WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Butterfly » Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:32 pm

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Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:16 pm
 Seen a sparrowhawk a few days ago on my walk. Had what looked like a blackbird. Flew off with it when it seen me.
Oh noooo :(
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Post by Willpar » Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:22 pm

A first for me, but what i believe to be a herring gull landed in my garden twice to have some suet pellets and calci worms. It is a huge bird.
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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:30 pm

Willpar wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:22 pm
 A first for me, but what i believe to be a herring gull landed in my garden twice to have some suet pellets and calci worms. It is a huge bird.
The are beautiful birds but I'm not sure I would be keen to have one as a visitor. They have a voracious appetite and are not fussy what they eat.
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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Butterfly » Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:29 pm

I saw a dead woodie by the side of a busy road, and that magpie the other day, and few other birds killed on the roads! Why are birds not moving away from the roads and are getting run over?! They at least can fly for God's sake! Its really upsetting to see them killed, seems so senseless :(
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Post by Butterfly » Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:35 am

Blue tits have fledged! :flying: :clap: :rara: There was lots of twittering in my garden and parents were feeding them suet. They are too cute :love:
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Re: WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

Post by Jacksparrow » Mon Jun 07, 2021 7:37 pm

Butterfly wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:35 am
 Blue tits have fledged! :flying: :clap: :rara: There was lots of twittering in my garden and parents were feeding them suet. They are too cute :love:
How many fledged. According to Springwatch successful fledglings are way down on last years numbers.
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Post by Butterfly » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:02 pm

I am not sure how many of them fledged, I saw 2, but heard maybe few more in the shrub :shrug: . They are hiding and difficult to see, but I will definitely keep an eye on them :nod: .
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Post by Willpar » Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:52 am

Usually when i offer live mealworms blue and great tits come in. Not this year though. it is sparrows taking all the food.
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Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:16 pm

I had a definite sighting of a fledgling Robin. The first this year. :)
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Post by Butterfly » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:20 am

Jacksparrow wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:16 pm
 I had a definite sighting of a fledgling Robin. The first this year. :)
That's so good to hear Jack, I haven't seen any this year, and even my adult Robin is not around much. I have no idea what happened :shrug:

On another note ... while I was cleaning under the shrub where I throw some food for birds, I saw this tiny skull :faint: , which appears to be very old and belonging to a starling
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I am 100% sure it was not there before because I clean that spot regularly, so its a mystery who brought it there now and why :scratch:
Its so light, weights almost nothing, and well preserved. Could it be that its from a starling that died of natural causes? Hmmmm :scratch: , very puzzling.
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