The Bird Thread

And more (sorry not sorry)

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Beautiful pictures Ludd, as usual. Love the goldfinch especially.

+1 those are great pictures Ludd.

We have finches today, a day late for bgbw22 but still lovely to see again.

Shitty 10x zoom camera pic klaxon

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put a nest box up at the weekend and had a couple of potential tenants checking it out just now!
a pair of blue tits and a pair of great tits.

will try and get some snaps later.

Around 30 redwing grazing at work today, a first for me... that I know of. Really handsome little birds

They’re great, aren’t they? Sometimes they hide in hedgerows and you can hear them chuckling to themselves.

Slightly fuzzy Jay today

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One of the kids has a class on Saturday mornings, in a place where there's nothing to do but (or at least nothing I would rather do than) skulk around in the trees looking for birds. Happy to find this Cooper's hawk today.

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Wow. Spot. 👌

Numpty

https://twitter.com/chrisloder/status/1491921150372421637

And he calls for swift action against people who mistreat cats

Will be interested to see autopsy findings.

This is insanely depressing

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Taken through a dirty window, but amazed that they come this close.

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Went out for a short walk with Luddlet #2 this evening, saw a couple of herons, reed buntings and, as a special treat, a owl and then a other owl.

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Went out for a walk and a couple of Little Grebe have appeared at the local pond which is nice

Female reed bunting, I think

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A owl this morning

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Nice

An heron in Bushy Park.

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Gorgeous

What is the motivation for farmers to string up dead corvids along paths? I just removed the body of a dead jackdaw hanging suspended by its neck in the crook of two branches right next to a small footpath bridge. This is the third dead corvid I’ve found suspended in a tree in the local area recently and it just seems a shame. I know it’s legal for farmers to shoot corvids under certain circumstances but why hang the bodies so obviously?

Probable poisoned so predators will also succumb . Gets round the law of shooting raptors. I would contact your local police wildlife officer and get clarification. Will dm you when i find out

It’s an old-fashioned habit of gamekeepers - it was intended to demonstrate to the landowner that his keepers were doing their jobs. A bit like moles on fences

Just saw a hawk in action, it didn't stay there and dropped the pigeon as it flew off.

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Getting ready to move in maybe.

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