Garden Wildlife UK

Siskins are back

Had a juvenile GSW for about 3 seconds last week. That was a first. Hasn't returned.

"Siskins are back" Lucky old you Peregrine. I haven't seen one in the garden for 18 months

Threw out the birds' elevenses, a selection of insect suet pellets, sunflower hearts and mixed seed, and 10 minutes later watched a grey treerat dig a hole in the lawn and solicitously bury a selected tasty. It carefully covered it over and patted it down with its little paws.
I expect it was thinking, "There now, that'll be lovely around the miggle of January".

Was once in the company of a bunch of Australian visitors. They had never seen a grey and, presumably for lack of anything else , were throwing it little pieces of Mars Bar which the creature was burying for winter. Everybody happy ......

Pity they didn't have Topics instead - " ... a hazlenut in every bite."

Placido wrote:Threw out the birds' elevenses, a selection of insect suet pellets, sunflower hearts and mixed seed, and 10 minutes later watched a grey treerat dig a hole in the lawn and solicitously bury a selected tasty. It carefully covered it over and patted it down with its little paws.
I expect it was thinking, "There now, that'll be lovely around the miggle of January".

Was once in the company of a bunch of Australian visitors. They had never seen a grey and, presumably for lack of anything else , were throwing it little pieces of Mars Bar which the creature was burying for winter. Everybody happy ......

You're getting soft in your old age. I can recall a time when if a Tree Rat should venture into your domain you'd be out there with the scary stick giving it what for.

Unfortunately the shotgun's back at the gunsmiths for a rebore.

Placido, 25 house sparrows for breakfast I seem to have lost my Blackbirds.

:waving:Greenfinch: maybe the blackbirds have run away so that you don't have them for breakfast like the poor sparrows ??

Placido wrote::waving:Greenfinch: maybe the blackbirds have run away so that you don't have them for breakfast like the poor sparrows ??

Not enough Blackbirds for the pie according to recipe requirements I expect .

Well, saw them saturday. Only just got round to doing the pics

Green woodpecker


Nuthatch


a not very good buzzard (I think) - too far away for the lens I had on