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."

I love the fact that birds are living dinosaurs. At the very least the direct descendants of them.

"UK pterosaur fossil means they must have been almost worldwide, if not actually so. What present-day bird* has the widest range? *yeah, I know that pterosaurs aren't the ancestors of birds, and were just the first flying vertebrate"

Personally I'd be delighted to have a couple of hundred thousand starlings shitting everywhere. A small price to pay for this spectacle. https://youtu.be/eakKfY5aHmY

"Zeb, watch out for these Starlings if they start roosting before you know it you will have 100s or 1000s of the fuckers making a big racket and shitting everywhere. Nip on the bud, I don’t let them settle making load bangs. They go to the neighbours trees. He moans like fuck, I even told him what I do, but he can’t seem to manage it."

Also had a couple of Buzzards lazily circling overhead this afternoon and there is a very noisy pheasant not too far away.

Saw a PARAKEET in the park today.

My Starlings have come back for a visit. They are all chattering away in the oak trees over the back of my garden and had lunch on my back lawn. The Jackdaw chicks voices are getting deeper and closer to their parents. The sparrows were tidying up the aphids on one my roses too. Thanks little guys and girls.

"Coffee, I have heard that saying and could have a guess at the meaning, why? I would only shot the pigeons and I was thinking to eat them or at least feed them to my dogs. I am concerned on 2 things, I guess it would be nice to wait until the breeding season is over and hate to think I may injure one and not kill it. I guess I would need to go for head shots, not sure. I think lots of practice will be needed first. These sparrow birds don’t eat the sunflower seeds and large corn! Table is getting full of it. I’m thinking to use it in some sort of feeder for other birds?"

"Mex, are you familiar with a saying that starts with hell hath no fury...?"

"Have to say I lost interest in the birds there, but I’ve started trying to feed them again and am getting quite a few sparrows, which surprisingly is an advance compared to back in April - March or whenever it was? I have to say, I’m at a bit of a crossroads and am in two minds, either go for the RSPB buy and Lowermarshes home made bird feeders or buy an really good air rifle and start shooting the little fuckers? Perhaps I do both?"

My goldies are ignoring the nyjer feeder and going for the sunflower hearts. I've ordered a different type of nyjer feeder in case that's what's putting them off.

"Would love to see greenfinches, sadly not seen any for ages, we do have daily visits from goldfinches though on the niger seed feeder."

Peregrine chicks have almost got all their flying plumage and are really gearing up now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR1ZJJ-BB41s5PSlJAUyZP0rnDP_1xD1U5EDZgvuPX47lPY25SdSzNqoXxs

"Aalborg It's very sad https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/portfolio/trichomonosis-in-garden-birds/ I also have a pair of goldfinches. They always visit as a pair. Beautiful birds. Until this gorgeous Covid Spring, I had given up on being visited by goldfinches and greenfinches."

"Nurse...haven't seen a greenfinch for years although we have a 'charm' of goldfinches here ,a few Siskins and Redpoll..great news though"

I saw a vicious aerial battle between greenfinches this morning over my sunflower hearts feeder. To a significant extent they have taken over my garden among the smaller birds. The tits are getting less of a look-in. The robins are less frequent. I am consoling myself with the knowledge I am playing a tiny part in helping towards restoring their numbers after that horrible parasite tore through them.

My small flock of Starlings has moved on. It is a lot quieter withough them.

The chicks are now venturing out much more. Note the first signs of adult plumage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR1ZJJ-BB41s5PSlJAUyZP0rnDP_1xD1U5EDZgvuPX47lPY25SdSzNqoXxs

The chicks are now venturing out much more. Note the first signs of adult plumage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdezYfZdYT4&fbclid=IwAR1ZJJ-BB41s5PSlJAUyZP0rnDP_1xD1U5EDZgvuPX47lPY25SdSzNqoXxs

"lowermarshhammer 11:50 Tue May 26 Yeah, that's the bird though someone needs to sort the blatant racism :)"

"eswing hammer 11:33 Tue May 26 Re: For WHO's birders My neighbor across the road , he‚Äôs a right fat cսnt and he‚Äôs Arsenal ,can see right over the back of his garden , about 2 months ago l see this heron stabbing around in his pond l think it got a fish then it flew off , l thought about knocking on his door but fuck him , then later l saw him looking in his pond , looked a bit puzzled but he knew ,l don‚Äôt stand up at the window all day but was looking out , then about a week later my misses see the Heron again and called me then we see it with a huge fish in its mouth ,my misses screamed and he went to fly off then fatso come bombing out but too late , he‚Äôs now got this life size Heron with wings that come up , guarding at the side of his pond ! He needs to call on the services of Gank, the Heron MURDERER :-)"

https://www.sos.org.uk/recent-sightings If you enter 'white stork' in the search panel you will get some more info

"My neighbor across the road , he‚Äôs a right fat cսnt and he‚Äôs Arsenal ,can see right over the back of his garden , about 2 months ago l see this heron stabbing around in his pond l think it got a fish then it flew off , l thought about knocking on his door but fuck him , then later l saw him looking in his pond , looked a bit puzzled but he knew ,l don‚Äôt stand up at the window all day but was looking out , then about a week later my misses see the Heron again and called me then we see it with a huge fish in its mouth ,my misses screamed and he went to fly off then fatso come bombing out but too late , he‚Äôs now got this life size Heron with wings that come up , guarding at the side of his pond !"

Could be the Eastern population then. Long way to their wintering grounds then. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-32504476

Really? Any idea where they winter?