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."

"Blue tits make a right racket when they're near food which I've never really understood, I suppose it might be a call to others that foods on the go. To my next door's cat though it's more ""I'm here, try and get me""..."

"J.Riddle 3:16 Tue Jun 28 Re: For WHO's birders https://tinyurl.com/2bm3ury8 The Norwegian Blue prefers kippin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!"

Hearing is the least important sense when it comes to tits. None are in the top ten for singing. https://www.bl.uk/the-language-of-birds/articles/the-top-10-british-birdsongs

?üßê

Ag! Ag! Ag! Where would we be without WHO posters being to knock out an innuendo on demand?

"I don't think cats can even be arsed in this weather, Nursey. And thanks for talking about your great tits. *unzips*"

"Hello. A young great tit came into my sitting room for his live mealworms a little while ago. Great tits mostly grab and go, compared to the robins who show more curiosity in the humans and surroundings. However, this young great tit chap stuck around a good 5-10 minutes, barely touching the worms, and doing the avian equivalent of panting. I think he needed the shade. Please be kind and put out SHALLOW dishes of water for the birds in your gardens today, unless you have a cat. Thank you."

https://tinyurl.com/2bm3ury8

Currently ensconced on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. We're overlooking the sea across a barley field..we were delighted to see an osprey hovering over the field this evening. The local press have been touting it as a western osprey although my bird book doesn't mention it .Apparently they had a pair hatch in Poole harbour this year.That's one to tick off

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61707476

Careful out there https://www.darkododig.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/shark-bird.jpg

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/bird-flu-seabirds-scotland-rspb-b2097369.html Very sad and worrying.

Crows as intelligent as 7-yo humans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aWL2iEb6y4

"That’s a fair point gph. I’ve known the cat in question for years now, ever since he was a kitten, he used to spend hours watching me gardening. He’s in his later years now and more often than not off his nut on catnip, so I do respect the fact that he’s still “got it”. Just wish he’d stick to mice… ( the robins have been back, the dunnocks haven’t :("

Anyone see the hedgehog eating those Skylark chicks on Springwatch? Never knew they would predate birds.

Anyone see the hedgehog eating those Skylark chicks on Springwatch? Never knew they would predate birds.

"""Nature can be very cruel !!"" Strange, if humans do something similar in war, they are usually admired for their tactical astuteness."

"Have had a pair of dunnocks visit pretty much daily for the last few weeks. Really pretty birds with a way about them. Also get a pair of robins coming for mealy worms each day. The neighbours cat who on average seems to take out no more than a couple birds a year, was finishing off one yesterday morning. Unidentifiable. The thought that it’s one of the dunnocks or robins has really pissed me off."

Starlings in the eaves and robins in the garden. Neither than welcome.

"Did you set that up before or after you transitioned, Capitol They son?"

https://birdsarentreal.com/

lab 4:49 Wed May 11 Re: For WHO's birders Magpies do a similar thing here I'm often chasing them off. Nature can be very cruel !! ;-(

Springwatch is back on for anyone interested in nature.

"This morning I was at Marble Bay inGuernsey . I could hear a fuss on the high rocks over to my right , an oyster catcher was chasing a crow away , the thing was this crow I believe was a decoy . Another crow swooped on the rocks a carried off a young chick from the wading birds nest . This happened twice while I was there ."

Interesting stuff nurse.