Rizzo Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Any idea on these beauties I saw on the canal on our one prescribed outdoor activity yesterday? Never seen them before but I'd imagine a common enough sort of duck. I day duck but they were huge, more like goose sized I would say some kind of domestic duck or hybrid. Cayuga ducks are a domestic breed that look similar to these. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rizzo said: I would say some kind of domestic duck or hybrid. Cayuga ducks are a domestic breed that look similar to these. Cool! That sounds fascinating I'll look it up! Looked them up and that's defo the one. The gloss on them is beautiful, I was worried they'd been caught in an oil slick at first Edited March 26, 2020 by Genuine Hibs Fan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 nothing fancy, but I do like this regular visitor - very incongruous splash of red... and this is nothing more than a bush full of sparrows, waiting mob-handed to descend on the feeders when the tits have had their fill... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I’m in lockdown at my gfs and sadly both the front and back gardens are not very bird friendly, the back especially with it being a concrete area with high fences that are regularly patrolled by cats.I did see a Dunnock heartily singing from a hedge on my walk to the shops the other day. An underrated bird I think, I quite like the humble dunnock and it’s song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Mr and Mrs Bullfinch getting some scran earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snobot Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I built a nest box last year out of an old shelf and stuck it up in our close garden. Delighted that a pair of blue tits have moved in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 12 hours ago, MixuFixit said: Really nice wild looking back garden, does it back onto some actual forest? There's a lawn up behind those bushes and trees and we've got some flats that back onto the garden now beyond some more trees. The front and sides of the house have a wood surrounding us. Good for all sorts of wildlife. There is owls and woodpeckers in the trees out the front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I combined my state-sponsored activity with going birdwatching yesterday up at SWT Cathkin Marsh which is about a four-mile walk each way from where I live. Sedge warblers, skylarks and reed buntings all over the place and very visible - heard water rail and grasshopper warbler but they're elusive fuckers, so didn't actually see them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Does anyone have any tips for deterring the b*****ding fat c*nt squirrels from eating all the bird food I put out? I've tried oiling the pole (wayhey!) but they still manage to get up there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Does anyone have any tips for deterring the b*****ding fat c*nt squirrels from eating all the bird food I put out? I've tried oiling the pole (wayhey!) but they still manage to get up there. i'd suggest my high-powered wind machine in reverse patented sucking and mincing* solution as mooted for BFTD's squirrel/fence conundrum, but I suspect it may be a little indiscriminate in the carnage it would wreak * I'll save anyone else the trouble... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Does anyone have any tips for deterring the b*****ding fat c*nt squirrels from eating all the bird food I put out? I've tried oiling the pole (wayhey!) but they still manage to get up there. A baffle on the pole is probably the best way 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 47 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Does anyone have any tips for deterring the b*****ding fat c*nt squirrels from eating all the bird food I put out? I've tried oiling the pole (wayhey!) but they still manage to get up there. Smudger. Wouldn't be many birds left either but there you are There used to be a few squirrels around my bit but I haven't seen many since the foxes moved in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Not the greatest picture, but I spotted one of the owls sitting in the tree at the front of the house. The woodpecker had been at the birdfeeder just a few minutes before but I couldn't get close enough to get a decent picture with my phone without scaring him off. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Saw my first whitethroat of the year today, will need to head back and try and get photos another time if it’s still kicking about.Other summer visitors seen so far include willow warbler, chiffchaff and blackcap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Saw my first whitethroat of the year today, will need to head back and try and get photos another time if it’s still kicking about. Other summer visitors seen so far include willow warbler, chiffchaff and blackcap. Saw a blackcap last Friday. On a very pleasant walk a couple of weeks before that, I had my usual confusion between willow warbler and chiffchaff, which remained unresolved. The legs said chiffchaff, the song... didn't. Here's Friday's blackcap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 26/03/2020 at 11:36, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Any idea on these beauties I saw on the canal on our one prescribed outdoor activity yesterday? Never seen them before but I'd imagine a common enough sort of duck. I day duck but they were huge, more like goose sized On 26/03/2020 at 17:15, Rizzo said: I would say some kind of domestic duck or hybrid. Cayuga ducks are a domestic breed that look similar to these. Based on the colour of the bill it looks more like a Cayuga rather than a hybridised mallard which would likely retain the yellow bill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 47 minutes ago, RiG said: Based on the colour of the bill it looks more like a Cayuga rather than a hybridised mallard which would likely retain the yellow bill. Thank you, meant to come back to say I'd looked it up and that seemed to be what they were. Some interesting birds around here, we're about a mile from the M25 so there are dozens of red kites kicking about, and there's a park up the road with a wee colony of parakeets! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 6 hours ago, sugna said: Saw a blackcap last Friday. On a very pleasant walk a couple of weeks before that, I had my usual confusion between willow warbler and chiffchaff, which remained unresolved. The legs said chiffchaff, the song... didn't. Here's Friday's blackcap. The song is definitive. If it wasn't chiff-chaff its a Willow Warbler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Saw a Greenfinch today in Bo'ness. First one in nearly 2 years !! No exaggeration I have seen well over 100 Goldfinches since I last saw a Greenfinch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 There’s a chaffinch that sits on the tree and chirps away for most of the day. Cute for a while but now getting annoying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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