ditchman Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) i always feed the birds ...and this year since January the stuff ive had visit the garden is as follows wood pigeons doves sparrows great tits blue tits thrush jackdaw reed bunting goldcrest long tailed tit rook goldfinch 2 other sorts of finch deer hedgehog squrril starling perigrine falcon...(took one of the doves) wren and to top it all off ....last evening a brace of partridge !! havnt heard a cuckoo for 3 years now...and no swallows/swifts as yet as i post this 25past 7.....the partridge have just dropped in again........... Edited April 22, 2018 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I thought you were fixing a Landrover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hate to tell you but one of your partridges is a pigeon.??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I thought you were fixing a Landrover! not yet....im taking it easy at the moment...getting ready for the big push........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) I can match you on most of those, swap the peregrine(wow) for a sparrow hawk, deer for a fox, does it count if its on camera in the night? No hedgehog yet and swap partridge for mallard. Squirrels are rare and the odd rat. And your lawns looking good for April. No magpies for you? Edited April 22, 2018 by Mice! magpies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Was number 4 and 5 big fat Sarah from Strurmpshaw when the beast from the east arrived in our neck of the woods . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I need to know what the ‘other types of finch’ were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 17 minutes ago, JDog said: I need to know what the ‘other types of finch’ were. bullfinch.........dont know what the other ones were...very muted colours tho'.. 21 minutes ago, Mice! said: I can match you on most of those, swap the peregrine(wow) for a sparrow hawk, deer for a fox, does it count if its on camera in the night? No hedgehog yet and swap partridge for mallard. Squirrels are rare and the odd rat. And your lawns looking good for April. No magpies for you? the perigrines roost ontop of the sugar silos...and can see down into my garden....see and hear them most days......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 19 minutes ago, ditchman said: bullfinch.........dont know what the other ones were...very muted colours tho'.. the perigrines roost ontop of the sugar silos...and can see down into my garden....see and hear them most days......... very nice, only seen a perigrine once when i was at barrow chomping on a gull. was the muted female a female bull finch? I had one last week, i hadn't seen a female before just the male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, Mice! said: very nice, only seen a perigrine once when i was at barrow chomping on a gull. was the muted female a female bull finch? I had one last week, i hadn't seen a female before just the male. dont know i will have to get my book out........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Female chaffinch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 13 hours ago, JDog said: I need to know what the ‘other types of finch’ were. the other types i have identified are.. greenfinch chaffinch siskin definatly no hawfinch...never seen one in the garden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 13 hours ago, ditchman said: dont know i will have to get my book out........ Don't worry Ditchie, just do what a pal of mine does and refer to the little brown jobbies as 'Frippet birds'. Saves all that identification stuff. I now await JDog''s derogatory reply to this !! OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 13 hours ago, ditchman said: bullfinch.........dont know what the other ones were...very muted colours tho'.. the perigrines roost ontop of the sugar silos...and can see down into my garden....see and hear them most days......... Linnet or Greenfinch perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: Don't worry Ditchie, just do what a pal of mine does and refer to the little brown jobbies as 'Frippet birds'. Saves all that identification stuff. I now await JDog''s derogatory reply to this !! OB He has already had my response by pm. Agreed some birds are not easy to identify, especially the females of some species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Mice! said: I can match you on most of those, swap the peregrine(wow) for a sparrow hawk, deer for a fox, does it count if its on camera in the night? No hedgehog yet and swap partridge for mallard. Squirrels are rare and the odd rat. And your lawns looking good for April. No magpies for you? no magpies at all this year so far...........i had 3 regular ones in the garden last year around nesting time...and kept chasing them off........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyh Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Just wait untill all the small young take to the air. Brownish Greenish things, talk about Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers being similar and the young dont sing so no help there. No one can identify the young things ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Penelope said: Linnet or Greenfinch perhaps? it has been decades since i last saw a linnet ...and that was in the broom and the goarse near the coast................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 46 minutes ago, ditchman said: no magpies at all this year so far...........i had 3 regular ones in the garden last year around nesting time...and kept chasing them off........... We have "packs" of magpies and Jays in the morning going around the trees and gardens, making a right racket with the blackbirds trying to chase them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 have now identified . common chiff chaff coal tit ........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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