Bird table news 27/01/2012
January 27, 2012 in Latest Patch Sightings by Jim Steele
How’s everyone’s bird table situation?!
I’ve just seen a new bird for me at mine – a male Reed Bunting!
Jim
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rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Fri 17th Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
Holme Pierrepont - 5 Smew [2 males and 3 females on Blott's Pit], 4 Common Kingfisher. Colwick Country Park - Mandarin Duck [male], Black Swan, 12 Gadwall, 109 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler [Hall Lake], 2 […]
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rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Sun 19th Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
Holme Pierrepont - 5 Smew [2 males and 3 females on Blott's Pit], 2 Water Rail, Common Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Gadwall, Comorant, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, […]
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rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Tue 21st Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
Sookholme - White Stork [field next to A60]. Annesley Woodhouse - 1 Red Kite [over main road]. Budby Forest South - 3 Common Crossbill. Woodthorpe - Blackcap [male in garden].
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Jim Steele commented on the post, Norfolk 19/02/2012 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
A bit arbitrary this ‘official list’ it always seems to me. I think it comes down to birds breeding and being self-sustaining for a reasonable period of time before they end up on the ‘British List’.
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PaulS commented on the post, Norfolk 19/02/2012 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
Apparently so. We were told they are a little self sustained breeding group. We’ve seen them at Pensthorpe but they do frequent the Little Ryburgh area. There’s no set area I’m afraid.
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PaulS commented on the post, A Celebration Of Snowdrops. 9 hours, 56 minutes ago
Maggie. I “created” the black background in the first shot by putting my camera bag behind the flower. Worked OK!!
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Simon Horsnall commented on the post, Norfolk 19/02/2012 15 hours, 40 minutes ago
We’d just parked on the side of the road an started walking rather than crawling along in the car. I think they just wanted to check we weren’t up to no good. They were very pleasant about it.
Are they […]
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rssfeeds wrote a new post, Notts sightings for Sat 18th Feb (courtesy of Notts Birdwatchers) 1 day, 4 hours ago
Gedling Pit Top - 2 Short-eared Owl, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 40+ Fieldfare, 1 Grey Partridge. Gonalston - 8 Little Egret [near stream]. Hoveringham - c.20 Goldfinch, c.30 Tufted Duck, […]
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Holme Pierrepont - 2 Water Rail, Common Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Gadwall, Comorant, Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Green […]
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You lucky so and so. No I have nothing new in the garden.
Mmmmm
I get Starlings,Wood Pigeon and a couple of Blackbird
must be doing something wrong
Don’t forget It’s big Garden Birdwatch this weekend.
Report any sightings to the RSPB.
I get Starling, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Pied and Grey Wagtail, Blackbird, Collared Dove and Wood Pigeon. Oh, and House Sparrows.
I’d love a house sparrow
Wood pigeon, long tailed tit, robin, dunnock, goldfinch, though still very slow this year
“I’d love a house sparrow”
The French deli mate. They sell ‘em by the kilo
This winter I’ve had blue, great and coal tits regularly. One goldfinch briefly and a chaffinch looked but decided my mixed seeds and fat cake didn’t take his fancy. I’ve had greenfinch and reed bunting in the past and mealworms disappear like hot cakes (but I never see what takes them).
My mealworms are preferred by Starlings, Pied Wagtails and cats. Yes cats love them. I’ve even had a Ginger Tom on my birdtable eating the worms. And I wonder why I don’t get much avian life!
Oh, Magpies like them too when I sprinkle some on the garden.
Maurice.T
After the strong winds,I moved the sunflower hearts feeder from the right of the garden to left,to within seven foot of the peanut feeder[the peanut feeder the most used one]now getting more birds in.coal tit.blue tit.great tit.robin.house sparrow.
goldfinch.chaffinch.wood pigeon.collared dove.jackdaw.dunnock.blackbird.song thrush.
they come every day.also drop in l.t.tit.wren.siberia blackcap.m.very rare a starling.
Yours
Maurice.T
hardly any think at all , robin black birds thats all
mick
Steve you can have some of my house sparrows. They keep eating the sunflower hearts that I put out for the Goldfinches.
Maurice you can have all my Starlings. The come in like a raiding party and anything tasty that has been put out is scoffed within seconds.
Paul you won’t have time for Garden Birdwatch. You will be too busy with Frankenstein.
Ah, the thing is Maggie I’ll be outside so will have full view of the table. If the lightning fails to strike I might have to attach a few starlings to my wind turbine and generate electricity that way!
This thread seems to have somewhat disappointingly descended into frivolity!
That said, Paul, do you have the mail order address for that French Deli?
Jim
you need to go to Paris Jim. Baskets full of passerines are sold in most butchers.
Apologies for the light hearted banter. Back to the serious stuff. Big garden birdwatch results were very disappointing for me today. 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Bluetits, 12 Starlings, 1 Wood Pigeon.
i normally get wood pigeon,collared dove,house sparrow,dunnock,robin,blackbird and the odd starling.
Paul, well, we need to mount a EVW trip out to Paris then to procure said goods!
Jim
We could do it in a day. Derby to Paris is only 5 hours on Eurostar. Beats going to Tesco!
Ah, Paris in the spring. A stroll down the Seine, pay homage to Morrison in Père Lachaise, a coffee with the artists at Montmartre and the Eiffel by night. Definitely beats going to Tesco!!!
GBW yielded
wait for it
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1 Wood Pigeon