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| | Welcome to our newest member, eyeonthelens | |  | | What a grey miserable afternoon, just the sort of time to put one's feet up and watch the Rugby....so glad I didn't.I didn't go very far, just to the moor at the top end of Brow Grains Road and back....and a few more glimpses of the bird life of our countryside ebbing and flowing...the pond first of all: I counted forty mallard and six geese(five farmyard and one Canada) all on the water on the way up and all off it on the way down, forty four minutes later. In addition there were three moorhens... | Member of the Wild Empire | | Comments 0
 | | | The sun was shining and the breeze was almost non existent as I left but it was chilly. Three rooks balanced together in the tree opposite our drive as I leftand I recorded Magpie, jackdaw starling collared dove more rooks, black headed gulls and house sparrows in quick succession. The sparrows were making a right racket in the top of a hedge....and I was to hear them in two other locations in the course of the afternoon. No shortage in this area.
The pond was part iced over and the geese... | Member of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
| | | All set for Clumber Park...Cars arranged with pick up and departure times...all set for the group to meet up when we got there....and the forecast for the morning was wonderful.Only snag was that the return was scheduled for snow and driving blizzard.....found myself in total agreement with our car driver....however wonderful the birding the risks were not worth taking...it was bad enough seeing my wife off in the morning on a work trip knowing that she would have to come back through it.Gladly... | Member of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
| | | Earlier in the week my local wildlife freinds suffered yet another attack In a place where they should be able to feel safe.
A MiddleAged woman with long brown hair&glasses(the sort youd trust your purse with in carity shops) Deliberately let her 2 dogs loose to chase a fox(The urban foxes in my neibourhoood are Tiny&soft&peaceful as pusscats)&after it had ran across a busy road&through gardens where cats are&attacked the fox,-she was laughing.
Ive got footage... | Active Member | | | Comments 0
| | Posted 24-01-2012 at 10:25 PM by jaelen Updated 25-01-2012 at 10:23 AM by jaelen I got the idea for this when I was visiting my parents in the States over Christmas. I came across a bird-feeder especially designed for woodpeckers, with a bit protruding at the bottom to give the bird something to brace its tail against, the way it would against the surface of a tree.
I had noticed how the sparrows struggled sometimes to try and balance on the seed feeders in my garden- contorting themselves to wrap around the underside of the feeder while they tried to grip on... | Member of the Wild Empire | | | Comments 0
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