34theletterbetweenB&D Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Blackcap juveniles in the fruit cage yesterday and this morning, requiring release. All very calm, never been so close to blackcaps before, normally a very fugitive species but perhaps the juveniles have yet to learn this behaviour? The parents sat in the oak tree, calling but out of sight. Raised at least four, two male, two female, judged by this morning's accidental 'catch'. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) I thought this was pretty nice.. They make the budgie chicks I have at the moment look tiny Edited June 9, 2020 by monkeysarefun 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) This morning we had young great tits and coal tits on the feeders, joining the blue tits that arrived yesterday. They join the list of blackbirds, chaffinches, greenfinches, rooks, collared doves, sparrows and wrens who's young have all been regular residents or visitors in the garden this year. While writing this a young great tit flew at the window. It seems to be OK and is sitting quietly. News update, it's just flown away. Edited June 10, 2020 by Killybegs addition 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted June 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) First time ever seen one, we had a Woodpecker on the bird feeder yesterday morning......pretty bird, I have heard it occasionally but a first for me. Edited June 10, 2020 by boxbrownie 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted June 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 10, 2020 3 hours ago, boxbrownie said: First time ever seen one, we had a Woodpecker on the bird feeder yesterday morning......pretty bird, I have heard it occasionally but a first for me. Greater spotted? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) I put out some what are described as superior fat balls, hoping to entice Long-Tailed Tits, who occasionally pass through the garden here in London SW16, but our local Greater Spotted Woodpeckers have found them and are getting through 3 balls a day, which I suppose makes a change from them emptying the seed feeders, but , inevitably, I haven't seen a single LTT since I put them out 2 weeks ago! At least I am pretty sure I saw a Coal Tit yesterday, so not all is bad! Anthony Edited June 10, 2020 by Anthony Spelling 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted June 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Bullock said: Greater spotted? Yes, it had the flash of red underneath.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Seen crossing the road as we drove through a neighbouring village last evening, a pair peacocks, one of each. steve 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thrush fledgling appeared on the lawn for the first time today. Mother was feeding it worms after first breaking them into small pieces. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) First juvenile woodpecker in the garden this year: Edited June 11, 2020 by Barry Ten Tweaked the image a bit 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2020 Three in at once, and a fourth just out of the field of view, annoyingly! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Chris and Jenny (they’re our wrens who take their names from Prof Chris Whitty and Dr Jenny Harries) were very busy on Friday morning as the young prepared to fledge, and then late morning the fledging occurred. It’s not the best of photos but here’s one of the fledglings. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Surprise spotting whilst on walk between Bolton Abbey and Appletreewick: pair of pied flycatchers. Not exactly a garden bird, but had to mention it as I haven’t seen one in yoinks. Missed a Hobby that was doing the rounds on the moors above, though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 The magpie parents are now chasing the fledglings away when they beg for food. I wonder if they have another brood on the way. I also heard a dunnock singing yesterday early evening, not heard that so distinctly before but I found and played a snatch of song on my phone to make sure I had identified it correctly. I have also noticed some of the house sparrows clinging quite acrobatically to the pebbledash on the back of next door; presumably they are finding small insects there. And the parakeets have been inand out of our copper maple the last few days, which is relatively unusual at this time of year. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2020 A few days ago I was cleaning my patio and there was a small pile of dead moss, leaves and grass waiting to go into the compost when a family of starlings descended on the heap and started pecking away. Two adult birds and four youngsters. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 13:01, Barry Ten said: Three in at once, and a fourth just out of the field of view, annoyingly! Those are Lesser Spotted Woodies, rarer than the Greater ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, tigerburnie said: Those are Lesser Spotted Woodies, rarer than the Greater ones. Juvenile GSWs - the red patch disappears in females and move s to the back of the head in males. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, Barry Ten said: Juvenile GSWs - the red patch disappears in females and move s to the back of the head in males. I was looking at the face markings, but bow to your id 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, tigerburnie said: I was looking at the face markings, but bow to your id Woodpeckers are a bit of an interest of mine, but well worth checking. I did see a LSW one once, but not in the UK. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Ahh, Raptors are more my bag, an ex falconer, I did see a few LSW in and around Willington in Derbyshire a couple of decades ago, we don't get them in Scotland. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, Barry Ten said: Woodpeckers are a bit of an interest of mine, but well worth checking. I did see a LSW one once, but not in the UK. Never seen an LSW, though they are seen infrequently in a different valley a couple of miles from my house. My neighbour says he has seen one in the garden, but I have my dubious hat on with that! Pity, I would like to believe it! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) we only get sparrows in the garden during the breeding season this year we have loads don't take any notice of the time and date on the video i forgot to reset them after taking the batteries out Edited June 17, 2020 by jbqfc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Dunnocks are are our only regulars that don't appear to have produced any offspring this year. Our list of fledglings to date now numbers 13. Sparrows, wrens, blackbirds, chaffinches, rooks, collared doves, blue tits, coal tits, great tits, greenfinches, thrushes, robins and goldfinches. it's a bit like living in an aviary here at the moment. Still having a constant battle with four local cats. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted June 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2020 today has been the day for the sparrow second brood flying the nest must have had about 30 in the garden at one point been fed by the parents John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2020 Wow, just wow!! A treecreeper on our Oak tree today. It is about 40 years old and is 50 ft away from the house. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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