RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, dhjgreen said: Wow, just wow!! A treecreeper on our Oak tree today. It is about 40 years old and is 50 ft away from the house. That is amazing....a forty year old Treecreeper Edited June 26, 2020 by boxbrownie 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I’m reasonable at identifying birds by sight but rubbish when it comes to song. There was bird in the hedge behind our garden this afternoon that make a snipping sound like scissors but we couldn’t see it. Any suggestions as to what it might have been? Thanks steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, steve1 said: I’m reasonable at identifying birds by sight but rubbish when it comes to song. There was bird in the hedge behind our garden this afternoon that make a snipping sound like scissors but we couldn’t see it. Any suggestions as to what it might have been? Thanks steve Could be a nuthatch. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted June 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Barry Ten said: Could be a nuthatch. Or a hairdresser stuck in the hedge...... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinZaPint Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 We've had a pair of Bullfinches on our feeders recently that came from the hedge and then yesterday this a pair of juveniles, rubbish shot with my phone through the kitchen window, will try and get a better pic later, 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinZaPint Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Just got downstairs with my camera and one of the juveniles turned up 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted June 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2020 Some long tailed tits (and a blue tit crashing the party): 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted July 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 3, 2020 greenfinch fledglings today greenfinch by john brace, on Flickr 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted July 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 27/06/2020 at 21:30, steve1 said: I’m reasonable at identifying birds by sight but rubbish when it comes to song. There was bird in the hedge behind our garden this afternoon that make a snipping sound like scissors but we couldn’t see it. Any suggestions as to what it might have been? Thanks steve Dunnock? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 27/06/2020 at 21:30, steve1 said: I’m reasonable at identifying birds by sight but rubbish when it comes to song. There was bird in the hedge behind our garden this afternoon that make a snipping sound like scissors but we couldn’t see it. Any suggestions as to what it might have been? Thanks steve Robins make that alert warning sound when cats are in the vicinity, and Wrens have a similar warning although a little higher pitched and faster. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 28/06/2020 at 16:19, Barry Ten said: Some long tailed tits (and a blue tit crashing the party): I never see long tailed tits at this time of year, they turn up on my feeders over winter and early spring. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 04/07/2020 at 13:19, Mallard60022 said: Dunnock? Bless you 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2020 6 hours ago, Reorte said: I never see long tailed tits at this time of year, they turn up on my feeders over winter and early spring. That's been the pattern with us in previous years as well, but for some reason they've stuck around this time. We've also seen far more of the bullfinches throughout the year - again I tend to associate them with winter, not all year round. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2020 Funny, we only tend to see Bullfinches this time of year. Although I haven't seen any yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Any truth in the rumour of sightings of a bearded vulture in the Peaks? And, no, it’s not April! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 This site suggests that the sighting is genuine. https://www.4vultures.org/second-observation-of-a-bearded-vulture-in-the-uk/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted July 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2020 23 minutes ago, 88D said: Any truth in the rumour of sightings of a bearded vulture in the Peaks? And, no, it’s not April! No, it's an ordinary vulture. But barbers have been closed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) I thought you were referring to a certain multi-millionaire with his own Caribbean island. Edited July 8, 2020 by PhilJ W 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted August 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 2, 2020 A willow warbler fed briefly in the tree outside my flat this morning, fortunately attracting my attention by a couple of brief bursts of song. They don't breed nearby so it looks like autumn has begun. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I reported earlier this year an attempt by a fox to get a magpie that was newly fledged. I didn't think it was succesful. Whether it was or not, the magpies have had a good year; over the weekend and yesterday i spotted 8 magpies at one go in the garden trees or on the fence, or on the roofs of the houses. That's even further than the rhyme takes me! They seem to rub along together so i am guessing they are all related - perhaps parents plus one or two broods. They're certainly noisy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2020 A few years ago a young magpie hereabouts was not so lucky. It had been caught by a cat and despite the noise and fuss being created by the parents the cat was calmly walking away with its victim firmly clamped in its mouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2020 juvenile robin robin by john brace, on Flickr juvenile Dunnock dunnock by john brace, on Flickr both seen in my garden 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2020 today we have second brood goldfinch fledglings begging mum for food John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 hours ago, jbqfc said: today we have second brood goldfinch fledglings begging mum for food John Same here last week. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinZaPint Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On the lookout for lunch? the pigeons seem to have disappeared! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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