Birds

[HeyWayne]

I ventured down to the plot yesterday to plant some onoin sets in the ground, and as I was knelt down pushing them into the ground something caught my eye only a couple of feet away. I looked over and there was Mrs Starling sat looking me in the eye - no more than two feet away. She then hopped right up close and was watching me pushing the sets into the ground, hoping for a juicy worm to raise it's head no doubt.

Then, I heard a flutter behing me, looked around and Robin was sat atop one of my fence posts doing much teh same thing as Mrs Starling.

I'm guessing that by the time I got home, all my onions sets had been pulled up and strewn about the plot...

I'd be a rubbish scarecrow!

[TPeers]

We had a nice bold Robin yesterday. TOH and I were attempting to put the outside lights up - a job that always seems to require far to long and ends up more complicated than it is worth! However, I have a Callicarpa (purple berried bush if you didn't know) in the front border and in the process of putting up the lights it got thumped around a bit - little Robin was in like Flynn and hopping around out feet, generally less than 2' away!

Lovely!

(so are the lights!)

[Flummery]

We had 2 male robins in the garden yesterday - result - bleddy great row! They are aggressive little creatures for all their cute looks. 2 male robins fighting over territory will fight to the death.

[SueA]

There's a robin in our garden who fights with everything, he was chasing a blackbird again the other day, feisty little things! I was walking back from the shops along the old river near here at lunchtime though & all the little birds were hiding in the bushes & twittering & then I found out why as I came almost face to face with a sparrowhawk sitting in a tree watching them all, he swooped off across the river so hopefully not heading to my garden.

[Two_Sheds]

Be good if Sparrowhawks took woodpigeons, wouldn't it?

I've got a wren, blackbird and a robin all "sharing" the privet bush on my plot. I think the wren is in charge ...

[Flummery]

Be good if Sparrowhawks took woodpigeons, wouldn't it?

The one that passes through our garden does! We find the feathers peeled off in sad little heaps.

[jacob marley]

[QUOTE=Two_Sheds;153983]Be good if Sparrowhawks took woodpigeons, wouldn't it?


They do i have seen it happen bloody quick .
we have a robin that come's in the kitchen if the door is left open it has a peck about then flies out again if the weather gets really bad and they get hungry i have seen as many as 8 robins in the garden they do not fight as much when they are hungry .
just recently we have a jay coming on the bird table a verry pretty bird at the momment we are inundated with Blackbirds they scoffed all the berries of the holly last weekand now they are up to 5 at a time in the garden along with blue tits ,great tits, coal tits,nut hatches sparrows dunnocks woodpeckers doves and various visitors jacob

[seasprout]

Is it me or has the price of Birdfood really rocketed recently..?

[jacob marley]

Is it me or has the price of Birdfood really rocketed recently..?

Your quite right it has got a bit dear but you do not have to buy it i buy cheap muesli most supermarkets sell there own brand cheap about 57p for a bag the birds love it and i buy own brand bread for when my suply dries up. The suply is the local paper shop when they have bread out of date the bread comes my way i have come out of there some mornings with as many as 6 loaves they also sell sandwich's the variety is enormous pork and stuffing egg mayonaze and tuna all the old packs of potatoe salad and other bits and bobs come my birds way they enjoy the variety jacob

[rustylady]

The birds in my garden are tucking into the apples (blackbirds mainly), the seed feeders (sparrows, starlings and bluetits). The fatballs haven't been touched yet and I've only just filled the peanuts. Also, the pyracantha still has it's full complement of orange berries - the blackbirds usually make a beeline for it, but not yet this year.

[seasprout]

I will have to try Muesli then... is it mushy after rain..?

[jacob marley]

I will have to try Muesli then... is it mushy after rain..?

My bird table has a roof on it with two nest boxes in the roof and they get used 7 blue tits out of one this year jacob

[nick the grief]

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[nick the grief]

Hahahaha

That fooled you all didn't it

[shirlthegirl43]

Time for a shameless Plug I think ... one of my other vices

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Nick, you take the most superb photos, thank you so much for sharing them.