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Post by peony on Mar 7, 2015 21:11:31 GMT
I noticed a female blackbird busy collecting nesting material today, and also spotted the wrens flying in and out the ivy on the fence near where they nested last year. Saw my first Red Kite today, a wonderful sight, it was circling around for some time before it disappeared. There was an article in the local paper a couple of weeks ago that they had been seen in the area but I didn't expect to see one myself.  |
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Post by grindle on Mar 8, 2015 5:16:26 GMT
Lucky you seeing one peony we have plenty of buzzards, but I don't think kites are this far down. My nesting blackbirds have nearly destroyed the liner on an old hanging basket so far for their nest  |
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Post by Fractal on Mar 17, 2015 22:50:46 GMT
Vote for Britain's National bird. Hopefully all will participate in this. The finalists. www.votenationalbird.com/ps. My vote went for the Wren |
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Post by grindle on Mar 18, 2015 5:29:50 GMT
did mine yesterday for the Blue tit |
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 18, 2015 9:56:21 GMT
Done.
No ostriches or penguins so I voted mute swan
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Post by SueA on Mar 18, 2015 19:39:13 GMT
I voted for the robin in the original poll last year & was torn between that, the wren & the blackbird but thought I'd stick with my first choice as nearly every garden has one at some time or other & they're the very recognisable. |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 18, 2015 20:01:47 GMT
I voted for the Barn Owl.
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Post by daitheplant on Mar 18, 2015 20:25:44 GMT
Just voted for the Robin, as, at every garden I go to, I have at least one of them keeping me company.
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Post by grindle on Apr 5, 2015 4:48:09 GMT
sitting in the garden yesterday afternoon watching the birds I saw my first ever Coal Tit, glad it decided to visit me On the down side a cat got a baby robin in the morning  |
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Post by Andrew on Apr 9, 2015 20:10:35 GMT
Plenty of activity on my feeding station at present. I'm having to top up the seed feeder virtually every other day. The fatballs seem to be out of favour at the moment though.
I saw the kestrel in the garden the other day again, sitting on the shed for a while.
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Post by peony on Apr 10, 2015 18:28:15 GMT
The blackbirds were busy today gathering up nesting material and one is trying to build a nest on the roof of the blue tit box, not an ideal place as the box is on the wall of OH's workshop which has a flat roof with guttering which tends to overflow in heavy rain  |
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Post by SueA on Apr 10, 2015 19:08:12 GMT
They do pick some daft places sometimes don't they peony! I saw a female blackbird picking up nesting material as well this morning, I'm sure there are nests in the trees at the end of ours & next door's already but they do change their minds a lot. |
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Post by peony on Apr 10, 2015 19:27:03 GMT
SueA, I'm hoping she will abandon it because I don't think the blue tits will use the box with a blackbird nest on the top
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Post by SueA on Apr 10, 2015 19:31:26 GMT
The bluetits will probably want a house - not an apartment peony! |
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Post by SueA on Apr 13, 2015 20:46:04 GMT
I saw the female blackbird on the patio this afternoon looking through the doors & wondered what she was doing. Next thing she jumped up into the little olive tree, you could see it shaking & then she jumped down only to repeat this a few more times. After she'd gone I went out to see what she'd been up to - I think she's developed a taste for a Mediterranean diet as a few of the tiny olives are now missing! |
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