Birding Year List

[Mice!]

Wonder if the time of day matters??

I was up there around 10pm

[JDog]

Some of the smaller and more delicate insects cannot fly in the sun as it burns through their wings.

[Mice!]

15 hours ago, JDog said:

Some of the smaller and more delicate insects cannot fly in the sun as it burns through their wings.

What do you mean by SUN?

Cheers 👍 

[JKD]

5 minutes ago, Mice! said:

What do you mean by SUN?

Cheers 👍 

👍😆🤣 None today, at home, but lovely yesterday, with lots of flying bugs etc in the garden 😀

[henry d]

Saw a Skua recently trying to get at young gulls sat over a bait ball but the adult birds pinged it and everything scattered. First skua for me, but no idea what one 

[JDog]

On 24/07/2024 at 16:38, henry d said:

Saw a Skua recently trying to get at young gulls sat over a bait ball but the adult birds pinged it and everything scattered. First skua for me, but no idea what one 

Arctic Skuas have been seen off the Cleveland coast of late.

[henry d]

On 04/08/2024 at 12:00, JDog said:

Arctic Skuas have been seen off the Cleveland coast of late.

I'm just a little bit further north from there, I'll keep an eye out.

[Mr.T]

Saw a Osprey on Tuesday while fishing, most unusual here in Gloucestershire 

[Yellow Bear]

10 minutes ago, Mr.T said:

Saw a Osprey on Tuesday while fishing, most unusual here in Gloucestershire 

Refueling on it's way south for winter

[Penelope]

On 21/09/2024 at 15:43, Mr.T said:

Saw a Osprey on Tuesday while fishing, most unusual here in Gloucestershire 

We have one turn up on the shoot in Essex, mid to late October.

[Mice!]

Time to clean those bird feeders folks, I'm just beginning to see more activity now in the garden so the feeders are clean and topped up.

This one had been empty for a month, this one was suddenly empty today and soggy so a good clean was in order.

Clean, topped up and the tits were straight in for the sunflower seeds. 

[jall25]

5 hours ago, Mice! said:

Time to clean those bird feeders folks, I'm just beginning to see more activity now in the garden so the feeders are clean and topped up.

This one had been empty for a month, this one was suddenly empty today and soggy so a good clean was in order.

Clean, topped up and the tits were straight in for the sunflower seeds. 

 

Just ordered our winter feed

Been feeding wheat all year and fat balls for a week or two now 

[Mice!]

1 hour ago, jall25 said:

 

Just ordered our winter feed

Been feeding wheat all year and fat balls for a week or two now 

Does anything eat the wheat?? If I put bog standard bird seed out it just sits there.

[jall25]

1 hour ago, Mice! said:

Does anything eat the wheat?? If I put bog standard bird seed out it just sits there.

 

Yes they love it TBH - Nuthatch - robin - dunnock - sparrows - yellowhammers - partridges - blackbirds - bullfinch - grey tits - long tailed tits -  TBH lots have a go at it 

I filled the buckets up last about 4 weeks ago and some are close to empty 

[chrisjpainter]

Is anyone around Aurndel perchance? This bird's been seen, apparently. Initially straightforward but...courtship colours in October? And legs that pink? It fits more with Eastern Subspecies GWE's and time of year would say Australia or thereabouts, but I've never seen one coloured like this here and especially not now

 

[twenty]

16 hours ago, chrisjpainter said:

Is anyone around Aurndel perchance? This bird's been seen, apparently. Initially straightforward but...courtship colours in October? And legs that pink? It fits more with Eastern Subspecies GWE's and time of year would say Australia or thereabouts, but I've never seen one coloured like this here and especially not now

 

As you say, more like an Eastern White Egret, strange.

A Redwing reported in forest of dean yesterday,

 

 

[marsh man]

A Hoopoe been around the North Walsham area for the last few days .

[twenty]

First two Bewick Swans this autumn into Slimbridge WWT (3/11/24).

[Mice!]

We've had a Grey wagtail around just recently using the pool on next doors garage roof.

And it seemed a surprise getting a male Chaffinch in the garden, looked stunning,  just hope there making a comeback. 

[Mice!]

This popped up on FB earlier, obviously a big event in the world of twitching. 

And I'm happy seeing Bull finch regularly along with the Gold and Greens 😅😅

[twenty]

Goldfinch numbers increasing on the sunflower heart feeders, 6 yesterday over three feeders, plus blue and great tit.

[Mice!]

Plenty around this week in the garden. 

Pigeons, Magpies, Jay, Blackbirds, Robin's, Dunnocks, Blue tits, Coal tits, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Longtail tit probably a couple I've missed, but today a female Blackcap on the fat balls, might have been here last week but I didn't get the binoculars out in time.

[twenty]

10 hours ago, Mice! said:

Plenty around this week in the garden. 

Pigeons, Magpies, Jay, Blackbirds, Robin's, Dunnocks, Blue tits, Coal tits, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Longtail tit probably a couple I've missed, but today a female Blackcap on the fat balls, might have been here last week but I didn't get the binoculars out in time.

That's a good selection of visitors to your garden Mice, do you get any Greenfinch or Chaffinch.

Our local garden birdwatch starts this weekend,lasts for 9 weeks, gives a good oversight of Gloucestershire garden bird numbers.

[Mice!]

1 hour ago, twenty said:

That's a good selection of visitors to your garden Mice, do you get any Greenfinch or Chaffinch.

Cheers mate, I get both of those, Greenfinch come and go, but not seen any for a week or so, I've been getting the odd pair of Chaffinch in, usually a single male or female.

A 9 week survey must be interesting,  giving a really good accurate result 👍

[twenty]

15 minutes ago, Mice! said:

Cheers mate, I get both of those, Greenfinch come and go, but not seen any for a week or so, I've been getting the odd pair of Chaffinch in, usually a single male or female.

A 9 week survey must be interesting,  giving a really good accurate result 👍

Yes,it does, results are sent to each person taking part after the 9 th week, this shows upward and downward trends, any rarities, and weekly weather reports of the 9 weeks.

Merry Christmas.