Wildlife Corner

I watched a Sparrow yesterday perched on an Escallonia trying to take off and fly with a huge piece of seed head from the Pampas Grass. It was about 4 times bigger than he was and he couldn't see where he was going!!

As always, fab photo's! Wish I'd known you were there, Our Mandy, I'd have brought along flask of tea for you

beautiful

I'm confident that chicken feed is much safer to feed to wild birds that all sorts of stuff that some people put out, some of which is chicken scraps (complete with bones) that gets dropped in neighbouring gardens for hens, dogs, rats, etc. to eat.

I Had a Tasmanian Devil in my Home 6 months ago.. He Drank All my Brandy and Ate all my food stuff.. I Had A Visit From My Brother, Who lives in Tasmania.

The Magpie was obviously having touble with the Trachy fibres, so it's mate had to help.

Excellent shots HsuH, no Blackcaps here unfortunately, from what I have read, the ones wintering here are from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and are not the same ones that breed here in the summer.

Lovely pics, and just round the corner from us. I got stuck in one of those snowy lanes last week, family had to come and dig me out! Must make another visit up there after the snow

maybe rainwater would be better

There have been plenty of times when I've pressed the shutter and the bird have disappeared believe me, Sheal!!!! Trying to catch them as they dive underwater is very tricky to say the least.

I've only seen one Chough and that was on open ground in the south of the island. Crows, no. The island has a great Jackdaw population and they are regular visitors to my garden. They, like the starlings like to pick around in the lawns searching for grubs.

It could have Spruce, at least it let go after half an hour

A few more

we saw one for the first time last month, neither my mum nor i could believe our eyes such an incredibly stunning looking bird, kinda oriental looking or something! they just look out of place here at any rate lol. he seemed to be on his own though which is odd as apparently they're most often...

It really was a tranquil place and place, Sheal. I'll be going back next week to have a look at the other routes, one of which leads to the river and canal and the other leads to other lakes with feeder stations........looking forward to it

I live next to Wareham forest of which a part is bog, full of Heather, Gorse, Pine and Sundews, it is acidic but there are quite a few Holly bushes and trees there too.

If it was Massive then you are talking Golden Eagle etc and if it was a red/brown colour it might have been a Harris Hawk,but was probably a Buzzard,adult or Immature. I doubt if it was a Sparrowhawk as you said Massive although they do like to sit on fence posts etc but would be the wrong...

I've only had kingfishers in the overhanging bushes on the opposite bank of a small stream I've been fishing before, but many a happy hour watching water voles in the margins, hares running around like crazy all around me and foxes walk within a few yards before they scarpered. Sometimes it...

Its not just Mediterranean culture. I'm less convinced about the reason its seen as good luck though. I think its more to do with the fact that dolphins always know where the best fish currently are, so if you're a fisherman and you see dolphins near your boat, there's a good chance there's...

The brand of seed mixture I get has a mixture of seed, meal worms, and dried fruit in it. I never discover discarded meal worms or fruit, just the seed that the birds don't appreciate!!