Wildlife Corner

My brothers got a pigeon loft next to his bedroom, with over 60 racing birds in it. He owns it of course. If they snore he's got a real problem!

As far as I know, mice don't carry disease the same way rats do. We shared the conversion with over 300 of them, they were everywhere as we had no way of keeping them out. Had one crawl the length of my arms under the pillow in bed once. Only got i'll once during the whole project and that was...

There's a lake at work where I go for a stroll at lunchtime and have been watching the waterfowl bringing up their young. There is a definate pecking order, the mallards are at the top with a gang of chav chicks that terrorise the coots and their chicks. The coots dive under the water to escape...

Broad Bodied Chaser !! Sounds like a Weymouth girl to me :OUCH:

Hi Alice The housemartins made it , I live in a new house ony 4/5 years old used to be a manor house which the birds nested on for years the lady down the Lane told me , but they pulled it down to build these. But most of the nest they build under the eaves drop off every year at all stages ,...

What lovely birdsong, did you happen to see it?

Not much difference between the two Dave, did tweek my pic with colour and a bit of sharpening.

I will let you know what we decide on pip. It's something I would like as well, but maybe will have to wait till I retire too.

Lovely close up Pip and nice to see more and more of them now as they used to be quiet rare when i was a youngster

What a shame Jen. I think I would put my money on the deer too. Those beautiful bandits put their gorgeous lips on anything they can find. I had them marauding in my last garden and much heartache and expense they caused me until I accepted reality and fenced them out. It was an expensive and...

re the rabbits - have been digging up bindwood and thistles, maybe I'd better keep them! I had noticed that they leave the daffs alone but of course they have long finished. Foxgloves are looking good though, haven't got any lupins so I'll try those. Like you Sheal I have lost any number of...

Loved it, Victoria:D

How very true. This next picture was taken today. I took about 20 and It was me who gave up in the end...

The full quote isBut fat is still not recommended to be fed to birds when they are feeding nestlings.

Cheers Clare, bet Mark Radcliffe has got that in his records:D

Pam, I hope you don't mind me telling a little story from today.A different bird, but we were having lunch with the Manager of an Hotel here in the hills on the verandah discussing the display of my artwork when a Swallow swooped down in front of us and flew straight into the plate glass...

Hello again everyone. Here is who we think is a parent ... and by all your comments (and raebhoop's picture) that is a Collared Dove and not a pigeon as we have thought for 13 years ... :DOH: They are noisy buggars and start up just after the Little Owls go to sleep. They sit and coo...

i usually look to the sky first..when i see the sea gulls gathering i know something is in the wind.Round here it's usually mid to late june when the ants scarper ...if my chooks are out roaming all hell breaks loose ..it's great to whatch...

When any lake becomes litter ridden it's due to bad management by the owner or Fishing Club that owns it. Once it becomes obvious that a lake is being used by Yobo's and no control is being practiced by whoever owns, despite complaints, the "proper" anglers will not fish it, which is bad new...

Ooooh ma gaaawwd , Strongy, it's higher than an elephant's eye:D:happydance: