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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I know we have a "Bug Photos" topic, but do we have a bird related one? :huh:

I managed to snap a couple of photos of our Jay through the kitchen window this morning. They are shy birds, so it's always a little difficult but he seems so keen on these nuts...

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Not a great pic compared to others here but decided to share just for the cheekiness and totally unshy nature of this bird.

Was sitting eating an icecream in Richmond Park, London when it landed on our table.

Now bare in mind it was taken by a ZTE Blade mobile so not great quality but since it was only 2ft away and didn't budge while posing for various shots.

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Nice shot of the Red Kite taking a dump! That must have been one of those 'What the F**k?' pics when you realised what you'd got.....no-one could have posed that shot. We had one of these perched on a gate pier and it did exactly the same.....it was amazing the distance it managed to fire it! :eek:
 
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You are so lucky to have the variety of birds visiting. Hope you dont mind me saying but if you placed a branch close to your feeders, you could get brilliant shots without the feeder becoming the focal point. The birds pretty much always land on the adjacent branch before actually jumping onto the feeders, regards Brian
 
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I personally don't mind the sparrow hawks taking one or two from around my feeder, I just wish they would target those thieving evil bars****s the jackdaws and magpies that abound around here.

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I have a Larsen trap for Magpies. Not a pleasant job but 100% effective............. :yes:

I have seen enough young defenseless birds and distressed parents up here to use it.
 
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Went for a very pleasant walk around the ponds at Frensham Common, near Farnham, Surrey yesterday. It's a weird place...it feels like you're on the coast: there are kids building sand castles, several cordoned off safe areas for swimming...and loads of sand. There is also a lot of bird life, including this rather too friendly swan who spotted us on the shore and immediately paddles over to see us....

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Todays rota. The siskins have arrived en masse accompanied by a few chiffchaffs. One can be seen hanging on the feeder in the second pic.
Interested to hear that there are chiffchaffs already - always a nice sign of spring. From the photo you have goldfinches as well as siskins? Do you see any redpolls? Usually siskin and goldfinch means you have some pine trees around, and that often attracts redpoll also.
 
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No pictures but several thousand starlings have arrived during the last few days. They seem to be having an early stopover and feeding frenzy in the farm fields. You can hear the racket from a mile away. Perhaps there will be an early migration this year.

Later,
William
 
#29 · (Edited by Moderator)
Took the scenic route home from work this morning and there is a pond sort of thing going on. Surprisingly tame but they don't half make a racket I wouldn't like to be in any of the houses that back onto the green.

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Anybody any idea what they are, big ducks, geese ??
 
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I no longer have a decent camera, but over the last few years I've been lucky enough to get a few nice birdy pics.

We had a Blackbird at work that got so tame you only had to whistle and he'd come down for some sultanas.

A Robin that wanted to serve the customers.

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A Yellowhammer that came for a walk with me very early one morning.

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A baby long tailed Tit

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A Whitethroat

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A Wren singing it's head off.

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Unfortunately,our eldest daughter volunteering at the local cat rescue center resulted in us now having four killing machines so we no longer have so many visitors in the garden, but last year I found that a few extra birds were attracted to my feeder if I put a bread roll on the top of my feeder. I really can't understand why my wife got upset about that . :laugh:
 
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