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12-02-2013, 07:46
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Had a few visitors....
Other than the usual garden birds, Blue Tits, Long Tail, Every conceivable tit going, Wagtail, Chaffinch, Robins, Greenfinch, Song Thrush (I think), Blackbird and a few I dont know  Few birds of prey, which are gone by the time I grab the camers...
Not forgetting the Bunnies and little deers...
Had these drop in yesterday.... 
The bulfinch isn`t very clear...
Getting a regular little twitcher, I is, just got to get me an Anorak...  
Not sure what the first one is either...
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12-02-2013, 08:21
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I'm enjoying exactly the same from my week-end garden in the New Forest. Though I haven't seen a woodpecker yet. Besides the usual suspects of course we also get sheep and pigs and ponies.
Your third pic is a Jay, shoot the bleedin' thing Mo, they're pests.......gone to get my hard-hat. 
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12-02-2013, 09:04
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Being a bit of a novice at this bird thing....
Why are they a "Pest"... ?
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12-02-2013, 09:08
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the first one is a Goldfinch.
The Jay takes eggs and young birds from the nest of any bird they can. To say they are a pest is just a matter of opinion.
Unless you are a Game keeper, in which case they can be a nuisance.
Pete 
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12-02-2013, 09:12
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1) goldfinch
2) Lesser spotted woodpecker
3) Jay
4) Bullfinch
nice selection keep it up mo.
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12-02-2013, 09:58
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1) goldfinch
2) Lesser spotted woodpecker
3) Jay
4) Bullfinch
nice selection keep it up mo.
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Have to disagree on this one, Rog - Great Spotted Woodpecker not Lesser. 
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12-02-2013, 09:59
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Have to disagree on this one, Rog - Great Spotted Woodpecker not Lesser. |
Agreed
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12-02-2013, 10:40
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Have to disagree on this one, Rog - Great Spotted Woodpecker not Lesser. |
Most definitely.
The Jay also pecks the eyes from Duck chicks, and I have witnessed this personally. It amazed me at first but then like the magpie and the Carrion Crow it is just another member of the crow family.
So on a quiet country lane with some road-kill don't be surprised to see the Jay pecking away at the carcase.....Griff...
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