Show us ya birds !

[gary112]

20 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

That must of been weeks of work though. Pretty dedicated I would say.

here they are just before they left for good 

[AJStrees]

18 minutes ago, gary112 said:

here they are just before they left for good 

Might be a silly question, but there never seem to be any male ones...... 

[Ratman]

Might be a silly question, but there never seem to be any male ones...... 

Cross dressers?! [emoji6]?[emoji23]?

[AJStrees]

The Egyptians are back again this year. Might be a successful nest year. 

 

[AJStrees]

Ducks were out early this morning, probably looking for somewhere to nest. 

[AJStrees]

[ABtrees]

Do you know your hole ?!!!

Woodpecker hole - obviously - but which one ?

 

OK the clue is in the 2nd photo

[ABtrees]

OK here's the owner.  Can't be sure I've ever seen / had chance to study them before but I guess I will now !

[AJStrees]

13 hours ago, ABtrees said:

OK here's the owner.  Can't be sure I've ever seen / had chance to study them before but I guess I will now !

Great spotted or lesser spotted? 

 

Fantastic catch there. 

[ABtrees]

43 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Great spotted or lesser spotted? 

 

Fantastic catch there. 

Thanks.  We're very fortunate to have 5 different woodpeckers where we live.  It's actually neither of the above but somewhere in between !  It's a Middle Spotted Woodpecker in an old dead Sweet Chestnut.  We also have a Green in another tree (Indian Bean) in the garden and the Lesser is around but I have yet to find the nest.  Since posting this I have in fact found another MSW pair in the garden in a dead Alder - I'll set the hide up and try to get a pic later on.  Whilst waiting for the pic above, I had 2 pair of Nuthatch and a Treecreeper in the trees above and then a Red Squirrel came past about 10m in front of me.  Yesterday was one of my best days ever in the hide.  Unfortunately the camera was rigged up on the tripod (aimed at the hole) so I couldn't get any of them - tough call tho !