Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

We have a very large may tree in our garden. When in flower, it gets covered in goldfinches which can be closely studied from a bedroom window. Superb. When not in flower, the long tailed tits take over.
 
I get quite a few different types of birds in the garden, but I came downstairs the other week and found a bat in the sink.
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
Female Sparrowhawk. Looks like she’s just finished breakfast! Also looks like a juvenile; much smaller than the one I saw off and on last year. Her bill doesn’t look right either, maybe an abnormality…

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Saw a Female Sparrowhawk yesterday,it flew over a garden barbecue i had attended ,looked intently down at what on offer ,but didnt swoop for the cheeseburgers or pullled pork sandwiches ...

This was in south Yorkshire. Also saw an unidentified raptor ,prob a peregrine in the same area.

Earlier in the day on the M1 i saw Common Buzzard and Honey Buzzard within 30 seconds of each other,quite a double sighting and a help with identification...

Finally ,to complete a day of Raptor sightings, saw a Kestrel huting/ hovering,again in Yorkshire.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Saw a Female Sparrowhawk yesterday,it flew over a garden barbecue i had attended ,looked intently down at what on offer ,but didnt swoop for the cheeseburgers or pullled pork sandwiches ...

This was in south Yorkshire. Also saw an unidentified raptor ,prob a peregrine in the same area.

Earlier in the day on the M1 i saw Common Buzzard and Honey Buzzard within 30 seconds of each other,quite a double sighting and a help with identification...

Finally ,to complete a day of Raptor sightings, saw a Kestrel huting/ hovering,again in Yorkshire.
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Interesting on the Honey Buzzard; think there’s only about 40 breeding pairs in the UK (haven’t read up on them for awhile, could have changed). Numbers are increasing and normally they don’t arrive here till round about mid-May. Early arriver or possibly resident? Not aware of any over-wintering but they’re not very social birds and could easily be overlooked, plus I’d expect the RSPB would want to keep it quiet to limit the threat of persecution…
 
give it to gordon said:
been putting out my trail cam at night , and seem to get the same hedgehog every night, likes the meal worms i put down for him. Thought it might have been still abit cold for hedgehogs.
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Be aware mealworms are bad for hedgehogs if you dish them out regularly; it affects the calcium in their bones. I put a food out called 'I Love Hedgehogs' - it does have dried mealworms in it but not loads of them so a decent balance.
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
Be aware mealworms are bad for hedgehogs if you dish them out regularly; it affects the calcium in their bones. I put a food out called 'I Love Hedgehogs' - it does have dried mealworms in it but not loads of them so a decent balance.
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Oh ok thanks for that I didnt know , will look online for hedgehog food. Thanks
 
give it to gordon said:
been putting out my trail cam at night , and seem to get the same hedgehog every night, likes the meal worms i put down for him. Thought it might have been still abit cold for hedgehogs.
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A fox walked by my missus at the clothes line, yesterday at 12:30 in the afternoon with the dog stretched out asleep on the patio.
It climbed the wall and got through an unbelievable gap in the fence and walked the top of the wall between ours and next doors fence and out onto the road in front.
They have cat-like agility.
She was gobsmacked.
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
Interesting on the Honey Buzzard; think there’s only about 40 breeding pairs in the UK (haven’t read up on them for awhile, could have changed). Numbers are increasing and normally they don’t arrive here till round about mid-May. Early arriver or possibly resident? Not aware of any over-wintering but they’re not very social birds and could easily be overlooked, plus I’d expect the RSPB would want to keep it quiet to limit the threat of persecution…
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Things have changed a lot ,over the last few years ,where Honey Buzzards are concerned. All the books i have..are a little bit dated now.
They all say Honey Buzzard migrates,doesnt stay om these shores for Winter.
This is no longer true.
The Honey Buzzard,often confused with the Common Buzzard,...is of course not a true Buzzard at all,and is more closely linked to the Kite Family.....an incredible raptor,with very interesting feeding techniques.....
Not what you think at all.
Basically.
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
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Windhover...
The way they hover is incredible ...
Ive only ever been lucky enough to see the Stoop twice,in all my years.
A thing of beauty, wings shut,and the bird drops with increasing speed..
In the words of early David Bowie." I pity the Vole "
 
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Rosy finches are back, shitty pic
 
Just spoke to the badger people and she said they can inflict terrible wounds on it each other , it should heal but if it gets infected to call them back and they will come

I said he has seperated himself from the others and eats alone and she said that is normal and it might drift away altogether if it is getting bullied, poor zabba , gutted for him, he was an aggressive baby but clever , still climbs up to the window . Went eyeball to eyeball with merlin the other night , merlin was thumping the window and had his big fighting tail on , twas funny

Gutted that the normally well behaved badgers are doing this , wildlife eh
 
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