Birds ... the feathery ones!!
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We were camping at Bodiam this weekend and were fortunate enough to see a sparrowhawk hunting in the next field.
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We had one bring down a Collared Dove in the garden the other day - it spent half an hour on the patio ripping the thing to shreds and eating the flesh. Clearing up the feathers was a right pain.
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I had a similar clean up with a pigeon in my garden a couple of years back. Apparently they eat them head first. :shock:
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Our cat used to do that. Would catch them and bite their heads off, swallow the head, beak and all, and then mooch off leaving the rest on the floor.
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Yes, my cat starts with the head first, crunch, crunch & works her way down..(not usually a pigeon or collared dove, I might add).prophet:marginal wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:10 pm Our cat used to do that. Would catch them and bite their heads off, swallow the head, beak and all, and then mooch off leaving the rest on the floor.
Little sh*t..
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Sssssshhhh , there's woodpecker on one of the dead branches of our Elder tree at the bottom of the garden .
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We had one do similar a couple of years ago but it at the whole thing, feathers and all.Plashet Grove Pete wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:57 pm We had one bring down a Collared Dove in the garden the other day - it spent half an hour on the patio ripping the thing to shreds and eating the flesh. Clearing up the feathers was a right pain.
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It was drizzling so difficult to say but I think it was a Great Spotted - I caught a bit of red .
I went to take a photograph but could have done with my 70-300mm [ I had my trusted 16-85mm fitted ] and as I focused it got attacked by a blackbird .
Every morning [ and throughout the day ] I am greeted by 3 blackbirds at my kitchen window - they won't leave until they're fed !!
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Led my first birdwatching walk yesterday saw 31 different species.
Highlight's were a snipe treecreeper goldcrest fieldfare redwing dipper and goosander.
Highlight's were a snipe treecreeper goldcrest fieldfare redwing dipper and goosander.
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The dipper has become my favourite bird.
At daybreak the small section of the brook running through this end of town, is the regular breakfast cafe for a pair. I watch for them every morning, and I guess their pairing up ready for spring, I've yet to hear their (very rare) mating song, but maybe one morning...
At daybreak the small section of the brook running through this end of town, is the regular breakfast cafe for a pair. I watch for them every morning, and I guess their pairing up ready for spring, I've yet to hear their (very rare) mating song, but maybe one morning...
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I'd never even heard of the last one and am applying the old green eyeshadow regarding your trip generally.rigoberts song wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:20 pm Led my first birdwatching walk yesterday saw 31 different species.
Highlight's were a snipe treecreeper goldcrest fieldfare redwing dipper and goosander.
Looking at a picture of one, looks a bit like an acquatic magpie ,albeit with a totally differently shaped beak.
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Do pelicans migrate?
Yesterday I was hiking around sunset cliffs and just before sunset i saw several groups of pelicans in a V shape flying south.
I'm used to seeing them flying in a single line in groups of about 11 to 13 but these were groups of 40 to 50 birds in a very distinct V.
Yesterday I was hiking around sunset cliffs and just before sunset i saw several groups of pelicans in a V shape flying south.
I'm used to seeing them flying in a single line in groups of about 11 to 13 but these were groups of 40 to 50 birds in a very distinct V.
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I was in St. James's Park one day some years ago looking at the pelicans. They're big buggers, so much so that one of them took a fancy to the gull next to it and ate it. In one go.
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There was a photo once in, I think, The Standard, which showed a pelican with a pigeon's head poking out of his mouth.Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:30 pm I was in St. James's Park one day some years ago looking at the pelicans. They're big buggers, so much so that one of them took a fancy to the gull next to it and ate it. In one go.
One of those images that you couldn't unsee, after seeing it. Proper macabre. It really sent a shiver down my spine and I actually had a nightmare or two about it afterwards.
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On Woodpeckers: One in our garden at the weekend. Got it filmed but not techy enough to put on here. Small, mostly dark body but a white face with a small crest on its head. Looked like it was trying to peck bugs out of a tree. House backs onto forest so you do hear them occasionally.
Only other time I've seen one was in Noak Hill years ago, that one was definitely green and was walking awkwardly on grass - they've got long 'clown's feet' for clinging to tree trunks I suppose.
Only other time I've seen one was in Noak Hill years ago, that one was definitely green and was walking awkwardly on grass - they've got long 'clown's feet' for clinging to tree trunks I suppose.
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I woke at 3 in the morning last night and I could hear the Blackbirds singing. I have no idea what makes them sing in the middle of the night and it only happens every now and then but it's a real joy.