Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

[snorky]

theres an owl round here and it does my fucking head in twit fucking twooing all night while my window is open

That is the male and female calling to each other. I dont know which is the twit and which is the twoo.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Saltee Islands. Heaps of them there mate

Ah. I’d call that South Coast, but you’re right it’s South East.
Yeah I’ve dived off the Saltee’s many a time.

 

[mcfc1632]

Yeh, tiny bird, big attitude. I love having them around.

Love the idea of seeing an Hummingbird - is there any key tricks to attracting them?

 

[Banshee]

Love the idea of seeing an Hummingbird - is there any key tricks to attracting them?

If they're in your area and you have a hummingbird feeder out with sugar water, they'll come.

 

[mcfc1632]

If they're in your area and you have a hummingbird feeder out with sugar water, they'll come.

Thanks - off to google 'hummingbird feeder'

 

[Blue Mist]

Does anyone get swalluz ? (They are like swifts but more mancunian)

 

[idahoblues]

Does anyone get swalluz ? (They are like swifts but more mancunian)

Stop tempting me ffs. I know one of our elite mods would delete it anyway but please...

 

[Paladin]

We're in Cheshire, and get sparrows, robins, blackbirds, magpies, pigeons, blue tits, and a few others I don't recognise. We once had a peacock visiting our garden. I don't know where it came from, or where it went to. We occasionally see pheasants in the field at the back of our house. We have some bats too.

 

[andyhinch]

A lesser spotted Shitehawk has just gone past my front garden, threw a bottle at the rag ****.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

We have goldfinches feeding in our garden. They end up bringing their kids too.