Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

[cpa]

The Peregrine has a black eye Sparrow Hawk orange eye.seen a few Sparrow Hawk attacks in the garden back in Failsworth and now up her in Pickering. However if you're back garden is the size of Castle Howard it may be that pesky Falcon ;-)

Looking at the vid Its def a Sparrow hawk

 

[idahoblues]

 

[daveoswald]

I'm amazed how loud it is when they actually hit the songbird. You would think they would damage themselves.

I am starting to see almost as many kites as buzzards here in the Shire.

If you have been to our many cup finals at Wembley, and and do the pre match at Wealdstone fc, you will probably see red kites, been twice and both occasions seen red kites very close, beautiful birds.

 

[idahoblues]

Having a beer after work, one of those mind blowing autumn evenings, must have had well over a thousand Canada geese fly over heading back to their night’s field, very mild for this time of year, stunning evening

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I'm amazed how loud it is when they actually hit the songbird. You would think they would damage themselves.

I am starting to see almost as many kites as buzzards here in the Shire.

Likewise round here

 

[He’stheleftbackremember]

Came down early one Sunday morning to see a Sparrow hawk stood on my shed looking into the rhododendrons, all the birds in the area were hiding, too scared to take flight, it was quite a sight.

 

[toffee balls]

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Having a beer after work, one of those mind blowing autumn evenings, must have had well over a thousand Canada geese fly over heading back to their night’s field, very mild for this time of year, stunning evening

Just stunning.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Another photo I took a couple of years ago, Long Tailed Tit.

 

[laserblue]

Another photo I took a couple of years ago, Long Tailed Tit.
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Nice photo. They're gorgeous little birds and very social. We get clusters of them in regularly and currently have 6 of them around. They're very dependent on food being put out at this time of year and particularly like fat balls and fat trays but will also nibble on peanuts and eat seed off the bird table. They have a very high attrition rate in winter and up to 80% die off. A few years ago we had a record 13 during the summer but only two were left by the following spring.

 

[Centurions]

Nice photo. They're gorgeous little birds and very social. We get clusters of them in regularly and currently have 6 of them around. They're very dependent on food being put out at this time of year and particularly like fat balls and fat trays but will also nibble on peanuts and eat seed off the bird table. They have a very high attrition rate in winter and up to 80% die off. A few years ago we had a record 13 during the summer but only two were left by the following spring.

Just yesterday we had about half a dozen in and around the back garden. First time I've seen them since moving 5 years back, they were (relatively) common at our old place. Perhaps a sign that their numbers are up (I'm a glass half full guy).