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Ann maybe you heard the pronunciation of Ianto's name on the recent Torchwood series where all the children started chanting at the same time. There was a character called Ianto who had a thing for Captain Jack. Glad your Ianto's feeling better now Tec, and still has his appetite.

Goodness me the crows and magpies are making a lot of noise in the tree outside.

Jude ,the woodpecker I think is a green.It has a red head.I haven't seen it for a few days but have heard it.

I actually thought it was an I as I have seen it as a name in a book and I also for some reason knew how it was pronounced, or thought I did, then I saw (was it Jude) put an L on it so started to wonder if I was wrong.

Hello Ann,
Your post gave me a giggle re dogs name.

It's a Welsh name Ianto with a capital ( I) not L

nearest pronounciation in English would sound like

Yanto, Jude in particular has problems with this I've noticed - sorry Jude lol

Hope you understand - Noswaith Dda i chi

Tec.

Tec
Is the first letter of your dog's name an I or an L? I know the pronunciation and it looks like an I, but then somebody the other day put an L so i am confused.

Hi Folks,

I've been reading everyones interesting posts.
Saw the heron again yesterday as it flew up from a neighbours fish pond - I wonder if they know ,as they are both at work. Must have noticed depleted fish stock.
Yesterday I noticed a kestrel in the area several times, .but am still waiting for the buzzards, and red kites to reappear.
Izzy...The collared doves in my garden are very tame. They now fly onto the feeders before I've finished filling them, and wait on my conservatory roof every morning for me to show my face.
Jude....Pleased Madoc has a new friend. I am delighted to say that Ianto
(Yanto) has had the all clear from the vet. The problem he had has cleared up with antibiotics. I was dreading him having surgery. He still has his eye problems, and I'm sure he is going deaf - although he still hears his food hitting the bowl.

Well back to work in the garden now - I bought some Agapanthus, so have to plant them.

Regards
Tec.

Hi all

I missed out yesterday. It was so nice I spent most of it in the garden sorting out a few things and just enjoying it. Also OH was supposed to be in Copenhagen for the day but when he got to the airport he'd forgotten his passport. Silly sausage! So he came home and we had a chance to go out for lunch instead.

It would be nice to see your blog Jude. That will be another new thing to me as it's only recently that I've had the time to try these different aspects of the internet out. Glad Madoc's found a new friend.

Izzy - nothng to do with Cardiff but I was watching Coast the other night. They were in the Hebrides and they showed a Golden Eagle that was supposed to have an 8ft wingspan. They described it as a flying barn door. Obviously it doesn't look the same on TV but it must have been an impressive sight.

Hiya....no not heard about that, will keep an eye on the news, thank you. Wow he's a whopper is'nt he:o)

jude:o)

Hello Izzy....welcome back:o)))

We've had simular prob with our windows and have stuck birds to the window, seems to have helped:o))
lthink you are right, various birds come from other gardens, probably hopping from one to the other dependong on whats to offer and who has cats etc!!! Also l think once their young have fledged they take off to other parts.

jude :o)

H all:o)

Jane...which woodpecker is it??

Meant to tell you this yesterday.....our new neighbour has a dog called Wolfie, (l think l have mentioned that before)....well he and Madoc are such good friends. The other day l heard a sort of bump at the front door, Madoc was getting really excited, so l opened it and there was Wolfie sitting on the doorstep.....the neighbour said he'd been there about an hr, neighbour was cleaning his car so Wolfie sat on step to watch him and wait for his pal to come out.....how sweet is that....needless to say he came in and had a game with Madoc, they went outside, upstairs, everywhere. He's been in again this evening and had a right old game again:o))))))

jude :o)

Jude ,no ,no pic of woodpecker .But I see it often,as it makes such a racket.
I think poor bunny has gone to bunny heaven,but have seen another lively one hopping around.I have noticed lots of squished ones on the road over the last few days,so I think there are many sick ones that just can't move too quick.

Anyone know why Izzy deleted off the thread?

Jane....did you get the photo of Woodpecker and hows the rabbit??

jude :o)

Afternoon everyone:o)

Welcome to all newbies:o) (l might have already said that..lol)

Dizzie....would love to see photo's, l have a blog where peeps from here send me phots of flowers, pets, wildlife etc....l have had some probs sending my photo's but new ones should'nt be a prob, if you are interested l will send you the blog to look at:o)
These Black ducks sound lovely, have you thought of telling the rspb, they may want to know where they have been spotted!!
Your garden sounds wonderful:o)

Seems like Izzy has deleted!! :o(

Tec....hows Lanto today, has he had to have the op on his ears?? Hope all is ok.

Madoc is still suffering with annoying itching, will have to take him back to vet.

We keep hearing a different bird call, no idea what it is.


y garden is getting very over grown but the birds love it, especially the tall grasses grown from their seeds. We seem to have about 20 - 30 sparrows again, plus various other breeds.....perhaps the Sparrowhawk sticker did put them off!!

jude:o)

OH has been reading a bit more about Black Ducks. Apparently they are the ones that Daffy Duck is based on because they are the commonest ducks in North America, but it's quite unusual for them to be seen elsewhere - so it seems we were quite lucky to see them. Perhaps they were escapees from someone's ornamental collection.

I love walking along a canal path Dizzy, always a lot to see. We sometimes walk along the Gloucester Sharpness canal.

Welcome to the thread Izzy.

Ann
Glos

I have to say we can't quite believe we managed to find a place like this. Even on the coldest winter days it's attractive - especially when the frost and snow made it look so sparkly too.

Ooh looks like I'm not the new girl anymore Izzy unless I'm mistaken and you've been on this thread before.

We went out for a long walk yesterday along the Kennet and Avon canal from Caen Hill Locks in Devizes. We saw some black ducks that looked very much like mallards but didn't have the right markings. OH looked them up when we got back and guess what, they're called Black Ducks and I think he said they're from North America.

We haven't seen our swan family with their sullen teenager cygnets in a while, but we did see a family with younger ones on the canal yesterday too. I did see a vole going along on the other side of the river on Saturday evening though.

We had our solitary goldfinch on the nijer seeds today, also saw what looked like a young sparrow hawk fly over, will have to keep a look out for that one.

Hi Folks,

DizzieLizzie........Your garden sounds idylic - how wonderful to have ducks and swans come into to visit you. We do get the occassional pheasant who arrives to mop up fallen bird seed.

Issabele..........You certainly have a good variety of birds there. I find that mine seem to come and go in the summer, but nearly all return in the winter months. I am particularly anxious to see the return of the song thrush. We used to have swallows nesting under the eaves, but the sparrows evicted them three summers running, so sadly they no longer nest here.

Y/Caz.........Those crows of yours are cheeky. As you know, I have a running battle with hoards of jackdaws here - hooligans, all of them. They drive off the small birds, and that really does annoy me. How is your cockatiel, has he settled into the new place?

I have two ambitions this year. I want to attract the goldfinches back into my garden, and also lure the woodpeckers, who have never visited me, although I know they are around as I hear them in nearby woodland.

Regards to all,
Tec.

Hi all, I have been catching up with the latest news on here and decided I am jealous of DizzieLizzies garden, I would love ducks knocking on my window. The nearest we got was a robin came to visit our pet bird and a sparrow used to sit on the windowsill when it was feed time. However I was taken up by Issabeles story of the blue tit, my hubby parks his car in the same place at work and had his mirror actually prised out of it's socket. There were always marks of birds feet on the cars round the windscreen wipers and always crows and magpies about. He thinks one of them tried to get a spider from behind and pulled the glass out, it was smashed on the floor. Big strong brutes those crows, we watch them on the roof opposite our window and I never realised how big they were.
Nothing else of interest up here for now.

Caz