just had a Nuthatch on our feeder in the tree outside the kitchen window

turn your camara over boss...it’s upside down!

That is a dead nuthatch, you nailed its feet to the feeder.
seriously,great picture Boss

We havent seen one in the garden for about 2 years .... got back from shopping and there it was chuffed to bits ... makes a change from the usual hooligan blue tits and coal tits arguing over the nuts

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:08 pm

We havent seen one in the garden for about 2 years .... got back from shopping and there it was chuffed to bits ... makes a change from the usual hooligan blue tits and coal tits arguing over the nuts

2 birds arguing over who is having the nuts first....... sounds like a sunday night under the culvert

From personal experience Coast?

great pics.... was watching nuthatches up Towneley Park this weekend gone.

Love the nature pics/threads on here.

Is your camera from 1990?

I live in the middle of loads of terraced housing and last summer I saw a bird I didn't recognise at all on my bird table. It looked like a 'Tit' but it was pink, so I Googled it. Sure enough, it was. It was a long tailed tit. Never seen one in my life before and this one hasn't, unfortunately, been back. Beautiful bird.

You'll like this Boss. I saw a giant hedgehog last night. Biggest I've ever seen. Don't think it would have a chance of getting in my hedgehog box which has just been refurbished ahead of the winter.

Spiny Norman!!!

For Gordaleman -

Blue tits, Coal tits and Long tailed tits last week...

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:02 pm

From personal experience Coast?

I was neither brave or foolish enough to take 1 on let alone 2 of them

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This little fella came to our front at 17:30, must have been starving he had a full pouch of our cats meat in gravy.
Very odd to see them out at that time.

Thankfully both the silly dog and grumpy old cat were indoors.

MACCA wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:45 pm

This little fella came to our front at 17:30, must have been starving he had a full pouch of our cats meat in gravy.
Very odd to see them out at that time.

Thankfully both the silly dog and grumpy old cat were indoors.

Careful feeding Hoggies cat food ... its supposed to be bad for them MACCA we buy "Spike" purpose made Hog food for our visitors

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:05 pm

Careful feeding Hoggies cat food ... its supposed to be bad for them MACCA we buy "Spike" purpose made Hog food for our visitors

Oh no, thought that was the right thing to do. He did wolf it down to be fair, it's his first visit, if he becomes a regular we will look at some genuine food for him.

MACCA wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:45 pm

Oh no, thought that was the right thing to do. He did wolf it down to be fair, it's his first visit, if he becomes a regular we will look at some genuine food for him.

Looks like as long its not fush* based its OK

*edit
(Or even fish based dohhhh bloody typos )


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Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 10:50 pm

Looks like as long its not fush based its OK


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Nope it was definitely meat in gravy, our cats not so keen on the fishy cat foods available.

He looks like one of two that visit my garden every night and yes cat food and cat biscuits are fine. Hope he takes care crossing the road from you to me.

Got the feeders just when lockdown started, took a while for the birds to realise, but had around 23 species so far. Couldn’t believe it when a Great Spotted Woodpecker was on them, male and female both use them every other day.

Speaking of garden visitors. Had a Red Admiral on our kitchen window this morning. Not seen one of those for years.

lesxdp wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:30 am

He looks like one of two that visit my garden every night and yes cat food and cat biscuits are fine. Hope he takes care crossing the road from you to me.

I knew the Chuckle Brothers posted on here...

MACCA wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:20 am

Nope it was definitely meat in gravy, our cats not so keen on the fishy cat foods available.

wickdkewlclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:50 am

Got the feeders just when lockdown started, took a while for the birds to realise, but had around 23 species so far. Couldn’t believe it when a Great Spotted Woodpecker was on them, male and female both use them every other day.

Funny looking Woodpeckers

Image not found?

wickdkewlclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:50 am

Got the feeders just when lockdown started, took a while for the birds to realise, but had around 23 species so far. Couldn’t believe it when a Great Spotted Woodpecker was on them, male and female both use them every other day.

Are they hiding behind Blue Billboards???

lesxdp wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:30 am

He looks like one of two that visit my garden every night and yes cat food and cat biscuits are fine. Hope he takes care crossing the road from you to me.

Yes we did see 1 down near yours the other day, looked quite young.

However the pet gone wild rabbit ( clover) and his wild friend havent been seen in the area for a couple of weeks now, his owner is concerned

Used to see every day but not seen for maybe three weeks now. I assumed the owner had locked them up.

lesxdp wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:58 am

Used to see every day but not seen for maybe three weeks now. I assumed the owner had locked them up.

Nope, she hasnt seen it either.

We used to see it every other day, but it's been a few weeks since now.

A regular visitor to our garden. Keeps the pigeons down.

Just had our local Sparrowhawk in the tree outside the kitchen window again

Only just spotted him

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:23 pm

Just had our local Sparrowhawk in the tree outside the kitchen window again

Only just spotted him 20210205_121933.jpg

Beautiful birds,see them quite regularly up here,never saw one when I lived in England,great pic BC

I see regular photos of the resident Worsthorne Sparrowhawk. Beautiful birds.

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:09 pm

I see regular photos of the resident Worsthorne Sparrowhawk. Beautiful birds.

Here's my regular.

saw a grey wagtail in my garden the other day.

first time in 11 years of living here!

BenWickes wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:11 am

Speaking of garden visitors. Had a Red Admiral on our kitchen window this morning. Not seen one of those for years.

I'd give the police a call, what Redbeard is doing outside your kitchen in the first place?

claretburns wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:47 pm

I'd give the police a call, what Redbeard is doing outside your kitchen in the first place?

Counting the seeds in the baked beans tin he claimed...

just 3 blue tits and an Albatross on my feeder this aft.

A couple of weeks ago in Garstang

my_colls wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:48 pm

A couple of weeks ago in Garstang

Looks like a Goldcrest ... wow

Yes, deserved a better photographer

my_colls wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:35 pm

Yes, deserved a better photographer

Hey actually getting any picture is great

I think its a good one

Don't have any pics, but today I've seen female Siskins for the first time in my life. Often see the brighter males, but no females.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:41 pm

Don't have any pics, but today I've seen female Siskins for the first time in my life. Often see the brighter males, but no females.

Pretty birds that often get mistaken for Greenfinches ... regulars at our bird feeders

Lovely to see all of these. Currently being amused by the squirrels coming to the new-ash squirrel feeder. There's about half a dozen visit during the day, in disparate groups. There's 1 large one, that keeps everything else away. Then there's a pair of twins, who are mischievous and playful. One likes to sit in the plastic crate of spare feeders and garden bits, eating a few peanuts hidden in there, whilst the other sits on the wall, keeping watch eating the nut that it has taken from the feeder.

Final group is a group of 3 looks like a family group, 2 kids wait until the adult has eaten, then they take it un turns, looking like gatepost statues sitting back to back eating.

Super to see the gold crest in the photo above too. They seem to be booming here in Ireland over the last couple of years.

This is our resident blackbird, Scruff. As a youngster, he was the tattiest creature you could imagine but has developed into quite a handsome chappie in spite of his magpie/pied wagtail wannabe syndrome.
His white markings are caused by an abnormality known as leucism, apparently.

evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:37 am

This is our resident blackbird, Scruff. As a youngster, he was the tattiest creature you could imagine but has developed into quite a handsome chappie in spite of his magpie/pied wagtail wannabe syndrome.
His white markings are caused by an abnormality known as leucism, apparently.

IMG_20201231_161025.jpg

looks like he's been shedding loads of it as well...