twenty Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 A Sand Martin spotted at Cotswold Water park on Fri 28th Feb, an early bird for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 hello, that is early according to the RSPB, there is a nature reserve near Oxford that was an old sand quarry and has sand martins come every year to nest in the sand holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted March 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, that is early according to the RSPB, there is a nature reserve near Oxford that was an old sand quarry and has sand martins come every year to nest in the sand holes Yeah, Mid March is not unusual for early sightings, but February is very early.............insect feed may be sparse for this early bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 Spring is sprung for bird life. Have not seen any summer visitors yet here in the Midlands but certainly the little bluetit checking out every hole in the trees and dead timber around me this morning whilst I waited for a tree rat was showing clear signs of checking out new nest sites and the rooks behind our house have been building/rebuilding their nest for a few weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) hello, there is still time to sort out the magpies and crows to give our song birds a chance to re populate this year after the last nesting season due to the license debarcle Edited March 2, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 ....and the tree rats. Heavy on magpies and jays year round, trouble is these townies keep breeding 'em and sending them into the countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 8 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, there is still time to sort out the magpies and crows to give our song birds a chance to re populate this year after the last nesting season due to the license debarcle do you really belive that ? Grey squirrels are probably much bigger nest predators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, scolopax said: do you really belive that ? Grey squirrels are probably much bigger nest predators hello, oh i never realized that, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, oh i never realized that, cheers yeah, as well as destroying trees, strip the bark off well established 20 ft tall 20 year old trees killing them, seen them devastate beech plantations. Corvids are no angels but the grey squirrel is in my view a bigger villain Edited March 2, 2020 by scolopax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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