visitors and we had a juvenile green woodpecker in over the weekend. They're much bigger.
 
I have a million sparrows ! you can have some

Something i cant see makes a curious sound , cant work out what it is , i will try and record it and hope someone knows what it is
 
Sparrows all but disappeared in this area about 15 years ago. Now numbers are up over the last 3-4 years, hopeful.
 
bornblueegg said:
Regarding the Red Kite, there used to be more Red Kites in London than people! Obviously due to their nature of scavenging.
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Back in the old days of London,when folk would hang out their washing,Kites were apparently known for stealing bits of clothing to add to their nests.

William Shakespeare wrote....

"When the Red Kite is near..look to lesser linen!"
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Back in the old days of London,when folk would hang out their washing,Kites were apparently known for stealing bits of clothing to add to their nests.

William Shakespeare wrote....

"When the Red Kite is near..look to lesser linen!"
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Bluemoon erudition strikes again. Alternatively, Clarkie strikes again.
 
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