Show us ya birds !

[Mick Dempsey]

Looks like a lesser to me.

Here's a handy guide for those who aren’t au fait with twitching.
 

Got a pair of Unkempt Snatches nesting in my laurels this year.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[AJStrees]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Looks like a lesser to me.

Here's a handy guide for those who aren’t au fait with twitching.
 

Got a pair of Unkempt Snatches nesting in my laurels this year.

Excellent work Mr Dempsey. Educating the nation in lockdown. 

[Mick Dempsey]

I help where I can, I can do no more.

[AJStrees]

On 10/04/2020 at 12:44, ABtrees said:

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 !

Very nice. A new species of woodpecker? I only know of the two plus the green. Red Squirrel, well you must live somewhere up north where ferocious women shoot all the greys. So I am told. 

[Ratman]

Well... Simon does my chuffing head in! Swan needs to either wear a chuffing nappy or learn to shat in a potty! Old McGinty is pretty sound, pops in every now and then. Furious Half inch needs to sod off and leave my freshly laid borders alone... chuffing soil all over my paths! Pterodactyl needs to grow up rapid and stop being such an arrogant selfish bully! Insane bastard is a cool half back in my book! Ruffled Tightarse could be a little less shy if she wanted! Judi Dench Night Terror needs to learn how to share the bath water in such hard times! Albino Duck wants an elastic band round his snout at 5am in a morning! Crested Wanksock needs to be less fussy when he visits the food bank! Unkempt Snatch it seriously nearing my telescopic sights.... cheeky shite! Good old Don’t know and Midget of Death should learn to get along at the local pool! Hungarian Cock Gobbler is a top banana and can visit with his old lass anytime he wants! Whilst Golden Thramphammer is on the missing persons list at the local cop shop?!!!! [emoji106]

 

[gary112]

27 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Well... Simon does my chuffing head in! Swan needs to either wear a chuffing nappy or learn to shat in a potty! Old McGinty is pretty sound, pops in every now and then. Furious Half inch needs to sod off and leave my freshly laid borders alone... chuffing soil all over my paths! Pterodactyl needs to grow up rapid and stop being such an arrogant selfish bully! Insane bastard is a cool half back in my book! Ruffled Tightarse could be a little less shy if she wanted! Judi Dench Night Terror needs to learn how to share the bath water in such hard times! Albino Duck wants an elastic band round his snout at 5am in a morning! Crested Wanksock needs to be less fussy when he visits the food bank! Unkempt Snatch it seriously nearing my telescopic sights.... cheeky shite! Good old Don’t know and Midget of Death should learn to get along at the local pool! Hungarian Cock Gobbler is a top banana and can visit with his old lass anytime he wants! Whilst Golden Thramphammer is on the missing persons list at the local cop shop?!!!!

 

Hell, you got a bit feathered trouble up there by the sound of things Andy????

[Ratman]

I dont mind any of em really, bar a few. Starlings are out and out bullies and need a tap round head at times, especially regards food and bathing.
Little dunnocks are fine, just make a mess of my borders and paths when weathers good. They love their dry soils and bird baths!
Biggest peeve is bloody seagulls, rife round us at min and dont half leave the albatross affect when they’ve been!

[ABtrees]

On ‎11‎/‎04‎/‎2020 at 21:25, AJStrees said:

Very nice. A new species of woodpecker? I only know of the two plus the green. Red Squirrel, well you must live somewhere up north where ferocious women shoot all the greys. So I am told. 

Not so much 'up north' as way further south - central (rural) France.  We have no Greys. 

As for the peckers, we have Greater, Middle and Lesser Spotted along with the Green (I'll get a picture tomorrow).  The 5th is an 'occasional' visitor - The Black.  A truly awesome bird - huge at circa 45cm - you tend to hear them before you see them - seriously loud and unmistakable.  Hopefully we'll be lucky again this year. 

Today it's possible I have heard (not seen) a 6th variety - a Grey Headed - like a Green but you guessed it …. !  Super fast drumming - goes on for 2-3 seconds.  Below is one of the 2nd pair of MSWs (in the Alder) along with a male Blackcap and a Willow Warbler (or Chiffchaf ???).

[AJStrees]

11 hours ago, ABtrees said:

Not so much 'up north' as way further south - central (rural) France.  We have no Greys. 

As for the peckers, we have Greater, Middle and Lesser Spotted along with the Green (I'll get a picture tomorrow).  The 5th is an 'occasional' visitor - The Black.  A truly awesome bird - huge at circa 45cm - you tend to hear them before you see them - seriously loud and unmistakable.  Hopefully we'll be lucky again this year. 

Today it's possible I have heard (not seen) a 6th variety - a Grey Headed - like a Green but you guessed it …. !  Super fast drumming - goes on for 2-3 seconds.  Below is one of the 2nd pair of MSWs (in the Alder) along with a male Blackcap and a Willow Warbler (or Chiffchaf ???).

That's great stuff. Are you using a camera with a fairly long lens to get the WP pictures?

[Khriss]

Getting Mr Robin tame enuff to feed off window ledge by my seat. Mealworms. He abt 1m away at the mo. Fingers crossed its summer time. Put a lot of food out fr the song birds n small birds n scare the Jays n Magpies off- they got the Common, so they dont need feeding in my garden. K

Edited April 13, 2020 by Khriss
Miss the Red squirrels down here . Greys are just thieving cunts.