In reply to Post #89
Nice, beats work that!
Nice, beats work that!
In reply to Post #90
Nice one
I'm out tomorrow, can't wait, bit of fishing, at one with nature, no better place to relax than the British countryside, immense, right time of year and everything is waking up, longer days and bring on the sun, life returns
Nice one
I'm out tomorrow, can't wait, bit of fishing, at one with nature, no better place to relax than the British countryside, immense, right time of year and everything is waking up, longer days and bring on the sun, life returns
In reply to Post #92
True, the changing flora and fauna with the seasons is special in this country. Hope you got a bend in the rod
True, the changing flora and fauna with the seasons is special in this country. Hope you got a bend in the rod
In reply to Post #93
First blank of the year. Was up at 4.30, at the water for just after 5 and packed up at 11, freezing, said 5 degree, felt like zero!
Sat there as dawn broke and the chorus kicked in mate, beautiful, flock of long tailed tits on this water, proper little workers, bug hunting, really nice to see, seem to come and go every couple of hours, up and down the undergrowth around the lake, saw a kingfisher, think I will put a branch near the edge of my swim for him and hopefully get some good pictures, couple of grebes, one had a perch for breakfast, heron blanked lol, tuffties, coots and some big bloody cormorants which are residents in the tree near by.
Sat there, body warmer on, jacket with my freezing feet in my Merrels and thought, nothing is happening today, pulled the sticks up, needs another couple of weeks yet looking at the weather
Was talking to a bloke on the walk back, said he had seen some swallows, surprised me that but I hope he has
Things are coming good again, roll on the warmer weather
First blank of the year. Was up at 4.30, at the water for just after 5 and packed up at 11, freezing, said 5 degree, felt like zero!
Sat there as dawn broke and the chorus kicked in mate, beautiful, flock of long tailed tits on this water, proper little workers, bug hunting, really nice to see, seem to come and go every couple of hours, up and down the undergrowth around the lake, saw a kingfisher, think I will put a branch near the edge of my swim for him and hopefully get some good pictures, couple of grebes, one had a perch for breakfast, heron blanked lol, tuffties, coots and some big bloody cormorants which are residents in the tree near by.
Sat there, body warmer on, jacket with my freezing feet in my Merrels and thought, nothing is happening today, pulled the sticks up, needs another couple of weeks yet looking at the weather
Was talking to a bloke on the walk back, said he had seen some swallows, surprised me that but I hope he has
Things are coming good again, roll on the warmer weather
In reply to Post #94
Been getting more birds in the garden this year, 3 types of tit fighting the sparrows at the feeders
One I can't identify, Robin shaped but smaller without the red, searches for bugs and doesn't go near the feeders, not seen it before
Been getting more birds in the garden this year, 3 types of tit fighting the sparrows at the feeders
One I can't identify, Robin shaped but smaller without the red, searches for bugs and doesn't go near the feeders, not seen it before
In reply to Post #95
One I can't identify, Robin shaped but smaller without the red, searches for bugs and doesn't go near the feeders, not seen it before
Well, that makes it a lot easier
How about sticking to ones that live in bras
One I can't identify, Robin shaped but smaller without the red, searches for bugs and doesn't go near the feeders, not seen it before
Well, that makes it a lot easier
How about sticking to ones that live in bras
In reply to Post #96
It's brown with a pretty, chirpy song
Edit: I'm guessing Reed warbler but I don't remember it sounding like that
Reed warbler
It's brown with a pretty, chirpy song
Edit: I'm guessing Reed warbler but I don't remember it sounding like that
Reed warbler
In reply to Post #97
Mmmmm, Buzzard
Mmmmm, Buzzard
In reply to Post #97
Could be a Dunnock.
Could be a Dunnock.
In reply to Post #99
My Mrs said that but the dunnock picture I looked at was sort of sparrow coloured, where the one I see is a flat colour.
I can't really filter much by habitat as I'm in an urban area but backing on to a large park with woodland, wetland, meadows and a river
Ive been hearing woodpeckers for three years but finally saw one last week
My Mrs said that but the dunnock picture I looked at was sort of sparrow coloured, where the one I see is a flat colour.
I can't really filter much by habitat as I'm in an urban area but backing on to a large park with woodland, wetland, meadows and a river
Ive been hearing woodpeckers for three years but finally saw one last week
In reply to Post #100
Green or greater spotted peckers?
My dad has some fruit trees, destroyed them the buggers, holes all over them
Green or greater spotted peckers?
My dad has some fruit trees, destroyed them the buggers, holes all over them
In reply to Post #101
The black spotted ones
The black spotted ones
In reply to Post #100
Tend to be a flat greyish/ brown chest on a Dunnock. Has a fast flick of the tail like a wagtail. Could be a female Linnet or Greenfinch in that environment mate.
My mother gets regular woodpeckers on her feeders, Greater spotted, stunning bird.
Tend to be a flat greyish/ brown chest on a Dunnock. Has a fast flick of the tail like a wagtail. Could be a female Linnet or Greenfinch in that environment mate.
My mother gets regular woodpeckers on her feeders, Greater spotted, stunning bird.
In reply to Post #103
I'd have to get a photo of it to Id it I think, skittish little blighter tho.
Wren sort of size, similar sounding but the colour like the warbler in the link, and I only see one, wrens I've always seen in groups, it's annoying me now
I'd have to get a photo of it to Id it I think, skittish little blighter tho.
Wren sort of size, similar sounding but the colour like the warbler in the link, and I only see one, wrens I've always seen in groups, it's annoying me now
In reply to Post #104
You may well be right with it being a Warbler of some type, pretty difficult to identify as there are quite a few in the Warbler genus
You may well be right with it being a Warbler of some type, pretty difficult to identify as there are quite a few in the Warbler genus