For WHO's birders

[Nurse Ratched]

"I thought you might like this video.



It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

[arsegrapes]

"SecondOpinion 10:13 Fri Dec 24 That sounds amazing. If you don't mind me asking, what neck of the woods do you live?"

[the exile]

"The other day I heard a blackbird's alarm cry, closely followed by a thud against one of our conservatory windows. I looked out just in time to see a sparrowhawk with the blackbird in its talons landing on the ground about ten yards away. He stood over it with his wings half out looking very fierce then started pulling it apart straight away - very dramatic. Flew away when he saw me move."

[lab]

"Took my dog out first light to our usual woods , flushed a few pheasants which is normal , but he also put up a couple of woodcock on two separate occasions ,they fly low and sit back down quite quickly. Cute . Very pointed wings . Check out their scientific name ."

[lab]

"Took my dog out first light to our usual woods , flushed a few pheasants which is normal , but he also put up a couple of woodcock on two separate occasions ,they fly low and sit back down quite quickly. Cute . Very pointed wings . Check out their scientific name ."

[Nurse Ratched]

Sounds fantastic.

[SecondOpinion]

"When the buzzards fly over, the sky goes very quiet, until the crows come out and dive bomb the buzzards. It's like an aerial gunfight from WW2!! Quite a show with the crows always winning. The kites come way down very close to the garden (we have a stream at the bottom) where they are hunting for mice, rats and voles and sometimes grass snakes. There are always Kestrels hovering in the field at the back. Not a bird of course, but the bats always make a show as the sun goes down"

[Tomshardware]

Lucky man Second Opinion.

[SecondOpinion]

"We have a pair of Egrets at the bottom of our garden who return every year. Lovely looking bird. Plus many Buzzards, Harriers and Falcons, Owls, Kestrels and Kites."

[Hermit Road]

"zebthecat 12:05 Tue Nov 30 If you haven’t got a dog, some poison might help. Failing that, a high powered air rifle should be enough to make it seek a home elsewhere. On a more cheerful note I saw a Jay in my garden the other day. Was well happy about that."

[Nurse Ratched]

"That mega talented Belarusian bloke (I assume) has done it again, and this one is festive as heck. Enjoy: https://youtu.be/fPIbfZ7HE5M"

[WHU(Exeter)]

"Haven't seen any sparrows in my garden for months and months, just seen 3 dozen plus of them fluttering all around a neighbours huge pear tree for a good half hour. Obviously something on the tree that they go nuts for this time of year."

[zebthecat]

Someone is feeding the fox that sleeps at the bollom of garden. He/She turned up with a mouth full of sandwiches this afternoon. Not sure that is the best thing food wise.

[zebthecat]

Someone is feeding the fox that sleeps at the bollom of garden. He/She turned up with a mouth full of sandwiches this afternoon. Not sure that is the best thing food wise.

[azel senior]

Robins are vicious fuckers in the bird world. Very protective of their territory.

[gph]

Robins aren't maniacs - they are hedgehogs with wings...

[Nurse Ratched]

Bullet eats hedgehog biscuits. Robins are maniacs.

[Tomshardware]

Was eating a packet of prawn cocktail discos the other day and a robin perched near me and happily ate some that I'd crumbled up for it.

[azel senior]

"I see Ring Ouzels in Devon getting a mention, best place to see them in Spring and Autumn is down around Langdon Hoe and St. Margarets near Dover. Also a great place for Yellow-Browed Warbler in early October."

[zebthecat]

Safe

[Nurse Ratched]

My jays are roadmen. Ye get me?

[zebthecat]

My Jays are a country couple and a very shy - The High Wield AONB starts at the back of my garden.

[Nurse Ratched]

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[SurfaceAgentX2Zero]

"Nurse Ratched 8:18 Tue Oct 26 Nursie, Had you just finished brushing your hair?"

[Nurse Ratched]

Arf!

[WHU(Exeter)]

"Nurse, with my jays I think it's my complete lack of photography skills rather than the birds themselves. They're probably sat thinking 'are you going to fucking take this or what, we've got a BBC springwatch Calendar photo shoot in 10'"