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by Butterfly
Mon May 16, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

My garden has been extremely busy lately, starlings fledglings are everywhere and creating mayhem as they usually do, jackdaws are around too taking suet away clearly feeding their babies, a pair of GSW are also taking suet away all the time and I saw a couple of blue tits taking a nesting material ...
by Butterfly
Tue May 10, 2022 11:33 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: STARLINGS
Replies: 468
Views: 442235

Re: STARLINGS

Few very noisy fledglings have arrived here. Unmistakable this time.
by Butterfly
Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

I think I heard a starling fledgling this morning :faint: , I looked everywhere and couldn't see it, but the sound was unmistakable. Prepare everyone :dj: I would be really surprised if you heard a fledgling Starling. For that to happen the parent birds need to have met, build a nest and mated in v...
by Butterfly
Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:15 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

I think I heard a starling fledgling this morning :faint: , I looked everywhere and couldn't see it, but the sound was unmistakable. Prepare everyone :dj:
by Butterfly
Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:49 am
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

My starlings are slowly coming back, and starting to take their baths, sure sign that spring is here :)
by Butterfly
Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:29 am
Forum: Birds
Topic: ROBINS
Replies: 311
Views: 295893

Re: ROBINS

My robin is around, but doesn't spend much time in one place, in and out of the garden all the time. Probably busy with his nest somewhere I guess :nod:
by Butterfly
Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: Birds
Topic: Ospreys
Replies: 853
Views: 609385

Re: Ospreys

I found this video really funny, this male osprey keeps bringing soft toys into the nest :laugh:

by Butterfly
Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:24 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Buzzards are a common sight around where I live and I see them all the time either wheeling around overhead or in roadside trees and fields but today I had a first. I was on way to my uncles in my car when a big bird of prey flew up from the roadside carrying in it's talons what I think was a rabbi...
by Butterfly
Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:58 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

The rooks are very busy at the moment making their nest. This year most of the nest from years previous ere blown down by the gales we had. So extra busy. But they are getting it done quite quickly. A few weeks ago no nest, now several nest have appeared. Wont be as many as there used to be, as sev...
by Butterfly
Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:26 pm
Forum: Birds
Topic: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....
Replies: 2007
Views: 1459011

Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

I see Magpies breaking off branches from the tree next to my house, but I also left all sorts of twigs and leaves in my garden.