West Ham Online

"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."

"Just saw a young goshawk on patrol over the house - the local breeding pair seem to have had a good season, which is great news."

"A mixture of Welsh, Swedish and Spanish around Maidenhead then. Their doing good according as far as I can see."

Conservationists have been introducing Spanish and Swedish red kites to prop up the UK population. https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/red-kite/conservation/

"Gph, could it be correlated? When I never saw red kites, I only had one dog."

"Could be, I’ve got 2 dogs."

"If you don't have a dog, you don't get to see a red kite. They are invisible to dog-haters. Obviously."

"Go to Maidenhead and talk a walk in the surrounding country side and you should see a few red kites. Really are a quite magnificent sight. There are plenty now, but never used to be any? Not sure why that happened?"

"Pretty sure they let you into public parks, even if you have no need for an emotional support canid."

Oldie - You forgot about them doing a Freddie Krueger on your furniture

Take a dog for a walk in the park and they'll show you all the best birds mother nature has to offer. Own a cat and stay a prisoner in your own home as it spits up fur-balls on everything making you too scared to touch any unguarded surface and contract its covAIDs.

One day...

"There seems to be a fair few Nurse, in and around the Chilterns, I take the DOG on some walks around there, they have a magnificent wing span."

I've never seen a red kite.

I've never seen a red kite.

"Loads of Red Kite's over Thame way, saw a fair few whilst driving down to Dorset"

Nurse Ratched 5:05 Mon Jul 27 That's lovely. My recent spot was a Red Kite. First one I have seen since moving here. Also Jays nibbling on the Bramleys in one of my apple trees.

One of my goldfinch pairs has brought their four fledglings to my garden. My heart is full.

Got a problem Batz?

*retches*

It’s good to have Nurse back . Clearly lusting for my garlic breath .

Jolly good. Could you carry on not telling us please?

I *did* predict the score. I just didn't tell you lot.

I've always said* that the only reason we hardly ever win 4-0 is because Ratched predicts it. Note that in the next game charleyfarley played Ratched's role. *jokingly (note for the moron who takes jinxing seriously - he knows who he is)

What's the point of an historic one man Ratched if the person it is named after isn't here to celebrate it.

This begs the question: how do bats enjoy spaghetti? Do they all have to turn into vampires?