Bird of the day!

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Susie

Surprised you could hear anything on Hounslow Heath apart from jumbos!

It can be a problem Susie- it seemed a lot worse at top end of site, less of a problem by the railway. Fortunately Song Thrushes know how to sing loud. It is frustrating when you go in the spring + you're trying to pick out all the different warblers singing. You just tune into a sound + then there's this almighty deafening roar. Fortunately people can't hear me swearing when this happens!

[Wild-Woman]

My bird of the day has to be a little blue tit that was on a feeder in the school grounds.It was keeping me awake as I sat in on a SDD (staff development day) training session.
My eyes are hurting now from looking sideways watching it and keeping my head forward so it looked like I was paying attention.

[eeyore]

my bird of the day would be a buzzard - as i was driving over compton down towing a stolen car (long story - ) one shot over closely mobbed by about 40 crows

[davewalker]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Dave, that is an unusual garden visitor- is your garden very open or by fields?

My bird of the day was probably the male Kestrel sat on the top of an oak with 6 Greenfinches sat behind him, a few feet apart. There was also a male Chaffinch perched just below him + a couple of times flew up + made a couple of feeble attempts to mob the Kestrel, which seemed totally oblivious to these efforts!

This was on Hounslow Heath on flight path into Heathrow, but was amazed to hear no less than 10 singing Song Thrushes, so good to see them doing so well here. Yes they're thiving with Sparrowhawk, c20 Magpies + c10 Jays all seen as well. If you have good habitat the songbirds thrive.

we have fields behind us, and an old orchard.Have been very suprised that a) he came b) he keeps coming back.I have to suppose it is the same one,as I have only ever seen him on his own,

davew

[Susie]

I had another great couple of hours at Warnham today and saw lots of wonderful birds - but my highlight was a pair of tree creepers. I have only seen tree creepers twice before.

[cherrybee]

Well I had a bird today that really made my day as it is the first time I have ever seen them in my garden .It ewas a pair of Long-Tailed Tits I was sat right by the feeders on the step of the shed so was quite near.Not only that they didnt seem wottied about my presence at all and kept still long enough to get a pic in fact they kept coming back and forth for about five minutes.After being unable to get out and about for the last 4 weeks it really made my day

[FungiJohn]

Well done CB. And very good they are too
John

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Well done CB. And very good they are too
John

Thank you John.It is very frustrating being unable to get out and about and usually it is the same old birds in the garden but in the last month I have had coal tit, long tailed tit, a sparrow hawk(which hasnt been back ) and today a jenny wren but i didnt get a photo of that one.I must be feeding them right

[smartie]

Lovely shots, cherrybee - I'm envious, I haven't seen any long tailed tits in my garden since the summer. Hope you are starting to feel better and that you are on the move again soon.

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by smartie

Lovely shots, cherrybee - I'm envious, I haven't seen any long tailed tits in my garden since the summer. Hope you are starting to feel better and that you are on the move again soon.

Thank you smartie I did go for a short walk at the beginning of the week and enjoyed it but was a bit tired and sore in the evening.So frustrating