Had some lovely tits on me fat balls this afternoon! (1 Viewer)

[Ed Excel]

Tits like coconuts, apparently, if you believe Wogan.

After the Sparrows have had their fill we get the lone Wagtail clearing up. Sorry about the image, must ditch this phone.

 

[Debs]

Here's an unusual bird on our bird feeder (taken in December) sorry about the fuzzy photos, it was taken through the van window.View attachment 53807View attachment 53808

Eek - ...........is.......that........a..........rat.........


Apologies if not probably just me seeing them everywhere as we have them in the garden at the mo I'm just going on the tail and I know you're abroad

 

[Puddleduck]

Eek - ...........is.......that........a..........rat.........

That's what I thought as well Debs.

Shhhhhhh but we use poison for them. Can't stand the nasty dirty verminous things.

Next door (animal rights people) had one in their kitchen and didn't know what it was. When I told them it was a rat I was told it couldn't be as it was such a sweet little thing. They went on holiday and left us their keys (as usual) - the rat was gone to the run in the sky when they got back

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[Debs]

That's what I thought as well Debs.

Shhhhhhh but we use poison for them. Can't stand the nasty dirty verminous things.

Next door (animal rights people) had one in their kitchen and didn't know what it was. When I told them it was a rat I was told it couldn't be as it was such a sweet little thing. They went on holiday and left us their keys (as usual) - the rat was gone to the run in the sky when they got back

We had them about 8/9 years ago and the council put poison down several times. Flipping things ignored it but the poor mice that we always seem to have loved it. Problem was we had lots of mice staggering about the garden and the dogs went after them
This one is more wily but the dogs flushed it out the other night as Les heard it fall into the pond and saw it run across the back into the field. I can't stand the things
Wonder what your neighbours thought when they came back

 

[Armytwowheels]

Eek - ...........is.......that........a..........rat.........


Apologies if not probably just me seeing them everywhere as we have them in the garden at the mo I'm just going on the tail and I know you're abroad

Yep it was a rat. That was taken on a British campsite before we started travelling. I think we inadvertently encourage it by putting bird feeders out on our pitch.

 

[old-mo]

All you can eat bird feeder

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Looking closely at that photo................... I think she has left you an egg....

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[funflair]

Apologies to Dave for hijacking his thread.

Ok, can you identify this. I will tell you it was blown off course and should not have been at Spurn Point twitchers were coming from all over the country to see it and it was that close they could not get their mega camera lenses to focus so were using mobile phones, it had no fear of humans or cats and after 3 days the cat was licking its chops.

 

[Photo4x4]

While you're at it, what sort of bird is this on my bird feeder?

Keith Hart

 

[Neckender]

Apologies to Dave for hijacking his thread.

Ok, can you identify this. I will tell you it was blown off course and should not have been at Spurn Point twitchers were coming from all over the country to see it and it was that close they could not get their mega camera lenses to focus so were using mobile phones, it had no fear of humans or cats and after 3 days the cat was licking its chops.View attachment 53842View attachment 53843

It looks like a can of Strongbow to me, not Woodpecker.

John.

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[funflair]

It looks like a can of Strongbow to me, not Woodpecker.

John.

You know I really thought twice about using that pic.

 

[DavidG58]

Morning Martin

Looks like a snipe to me

Oh and Bon voyage, safe travels

David

 

[Neckender]

View attachment 53845 While you're at it, what sort of bird is this on my bird feeder?

Keith Hart

Is it a flying Squirrel.

John.

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[funflair]

Morning Martin

Looks like a snipe to me

Oh and Bon voyage, safe travels

David

@DavidG58 close but no cigar, think twitchers from all over UK has to be rarer than that,

Quick Quick, we have a ferry to catch today.

 

[DavidG58]

@DavidG58 close but no cigar, think twitchers from all over UK has to be rarer than that,

Quick Quick, we have a ferry to catch today.

I didn't read the full comment, just looked at the photos, pretty much the norm for me

Post without reading fully

But I have peaked at snipe, I guess it might be part of the snipe family, but that is the extent of my twitching, need some higher level knowledge @Bertie Bassett any ideas BB

edit - it might help if I repeated what we are talking about

 

[Larrynwin]

Apologies to Dave for hijacking his thread.

Ok, can you identify this. I will tell you it was blown off course and should not have been at Spurn Point twitchers were coming from all over the country to see it and it was that close they could not get their mega camera lenses to focus so were using mobile phones, it had no fear of humans or cats and after 3 days the cat was licking its chops.View attachment 53842View attachment 53843

5% ABV Snipe dicky bird

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[funflair]

OK about to leave the house so will tell you.

Great Snipe I said close @DavidG58 only about two sightings a year so we were told by all the very excited birders, only one now as I said the cat got it about its third day.

Might keep in touch from the road but dont expect a blog as good as Davids trip to the far North.

 

[Bertie Bassett]

I didn't read the full comment, just looked at the photos, pretty much the norm for me

Post without reading fully

But I have peaked at snipe, I guess it might be part of the snipe family, but that is the extent of my twitching, need some higher level knowledge @Bertie Bassett any ideas BB

edit - it might help if I repeated what we are talking about

Interesting, and thanks for the heads up David and I would have gone for Snipe too. I've only ever seen Great in Norway and Cyprus and without seeing the tail feathers in flight as the birds were coming in to rest I wouldn't have known then either. It's a bugger being a birder!

 

[Bertie Bassett]

We have feeders in front and back gardens and get plenty of birds on them but there must be plenty of natural food - or other feeders in neighbouring gardens - at the moment as the levels aren't going down as quickly as I would expect.

Nice photo of the bullfinch. Every time I try to get one on our feeder he flies off

That's the same every where Graham as your 'usual local' birds are displaced by the colder weather, the birds you see on your feeders over the next few weeks will almost certainly have come from Scandinavia or Northern Germany.

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[Bertie Bassett]

We live less than 1/2 mile from the town and the only birds we get are quite a few Magpies and a couple of wood pigeons. I've put numerous fat balls up which go black and disintegrate, Dried mealworms and bird seed feeders which go mouldy, I've also hung a nest box but we get ZILCH, but go into the town and you see the odd wagtail or sparrow. This morning I saw a pair of blackbirds routing on our front lawn so I've been out and put some mealworms on the lawn and in the borders as I know blackbirds are ground feeders don't know what else I can do.

John.

It takes time for birds to (a) locate (b) trust a new feed site. From your description of the food waste you are sustaining you have given it a fair crack but there are birds there somewhere. I had the same problem in the garden when stationed in that cultural and bird desert that is the Home (allegedly) of the British Army. It took over a year ( and a water pistol on next doors cat) before they started feeding. The second winter they nearly bankrupted us.

 

[Bertie Bassett]

Ok ok, is anyone gonna ask what they are?

Had I been on here 58 I would have given it a go and I'd have been wrong! Strange because I saw them in Belize.
Thank the sky pixie I didn't make an arse of my Birding credentials

 

[Bertie Bassett]

This one was thirsty, I told him to avoid the yellow snow.


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Brilliant pic, thanks and a brilliant bird now making a bit of a come back. If he was there the female wasn't far away, she's beautiful too if a little too brown. Sorry Laydees!

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[Allanm]

Fancied a change from tits so grabbed one of the woodpecker....

Allan

 

[Viennese]

We've had all sorts on the feeders at work, blackbirds, pigeons, magpies, great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits, robins, lots of sparrows and even a couple of woodpeckers last year. We regularly have up to six buzzards soaring overhead too.

D.

Can't compete with woodpeckers but I get coal tits and goldfinches, and we have 2 red kites on our estate - they have great battles with the crows...

 

[Trikeman]

Hi,
although I love watching birds in the garden, I'm no expert. Could someone help me identify what bird this is please - all I know when I snapped the photo was it was hoofing big, really high and bloody noisy.



Many Thanks,

Regards,

Trikeman.

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[Bertie Bassett]

Its a Buzzard T...but as Im on my phone"!!!!!!

 

[Puddleduck]

Its a Buzzard T...but as Im on my phone"!!!!!!

aka Tourist Eagle..... loads of them round here and they are huge when all you can see is the feet hanging down in front of the windscreen of your car........

 

[TERRY&PAULINE]

Our lovely Woody, comes every day, taken with old Canon power shot s1is on zoom x10

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[gus-lopez]

We used to get Mr & mrs Percy visiting.
sheets are to stop him attacking car when he spots his " rivals"
reflection.

 

[dave newell]

Got a new action camera for the race car so tested it out on the workshop bird feeder. Check it out:

D.

 

[CWH]

That's gorgeous!

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