Sergeant Wilson Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 15 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: A couple of months ago I made a nest box and put it up on the back of the house, but I didn't see any interest in it apart from one blue tit having a look just after I mounted it. Sitting out in the sun today I noticed tits coming and going from it, so happily it looks like there are young in the box. If ever a post merited a Kenneth Williams response, then this is it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: If ever a post merited a Kenneth Williams response, then this is it. I did fully expect a Kenneth gif 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Didn't get a picture so you'll have to believe me but there were two bullfinches on my walk tonight. Never seen one before so had to look up what they were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Male figbird in one of my back garden palm trees. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 12/06/2023 at 22:12, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: Didn't get a picture so you'll have to believe me but there were two bullfinches on my walk tonight. Never seen one before so had to look up what they were. It's not the best picture but Mr and Mrs are fairly regular visitors. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Nuthatch, Lord Ancrum's Woods, Newbattle Abbey. I hadn't seen one before so I was glad to spot this one 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) My very cheap phone with sporadic internet connection (3G out on the Cornish coast) doesn't help me out here, but there's a pair of swallows with five newly-hatched offspring in my other shed, the annoying thing is I am in the middle of clearing everything out so that's on hold for another couple of weeks. Also I think a Spitfire [Edit: wrong species according to the internet] might have just gone over about seven minutes ago, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over Falmouth was cancelled today but this thing was flying over Looe in a north-easterly direction around 5pm in case anyone has one of those flight path link things. Edited June 24, 2023 by IncomingExile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Consensus on the Scottish bird and wildlife photography group I posted this on is so far 3-1 in favour of this being a tree sparrow rather than a house sparrow. Would be a new one for my garden but I'm not convinced (it almost seems like a mix of the two species). What think the bird people of P&B. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatulent Gannet Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, Rizzo said: Consensus on the Scottish bird and wildlife photography group I posted this on is so far 3-1 in favour of this being a tree sparrow rather than a house sparrow. Would be a new one for my garden but I'm not convinced (it almost seems like a mix of the two species). What think the bird people of P&B. Definitely a Tree sparrow. Tree sparrow has a brown hat, house sparrow has a grey hat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 16 hours ago, Flatulent Gannet said: Definitely a Tree sparrow. Tree sparrow has a brown hat, house sparrow has a grey hat. These wee guys do actually have a really weak grey hat compared to the house sparrows but not the solid brown of a tree sparrow or the bold grey of a house sparrow. Consensus now seems to be that they're hybrids so have e-mailed the BTO to get their take. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Sitting out the back here and between the starlings, sparrows, blackbirds and my own two budgies it sound like a feckin pet shop. There are two baby blackbords right now who seem to be just hopping around the ground the last few days. Eating my strawberries and being fed red holly berries of the dad. Great fun to watch. I wondered where my strawbs were going. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 24/06/2023 at 08:45, tamthebam said: Nuthatch, Lord Ancrum's Woods, Newbattle Abbey. I hadn't seen one before so I was glad to spot this one Beautiful woods there. I grew up in the area. Nice photo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Not the best-shot photos. A Rainbow Lorikeet having a chew on the flowers on one of my gum trees. At dusk, there are hundreds of them flying around in flocks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 07/07/2023 at 17:08, Flatulent Gannet said: Definitely a Tree sparrow. Tree sparrow has a brown hat, house sparrow has a grey hat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Took these photos a few weeks ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Saw some Eurasian Jays in Pollok Park yesterday, and in Victoria Park saw what Google Lens tells me is a Welsh Harlequin Duck. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Not a particularly exotic picture, but I saw 2 wood pigeons sitting on a roof in the pouring rain, cuddling into each other, and thought it was quite touching. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On 10/07/2023 at 20:44, Soapy FFC said: Not a particularly exotic picture, but I saw 2 wood pigeons sitting on a roof in the pouring rain, cuddling into each other, and thought it was quite touching. We've got 4 or 5 living in the big tree in our garden. Not sure if they live in pairs, but we often see 2 of them snuggling like that or sometimes having a scrap (probably a couple then...). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: We've got 4 or 5 living in the big tree in our garden. Not sure if they live in pairs, but we often see 2 of them snuggling like that or sometimes having a scrap (probably a couple then...). We have lots of them in the area. I don't mind them as they tend to, as you say, stay in pairs. I hate the feral pigeons with a passion though. They come in a flock of, at times, 20 or more and devour every bit of food that is lying about. I hate them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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