Show us ya birds !

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ive been putting feeders out for the birds for a year now, I am pleased to have a pair of jays on a regular visit now. I have recently started growing my own veg and fruit in the garden and this has also seen all manner of wildlife coming into the garden. I cannot tell you the joys ive had in recent weeks. Staurday morning I watched a fox at 6am picking of slugs and snails from the Brassica patch, ive had finches of all sorts but so chuffed to see goldfinches, one of my faves. I intend to plant flowers for bees, and supply a home for insects and solitary bees and bumbles, along with a hedgehog house, ones been visiting.

 

Now allI need to do is get the bats to roost and I will be in total nature oasis/bliss:001_cool:

 

A "common" species the jay i know, but i love them, a real icon of our birdlife:thumbup1:

[nepia]

Tony, if you've got bullfinches round you plant Geranium phaeum. They love it and it's funny watching them land on the tip of the stem and sink to the ground so they're feeding hanging upside down off it.

 

But it does seed itself enthusiastically.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

  nepia said:

Tony, if you've got bullfinches round you plant Geranium phaeum. They love it and it's funny watching them land on the tip of the stem and sink to the ground so they're feeding hanging upside down off it.

 

But it does seed itself enthusiastically.

 

 

goodtoknow, thanks Nepia:thumbup1: was thinking teazels for the finches

[nepia]

  Tony Croft aka hamadryad said:

was thinking teazels for the finches

 

Oh yes; the Goldies love 'em all through the winter.

[David Humphries]

a sneeky view of a Kestrel at Ashtead yesterday

 

 

 

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[arbwork]

nicely framed David, 1 from a stand at elmia 'lookin at you'

[Sussex Groundie]

An oldie but a goodie, Canadian Eagle Owl shot by my partner's grandfather "many yrs ago"

[Joe Loggs]

I see a male hen harrier over linton on Wednesday really gutted I didnt have a camera to hand, such a beautiful bird.

[nepia]

International relations on the up? Sadly not as 5 seconds after this there was a brief border skirmish. Sabres were rattled and both parties went home with pride intact.

[Dan Curtis]

Two sets of swallow chicks. The first are approx one day hatched. The second are barely two weeks old but looking like they're ready to fledge!