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Post by SueA on Jul 7, 2015 20:23:25 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 9, 2015 22:26:41 GMT
messy or what!  |
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Post by Cherry on Jul 10, 2015 4:58:58 GMT
What a shame SueA. There are empty eggshells all over the farm. They must get stolen and flown away. I still get a little upset when I see them. |
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Post by SueA on Jul 22, 2015 15:25:20 GMT
Sweet little dunnock caught on camera in the garden yesterday morning.  |
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Post by grindle on Jul 22, 2015 16:13:21 GMT
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Post by SueA on Jul 22, 2015 19:49:41 GMT
It's a really dainty little thing, I've seen it a few times recently eating with the family of house sparrows. We've also got a tatty, dopey looking young magpie visiting who sits on the fence listening to me & waiting for the food to be put out.
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Post by grindle on Jul 23, 2015 4:47:31 GMT
they are sweet little things, I have seen them here rooting around quietly  most of the birds here have gone very quiet apart from a resident blackbird and a couple of chaffinches, I guess they will be back soon |
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Post by peony on Jul 23, 2015 10:10:25 GMT
Lovely picture of the Dunnock SueA, we have lots of them around here, but sadly no sparrows. |
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Post by SueA on Jul 23, 2015 10:28:56 GMT
Most of our birds seem to be hiding away moulting too grindle. It's the other way around here peony, only ever see the odd dunnock but we have little gangs of sparrows, we had a 'dad' with what looked about 7 of his babies in the garden the other morning. |
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Post by daitheplant on Jul 23, 2015 19:35:52 GMT
Surely the Dunnock is a member of the sparrow family?
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Post by SueA on Jul 23, 2015 21:43:54 GMT
Some people call dunnocks 'hedge sparrows' Dai but they're not related to tree or house sparrows at all, they're a much daintier little bird with a fine beak.
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Post by SueA on Jul 23, 2015 21:49:42 GMT
Sadly found a dead young ( hadn't got it's 'collar' yet) collared dove on the lawn tonight, no idea what had killed it, little bit of blood around it's neck & it didn't look like it had been mauled by a cat, maybe whatever killed it got disturbed & left it.  |
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Post by grindle on Jul 24, 2015 7:16:23 GMT
what a shame, could it have been a sparrowhawk?
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Post by daitheplant on Jul 24, 2015 20:34:41 GMT
Some people call dunnocks 'hedge sparrows' Dai but they're not related to tree or house sparrows at all, they're a much daintier little bird with a fine beak. Thanks for that Sue, I`ve always referred to them as Hedge Sparrows. |
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Post by SueA on Jul 24, 2015 21:25:43 GMT
what a shame, could it have been a sparrowhawk? We do have sparrowhawks so it could have been, I remember hearing gulls around the time it must it have happened too, we have them, crows & even had a couple of buzzards circling overhead when I was in the garden so I thought maybe it was caught by something which was then mobbed by some of the other birds & dropped it. |
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