WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2018

The easiest way to clean pots and bird feeders is to shove `em in the dishwasher

 

Well Shiners, why not get some normal sized ones then like all of us ordinary folk

 

Aktcherly....... since the bird feeders went in the dishwasher Ziggy has grown a beak and he`s been skwarking .... he`s just gone to roost for a while

 

@silu Average Buzzard life span is between 8-12 years, captive ones a lot longer. The original ones may have died naturally even possibly shot or poisoned (there is a high raptor persecution rate in Scotland particularly on and around Grouse moors) or could have just moved away.
There is every likelihood a new pair could move in. Unfortunatey young Buzzard survival rate is low mainly due to starvation.

 

Many thanks @strongylodon . We don't live near the Grouse moors more pheasant shoots around these parts but the local farmers are quite keen on shooting lots of wildlife. Hopefully we have resident Buzzards again as I love watching them riding the thermals during the summer and as far as we are concerned they cause no trouble at all apart from getting a bit cross if we go too close to their nest when poo picking in the field adjacent to the wood.

 

Rock Pipit, Portland Bill.

 

First shots of Bearded Tits (Reedlings) I've taken in 15 years or so!
Radipole, Weymouth, on a freezing cold day.

 

A few others seen at the Radipole and Lodmoor RSPB reserves in Weymouth.
Lapwings.




Tufted Duck.


Juvenile Heron.


Two long staying visitors, The 'White' Ruff, which should really be wintering in West Africa and the Lesser Yellowlegs which was blown over from North America in September storms, they seem to like each other's company as they are often together.




A 'covert' of Coots.

 

Lovely shots of the Bearded Tits Strongy. I've not seen one before, they are quite distinctive in colouring.

 

Lovely shots @strongylodon Clive

 

@Sheal, although we generally refer to them as Bearded Tits, they are not related to the tit family or any other family and are also refered to as Reedlings.

They are resident, mainly in the South and East, although the largest population is reportedly along the River Tay in Perth and Kinross.

As you have may have noticed the males have a moustache not a beard!!

 

So which do you prefer to call them Strongy?