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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Let’s talk birds, the feathered kind of course.

Do you feed the birds in your garden?

What’s your favourite bird?

We have red kites and buzzard here, and they are so majestic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's a red kite that circles the houses here daily. Lots of tits. Swifts that nest in the hole near the roof.

I don't feed the them bit the neighbours do. I love watching them in them bird bath.

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

We feed them when we go out to walk in the park.

The Mrs loves crows as they are so intelligent.

At the tower of London we watched as a raven pulled the bin bag out of a bin so it could get st some food.

It was amazing to see.

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By *boro_cpleCouple
over a year ago

Peterborough

... loads once you start

We've been looking out for goldfinches spotted a few times this year

Also get greenfinches, loads of kites, and the usual crew of louts.

Also squirrel, hedgehogs and frogs.... But that's a separate thread!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What’s your favourite bird?"

I've got tits in the sweepstake. Come on men of Fab - don't let me down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got tits in mine, no really! I also have a Eurasian Jay that comes to my windows from time to time and pecks.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Currently looking at two peregrine falcons out my window.

We do feed the birds in the garden. And a heron flew over us Tuesday quite low which was lovely. But it's the red kite that flies over us I like watching.

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

I was feeding the sparrows, and they were getting very fat. However, this attracted the attention of a Sparrowhawk, who has taken about 5 so far in my garden.

It's a bit sad, but he is a beautiful bird.

I've stopped feeding for the moment to try and sort out some bloody rats!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"... loads once you start

We've been looking out for goldfinches spotted a few times this year

Also get greenfinches, loads of kites, and the usual crew of louts.

Also squirrel, hedgehogs and frogs.... But that's a separate thread!"

I’ve got a very funny squirrel in my garden, this is an all inclusive thread, all wildlife welcome

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Currently looking at two peregrine falcons out my window.

We do feed the birds in the garden. And a heron flew over us Tuesday quite low which was lovely. But it's the red kite that flies over us I like watching. "

Oh wow, I’m not sure if I’ve seen a peregrine Falcon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve got a window bird feeder, get a load of tits and robins. Quite therapeutic

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We feed them when we go out to walk in the park.

The Mrs loves crows as they are so intelligent.

At the tower of London we watched as a raven pulled the bin bag out of a bin so it could get st some food.

It was amazing to see."

Have you seen the clip of the seagull that waits for the doors to open, nips in and grabs a snack from a shop

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By *boro_cpleCouple
over a year ago

Peterborough

"... loads once you start

We've been looking out for goldfinches spotted a few times this year

Also get greenfinches, loads of kites, and the usual crew of louts.

Also squirrel, hedgehogs and frogs.... But that's a separate thread!

I’ve got a very funny squirrel in my garden, this is an all inclusive thread, all wildlife welcome

Ours finds some very inventive approaches to nut stealing!! Keeps us amused for ages!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do feed the birds in my garden. Loads of little sparrows blue tits, chaffinch’s and then crows sweep down and scare them off…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have goldfinches in my garden. They're gorgeous. And I love blue tits. And starlings. I just adore birds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What’s your favourite bird?

I've got tits in the sweepstake. Come on men of Fab - don't let me down. "

Like shelling peas.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We feed the garden birds. We get sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, magpies and obviously pigeons. In the spring they make nests in our hedges and then we get baby birds come out

I also have my two indoor birdies, a cockatiel and a canary. I've put a perch for them right in front of the patio doors and they love just sitting on it and watching the wild birds all day. I even spotted some little starlings coming right up to the doors the other day to communicate with my canary!

The dream is to get my cockatiel fully recall trained so I can get her a harness and take her outside. She's very stubborn though...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite birds a Blue boobie but nit in my garden… unless it’s a cold day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Favourite birds, Ravens/crows

I don’t tend to feed them in the garden but I do at work.

I do find downed Bees now and again and load them up with sugar. I’m more entertained by the bats I’ve flying around my back door of late. They’re so freaking cool

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The reintroduction of the red kite to England has been such a success story, gradually they are moving East.

Less welcome has been Seagulls' migration into towns like mine to nest - they make a terrible racket and are very aggressive. Must be all that takeaway food they eat.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I don't feed them, no. When the puppy was getting up very early it was lovely to hear them singing! You couldn't hear anything else. We have a little robin that keeps popping up quite regularly.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Wishful thinking... I never get any birds in my garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Last year, we did the big birdwatch in January. A sparrowhawk landed on my fence which was amazing as it was the first time we'd seen one in my garden. Rubbish for the birdwatching though as all the little ones kept away so we didn't see anything else.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"We feed them when we go out to walk in the park.

The Mrs loves crows as they are so intelligent.

At the tower of London we watched as a raven pulled the bin bag out of a bin so it could get st some food.

It was amazing to see.

Have you seen the clip of the seagull that waits for the doors to open, nips in and grabs a snack from a shop

Haha i saw that the other day , so cheeky but awesome

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By *tue555Man
over a year ago

Passed Beyond Reach

"Let’s talk birds, the feathered kind of course.

Do you feed the birds in your garden?

What’s your favourite bird?

We have red kites and buzzard here, and they are so majestic

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

So innocently feeding birds can have have a serious impact on others.

Don't get me wrong, wasn't saying don't - he was simply saying be mindful and vary different foods etc. and try and encourage diversity in your feeding which will hopefully encourage diversity in bird population so you don't atract too many of one species.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We feed the garden birds. We get sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, magpies and obviously pigeons. In the spring they make nests in our hedges and then we get baby birds come out

The dream is to get my cockatiel fully recall trained so I can get her a harness and take her outside. She's very stubborn though... "

That’s amazing, I love that!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Let’s talk birds, the feathered kind of course.

Do you feed the birds in your garden?

What’s your favourite bird?

We have red kites and buzzard here, and they are so majestic

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

So innocently feeding birds can have have a serious impact on others.

I think I must be accidentally feeding correctly, as I have a huge variety of birds that come and feed.

I love backing onto countryside, there’s pretty much nothing behind me, so maybe that’s why we have both?

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By *icknmix500Man
over a year ago

South Gloucestershire

Yes i have bird feeders all over

Blue tits long tailed tits coal tits willow tits gold finches green finch willow warblers woodpeckers and loads more

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

Gulls. Twats.

And lots of others that have wings too. I know nothing....

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By *inky Biscuit DunkerMan
over a year ago

Gloucestershire

Love birds in my garden.

I've a couple of feeding stations with suet pellets in them. The Great Tits, Sparrows etc & (annoying) pigeons love them. I've got a nest box camera & usually lucky enough to get Great Tits in there each year.

Birds are very calming & relaxing.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Yes I feed and water have a generation of family of birds my fave the robin whose starting to look old I've also rescued few when have gotten caught in unexpected weather heavy (rain)trying to shelter behind my coal shed,but once I set them free I get the entire family coming back sitting on the fence, think their way of saying thanks.but cute

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Gulls. Twats.

And lots of others that have wings too. I know nothing....

Gulls are indeed, the twats of the bird world!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

Buzzards and red kites commonly share habitats and their populations have risen together in parts of Southern England.

Warbler population has been in decline for some decades and has nothing to do with blue tits 'stealing their nests'.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m lucky I’m

Surrounded by a fair few mature trees and gardens,

But it’s usually blue Tits, black birds and a few starlings. And two very territorial Robins

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I feed and water have a generation of family of birds my fave the robin whose starting to look old I've also rescued few when have gotten caught in unexpected weather heavy (rain)trying to shelter behind my coal shed,but once I set them free I get the entire family coming back sitting on the fence, think their way of saying thanks.but cute

We have a cage for any sick/injured birds that we trap. Not all of them make it unfortunately but it's so lovely when we can help them out and set them free again.

We once brought an absolutely stunning, but very sick racing pigeon inside. Nursed it back to health and socialised it to the point where it ate seed out of our hands (it was already pretty tame tbf). We managed to get close enough to read the leg band and the stamp under its wing and were able to contact the owner. They only lived in Kent so was very easy to reunite them

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Flamingos

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By *ittlechick77Couple
over a year ago

Staines

We have two bird feeders one in the front and one in back garden. Have a very good selection of visitors coal tit, great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit, dunnock, blackbird, Robins, magpies goldfinches, lesser spotted woodpecker, collarde doves, jays, jackdaws plus sparrows and starlings.

Ifs great to see the transfer from chick plumage to adult especially when half way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Gulls. Twats.

And lots of others that have wings too. I know nothing....

Gulls are indeed, the twats of the bird world!"

And a protected species, the reason for which I struggle to understand.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Where I am, I'm lucky enough for tons of owls, you can often see and hear them talking to each other. We get woodpeckers often in our garden.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lover of all. Was trying to befriend the magpies feeding them seeds on my window ledge, most were skittish and always got spooked and flew away once my bonce came into sight. There was one that didn’t spook so easy and even allowed me to watch it break the seed in the crack of the bricks before eating it.

Due to seeds not being great food for magpies a pile ended up being left and I noticed in the night mice eating them, which my sill is part of my neighbours roof below, partly due to not wanting to infest my neighbours with mice I gave up. A couple of weeks ago I was awoken by a noise sounding like someone faffing around at my window. When I looked it was a magpie trying to get out of my flat.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Lover of all. Was trying to befriend the magpies feeding them seeds on my window ledge, most were skittish and always got spooked and flew away once my bonce came into sight. There was one that didn’t spook so easy and even allowed me to watch it break the seed in the crack of the bricks before eating it.

Ohh, I think I might have freaked

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By *tue555Man
over a year ago

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By *tue555Man
over a year ago

Passed Beyond Reach

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

Buzzards and red kites commonly share habitats and their populations have risen together in parts of Southern England.

Warbler population has been in decline for some decades and has nothing to do with blue tits 'stealing their nests'."

First of all red kites are not native to the south, they were reintroduced Buckinghamshire and parts of Wales. The ones that are in the south are ones that have migrated. The red kites are much larger than buzzards and more prolific, competing for territories as they both are carrion eaters, gradully pushing buzzards out of the south.

As for the rest it was what i was told by RSPB warden, so therefore must be rubbish

As usual, acual facts have no place in the forums

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

A friend told me there's a shortage of fat balls and bird seeds due to brexit / covid / refugee birds flying across the Channel / ronaldo

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

No if you put food out you get an influx of pigeons and seagulls where we live.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a group of swallows that circle my house always nice to see

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By *ilverjagMan
over a year ago

swansea

"Let’s talk birds, the feathered kind of course.

Do you feed the birds in your garden?

What’s your favourite bird?

We have red kites and buzzard here, and they are so majestic

We have red kites up here, and like you say, somewhat majestic they are. Only the other day my youngsters partner, who has blonde moments more frequently than most, was here, and I said, "Oh look there's a red kite there." The reply I got was, "Where, Where! All I can see is that big bird flying up there." Our dear little sweetheart, who everyone loves to bits, was scanning the sky expecting to see something on the end of a string.

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"Gulls. Twats.

And lots of others that have wings too. I know nothing....

Gulls are indeed, the twats of the bird world!

And a protected species, the reason for which I struggle to understand.

Because the people who write that stuff are slightly mental?

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By *aptainhornpipeMan
over a year ago

manchester

I sometimes get a sparrow hawk sat in my feeder, bold as you like got some great photos of it.

I live in the middle of a city so it’s just such a surprising thing to see.

I do get a lot of sparrows so maybe not that surprising, get the odd blue/coal tit goldfinch, robin and the occasional black bird.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There’s a few buzzards on my golf course it’s always great watching them swoop up and down the fairways as we play

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seagulls by the 1000s! Joys of living on the beach!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Seagulls by the 1000s! Joys of living on the beach!"

And the noise! It does always remind me of the seaside though.

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By *uliette500Woman
over a year ago

Hull

I feed the birds in my garden. Over the summer I have had a pair of woodpeckers regularly eating the peanuts from the feeder.

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By *uliette500Woman
over a year ago

Hull

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By *tue555Man
over a year ago

Passed Beyond Reach

If you live in Bucks or surrounding areas Red Kites are at plague propotions now. Said this before in others posts. If you go to Marlow they have signs that Red Kites will swoop down and steal you crisp sammich

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As for the rest it was what i was told by RSPB warden, so therefore must be rubbish

As usual, acual facts have no place in the forums "

Buzzard numbers throughout England have shown sharp increases in the last decade. Unlike kites they eat relatively little carrion and kites are only territorial around their nests, not their hunting area. So even your basic 'facts' are false.

There is plenty of information out there about why the UK warbler population has declined. Facts, even.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

No I don't feed them. We are creating un natural populations of certain birds same as badgers, foxes and squirrels. If I want to see them in my garden I have a natural pond they come and drink from and bathe in

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

"If you live in Bucks or surrounding areas Red Kites are at plague propotions now. Said this before in others posts. If you go to Marlow they have signs that Red Kites will swoop down and steal you crisp sammich"

Flying vermine now.. And killing other wildlife too as they do..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flying vermine now.. And killing other wildlife too as they do.. "

Red Kites live mostly from dead animals.

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By *ackformore100Man
over a year ago

Tin town

Flying vermine now.. And killing other wildlife too as they do..

Red Kites live mostly from dead animals.

Well Everydays a school day! There's still an explosion of them where I live.

But maybe it's a council ploy to keep the roads clear as they sure as shit don't sweep them anymore.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

Buzzards and red kites commonly share habitats and their populations have risen together in parts of Southern England.

Warbler population has been in decline for some decades and has nothing to do with blue tits 'stealing their nests'.

As for the rest it was what i was told by RSPB warden, so therefore must be rubbish

As usual, acual facts have no place in the forums "

I thought there was always a small population of kites in mid Wales?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have several regular blackbirds come to the garden, and some tits. Have seen some buzzards when out walking, and of course lots of partridge and pheasants.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

Buzzards and red kites commonly share habitats and their populations have risen together in parts of Southern England.

Warbler population has been in decline for some decades and has nothing to do with blue tits 'stealing their nests'.

As for the rest it was what i was told by RSPB warden, so therefore must be rubbish

As usual, acual facts have no place in the forums "

Imagine getting this wound up over birds

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By *tue555Man
over a year ago

Passed Beyond Reach

Flying vermine now.. And killing other wildlife too as they do..

Red Kites live mostly from dead animals.

Yes they are carrion eaters it is their primary diet

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Unusual to have both as they are both carrion eaters but you do get areas of crossovers where territories meet which is cool.

Funny having a conversation with RSPB warden was saying about how feeding birds can cause the displacemnt of others, certain foods attract certain birds.

Apparently there is a glut of blue tits, but blue tits steal the nests of other tits and warblers, which are now in decline.

Buzzards and red kites commonly share habitats and their populations have risen together in parts of Southern England.

Warbler population has been in decline for some decades and has nothing to do with blue tits 'stealing their nests'.

As for the rest it was what i was told by RSPB warden, so therefore must be rubbish

As usual, acual facts have no place in the forums

Imagine getting this wound up over birds

I can when it seems all the local gulls crap on my car

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By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

I live on the Norfolk coast, the whole place is a wildlife sanctury.

Millions of birds over winter here from around the world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, but they vary, I love swift’s, housemartins, but seagulls are totally twats, they’re so arrogant. Town pigeons have incredible confidence, dunno where they get it from, you never see a baby pigeon. I’ve got two wood pigeons who are always sat on my fence. I’d love to see a kingfisher in the wild. Whenever I see a buzzard, there’s loads round here I pretend it’s a golden eagle.

These are some of my thoughts on birds.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Last year, we did the big birdwatch in January. A sparrowhawk landed on my fence which was amazing as it was the first time we'd seen one in my garden. Rubbish for the birdwatching though as all the little ones kept away so we didn't see anything else. "

Ive only seen a Sparrowhawk in the wild once. It was amazing.

No Peregrines out of my window though

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

I feed them my favourite are starlings and seagulls! I have blackbirds Robin's and wren nest in the garden x

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I have a several different bird feeders, a covered bird table, bird bath and a couple of saucers of water. I get all sorts of finches, tits (no sniggering!), blackbirds etc. The finches love sunflower hearts, the blackbirds mealworms and tits sunflower seeds/hearts and unsalted nuts. I wash all out with a powerwasher every so often. The blackbirds can get very tame in winter and come to the backdoor for their food.

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By *ig_eric_tionMan
over a year ago

IPSWICH

Birds of prey are fascinating. The population is increasing round here. I see buzzards on a regular basis but yesterday I saw at least 6 or 7 circling together.

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Ive only seen a Sparrowhawk in the wild once. It was amazing.

No Peregrines out of my window though

I've watched the one round here regularly ripping a sparrow apart on my shed roof!

He's a messy bugger.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Went a walk over the peaks a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed the sight of a barn owl

Hunting for a good five minutes. A nice memory to share

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I have a several different bird feeders, a covered bird table, bird bath and a couple of saucers of water. I get all sorts of finches, tits (no sniggering!), blackbirds etc. The finches love sunflower hearts, the blackbirds mealworms and tits sunflower seeds/hearts and unsalted nuts. I wash all out with a powerwasher every so often. The blackbirds can get very tame in winter and come to the backdoor for their food."

It’s important to wash the feeder isn’t it, it can harbour infectious diseases apparently.

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By *rPeachyMan
over a year ago

Bristol

I like the nuthatch

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over a year ago

Ive only seen a Sparrowhawk in the wild once. It was amazing.

No Peregrines out of my window though

I've watched the one round here regularly ripping a sparrow apart on my shed roof!

He's a messy bugger."

You'd think the Sparrow would get fed up with it

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Ive only seen a Sparrowhawk in the wild once. It was amazing.

No Peregrines out of my window though

I've watched the one round here regularly ripping a sparrow apart on my shed roof!

He's a messy bugger.

You'd think the Sparrow would get fed up with it

There certainly seems to be less hanging around here now.

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I adore starlings, and the jackdaws who live in the eaves of this house.

There is an owl, who I've heard but not seen yet.

I love the coots on the pond in the park as they have a proper attitude and chase off the bigger ducks.

And I love the chickens that live down the road

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I adore starlings, and the jackdaws who live in the eaves of this house.

There is an owl, who I've heard but not seen yet.

I love the coots on the pond in the park as they have a proper attitude and chase off the bigger ducks.

And I love the chickens that live down the road

Coots are cute aren’t they

. I like ducks too.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I live next to a rspb observatory.. inundated with twitchers and LBJ's

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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

We live next to a park with a pond, it's lovely. We have (heard but not seen) some sort of owl and a woodpecker. And I've seen kingfishers around. You know the names but never get to see these.

My daughter loves feeding the pigeons and getting them to land on her hand to feed.

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By *ink Panther.Woman
over a year ago

Preston

I have various bird feeders. They love the fat balls more than anything. The most unlikely visitors are Rose ringed parakeets. The cheekiest visitors are a pair of ducks that sit on the lawn quacking until I go out with bird seed

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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago

Nottingham

"I have various bird feeders. They love the fat balls more than anything. The most unlikely visitors are Rose ringed parakeets. The cheekiest visitors are a pair of ducks that sit on the lawn quacking until I go out with bird seed

I love that you have your own ducks!

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over a year ago

Driving through the country side one night in Oxford an barn owl was flying level with the car obviously after a mouse that was amazing

also I saw a kestral hovering above a grass verge also I've seen both species of woodpeckers

I'm not a birdwatcher by the way just been lucky

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

We have a cage for any sick/injured birds that we trap. Not all of them make it unfortunately but it's so lovely when we can help them out and set them free again.

That's lovely to hear,I once rescued a magpie chick very tame was injured felt comfortable being held, being hand fed and even watching television it was actually glued to the movie kept me busy caring for him.but sadly past away. I also think at times birds are able to sense fear and when their not in danger like most animals.its cats I hate

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I love that

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Driving through the country side one night in Oxford an barn owl was flying level with the car obviously after a mouse that was amazing

also I saw a kestral hovering above a grass verge also I've seen both species of woodpeckers

I'm not a birdwatcher by the way just been lucky

Amazing

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

We don't feed the birds because we'd be inundated with seagulls if we did. We also have a cat and a resident fox and while your cat couldn't be less interested the vixen would have them in a nano second.

We have sparrows, starlings, jackdaws, seagulls, lapwings, cormorants, various birds of prey, robins, blackbirds etc though

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"We don't feed the birds because we'd be inundated with seagulls if we did. We also have a cat and a resident fox and while your cat couldn't be less interested the vixen would have them in a nano second.

We have sparrows, starlings, jackdaws, seagulls, lapwings, cormorants, various birds of prey, robins, blackbirds etc though"

Lapwings and cormorants, lovely

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

I prefer to feed the horse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As an avid ornithologist as a young boy I still remember finding my first lapwing nest ( more a scraped bowl on the floor with a couple of twigs) 4 eggs in it all with the pointed end to the middle....quite an amazing find...

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

I feed the birds all year round. I love green spaces and nature

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By *reya73Woman
over a year ago

Whitley Bay

We get garden spuggies/sparrows, finches, Robins popping by, blue tits and chaffinches. We have a pair of cute wood Pigeons who come every year.

We cover pine cones with peanut butter and seeds and my daughter hangs them in the trees. Mostly in the winter though.. Otherwise they get lazy.

We grow some veggies too, which brings the beasties.. So there are plenty to nibble.

They eat our berries too.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"... loads once you start

We've been looking out for goldfinches spotted a few times this year

Also get greenfinches, loads of kites, and the usual crew of louts.

Also squirrel, hedgehogs and frogs.... But that's a separate thread!

I’ve got a very funny squirrel in my garden, this is an all inclusive thread, all wildlife welcome

I have birds, squirrels and hundreds of tiny frogs at the moment

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over a year ago

"Driving through the country side one night in Oxford an barn owl was flying level with the car obviously after a mouse that was amazing

also I saw a kestral hovering above a grass verge also I've seen both species of woodpeckers

I'm not a birdwatcher by the way just been lucky

I had the same experience with an owl, it was magical. Birds definitely have a sense of play and fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Driving through the country side one night in Oxford an barn owl was flying level with the car obviously after a mouse that was amazing

also I saw a kestral hovering above a grass verge also I've seen both species of woodpeckers

I'm not a birdwatcher by the way just been lucky

I had the same experience with an owl, it was magical. Birds definitely have a sense of play and fun."

It really was Leo the moon was very bright probably about 2/3am i felt very privileged to see it and the kestral that was middle of the afternoon on a country road amazing sight

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Local people bring anything injured to me dont know why

few years ago someone bought a baby starling! Named him Norbert! As he had imprinted on my daughter we couldnt release him ! He lived with us for a year! He was lovely be talked as well as they are related to miyna birds he said his name and hurry up I gotta go to work amongst other things and mimicked the vacum cleaner! He used to sleep on daughters pillow such a sweet bird! X

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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

We have lots of red kites here in town too, we're a stone's throw away from the countryside.

And all your usual, from tits to starlings to wood pidgeons etc x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive seen a few birds on here Id love to feed something

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Local people bring anything injured to me dont know why

That’s really cute

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By *ovespudsMan
over a year ago

Swindon

I have a bird feeding station in my garden, love my birds. Had a Ring Necked Parakeet on my nut feeder last year, I know they're common in London, just goes to show how they're spreading. Also have a "resident" Sparrowhawk, amazing bird.

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

It's almost that time of year when the geese and cranes come south for the winter,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a tree at the front of my house and my house cats frequently enjoy watching the many birdy visitors from their cinema screen window.

We have bull finches, blue tits , sparrows and blackbirds who mostly hang out there during the day.

We have lots of red kites in out area that circle the houses too.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Birds are the only surviving dinosaurs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My house brother has recently took on an indian ringneck parrot its a lovely bird full of character but when it has a mad squawking fit i could put the noisy thing in a pie

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