We have loads of woodies in the garden, They sometimes ended up on the table or in a casserole, but I am not allowed to deal with them now the general shooting license has been abolished (thanks to Chris Packham)

Think we might have a wren , either that or its a very small sparrow.

Back garden robin has been seen feeding a fledgling with Meal worm I put out.  

Magpies keep scoffing all the fatballs, still if it keeps them away from songbird nests thats ok. Another one I cannot deal with due to Mr Packham.

Genuinely don't mind 'woodies'...'cos we see so few......The feral (flying rat) pigeons I could do without......Dakkka, dakka...dakka...punta, click.

There is/was a wren's nest fairly close by.....I HOPE.
The fat-balls, Mark?....Magpies, Crows and Jackdaws don't really give the little 'Tits' a chance, sadly.
Like you say....If if keeps the corvids away from smaller birds' eggs and their nests..that's a definite plus.

Good man, if you've got a robin fledgling.

Not seen anything 'fledging' wise, so far, this spring.

Cheers - Phil.

Here in our part of Ohio we have a Robin nesting in the crook of a downspout. It's a little worrying since it's not that high up and there are cats around here. She tolerates our presence, watching us with a beady eye when we're gardening. I also set up a bird table which is highly appreciated by a nesting pair of cardinals. They really go through the seed we put out for them.

Ohio ?

That's one of the reasons I truly love this forum.

Having worked for Ral Partha/Wizkidz/IronWind metals in the horrendously distant past, I have the vaguest idea where you are, Poggle.....("I dun (sic) stuff for all of those")

Cardinals ?.....No.....They're far too colourful for the UK.....But what wonderful birds, they look. (I'm only jealous !!)

We're definitely going to have to start 'another thread'.

Cheers - Phil

Saw a little brown job today. Also met a complete A**EHOLE at St Cats, bulling his way into an appointment and being veryb rude to me on way out. Fortuneatly only oine encountered...

Pigeons are such stupid creatures! Was just now calling The Cat to come in... Himself sitting right out in the open... pigeon lands 10ft away!   More Fox food!

As to unlikely sightings... years ago, I was driving towards Allendale, (for a horse holiday), when a BIG cat ran across the road about 80yds ahead. Almost certainly a feral or farm cat... but it DID 'look' like a Wildcat! And it was BIG! Very much doubt it though, but...

Anecdotes can be funny! Again, a while back... someone in the village said that they thought they saw a Mink in the park river. (There had been a 'release' from a Fur Farm a few miles away, some years previously.) 'CHINESE WHISPERS' turned it into a sighting of A LYNX !!!  
(Or, maybe a Minx... ?    )

A missing lynx, it seems.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 01 May 2021, 03:48:02 PM
A missing lynx, it seems.

I bow to the expert! lol! 

Oh dear Alexander

Our robin's eggs have hatched.  The poor parents are going back and forth like a fiddler's elbow feeding them.

Well I managed to roll out of bed and out the door by just past 5.00am and the dawn chorus was already in full swing, as with a clear sky it was already pretty light. Certainly not as loud as last year, so I think less migrants have arrived so far. However the early morning mist and frost was beautiful and saw a vixen and her cubs,  a roe deer 'swimming' in mist on a hill and a skylark was singing as the sun rose, which was stunning. A tad tired but what a beautiful start to the day .

 

Quote from: Steve J on 02 May 2021, 07:50:40 AM
. . . so I think less migrants have arrived so far.

Ahh, that'll be Brexit then . . .

Quote from: Techno II on 01 May 2021, 06:30:09 AM
.....And that bloody woodpecker that hammers against a metal plate on the big barn.
"Phew whattaracket."

Electricity is your friend:


(I am assured that this is fake . . .)

OOOPS !!

Martyn....Our local electricity provider has been know to stick a metal silhouette of a woodpecker at the top of a pole, to try and stop the b*ggers from doing that !.....Honestly.

Cheers - Phil.