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Jude I haven't heard about birds being blown off course.What were they and where??I really really hope the weather is kind enough for me to do the boat trip to see Puffins.I've packed all my wet weather gear,plus shorts and T.Shirts
I doubt I will need the shorts,but you never know with our weather lol.
I will be back sometime next weekend.Hopefully with some pics.I have the camera on charge right now.

Thanks Jane...will look asap:)
Enjoy your break, take care:)

Island....where are you???

What about all those birds that got blown off course?? The volunteers etc have done a great job in rescueing them:)

jude x

Jude ,have sent photos of the Starlings.
I am away for the next week .Off to Northumberland.I am hoping for a good day weather wise to get a boat trip to the Farne Islands to see the Puffins.Fingers crossed :-D

Thanks Jane.....would love to see those photo's:)

Have just added 2 from Ann Gloucester in Teneriffe(sp)

jude off to watch The Killing:))

xx

Just had a look on the blog.What great new pics. :-D :-D.Royalty too I see .How exciting is that.
Our Robins are making an appearance again as are the squirrels.Jude we had problems with rats ,and I think it was to do with the chickens next door..Touch wood we haven't seen any this year.

Well ,what a day we had on tuesday.Hundreds of Starlings descended on our house and trees.The noise was amazing!They fed like mad on the elderberries and any other berries in sight.Left a right mess behind them too :-( :-( :-(
I have had to wash the front door ,garage door and windows.Dirty birds lol.
Have a couple of pics Jude.

Some lovely photos on my blog from Debbie (welsh thread)...:)

jude x

Jane...l was sure l added to this thread yesterday...oooo err...lol

Anyways...more photo's added to my blog and l am hoping to add some to Ann's photo blog:)

We've not had much happening here for a while apart from the usual, not so many sparrows though. The squirrells about and sometimes 2.
And unfortunately the rats:(( Vic and next door are going to try and find out if they are coming from a pile of rubbish the other side of our fence which is in the big garden.....if so they will be asked to move it!!!!
Son and family were here for the weekend and he saw 2 rats, his m i l will have a fit....lol

jude

I think we need a nudge up.
Still quiet here (bird wise) I did see the Woodpecker yesterday have a good feast on the lawn.I have also noticed the Robins showing their faces again.Other than that not much to report.Except for one rogue rabbit !!!! Munching it's way around the garden lol

Photo's on my blog from Jean Monmouth:)

jude:)

Not many birds around at all except for callard doves and sparrows an occasional robin and blue tit. Down daughters last weekend we did see a flock of long tailed tits which was nice.

Nothing much going on bird wise in the garden,except for lots of little birds that are the same shape as Wrens but a bit bigger and their movement is a bit twitchy.I don't know what they are.
My poor canvas canopy on the Gazebo was covered in purple poo.It must be the elderberries !!!!.Thankfully today's rain has cleared it :-D.Those berries must give the birds the trots lol

Yes that would have been great:)) Saw one on a telegraph pole this afternoon, a beauty too:)

jude

Thanks Jude.That Moth was a whopper lol
This morning when OH came downstairs he said there was a huge Hawk sat on my whirly washing line.Now that would have been a great pic.Good job there was no washing hanging lol

Morning all....just added the photos from Jane, sorry for usual delay...)(

must dash....

jude xx

That Woodpecker was back on the dead tree this morning ,pecking away and flinging bits of bark here there and everywhere lol.One day that trunk will fall ,and it will come our way.It is actually next door.I love it as it is like a lookout post and landing stage for lots of birds.It really should be taken down as I don't think it will be too safe for much longer.
Bird wise again it is fairly quiet in the garden.But the squirrel has been busy nicking the hazelnuts
:-( :-(

Jude I had a racing Pigeon resting/lost for several days a couple of years ago.I eventually managed to see the number on it;s leg ring(after crawling on the lawn on my hands and knees).I contacted the Pigeon Racing People and they traced the owner.The bird was from Yorkshire ,but had only been let out of the racing lorry a mile from me.(It didn't get too far lol) The owner rang someone local to me and he captured it and it was sent back to Yorkshire by courier.
The Canada Geese I saw the other morning are now flying over our house about 5.30 am every day.I will take my camera to bed and try and get a pic.(I think it is a long shot though.
Just got a pic of a woodpecker on the side of the dead tree doing what woodpeckers do .Not sure how clear it will show as it was through my mucky kitchen window.I will send it to you Jude.I have a good Hawk Moth pic too.

Hiya:)

Been meaning to get on here for a few days, did'nt realise it was 6th Augl was last here....time flies...!!

Vic saw 5 lorries full of racing pigeons on Fri, 2 lorries together had approx 6,000 birds on board, so roughly 14,000 birds eventually flew off.We saw some of the later ones go off, they could'nt go earlier cause of the cloud. A neighbour has one resting in her garden already!! unless he's decided he's had enough...lol

We had 3 Green finches in garden this afternoon, 2 robins, a pair of blackbirds, loads of h/sparrows, quite a few blue/coal/great tits, l watch them quite closely incase they have visible signs of that horrible desease!

Still not bought a camera case, its Vic birthday end of Sept so been getting bits for him.

Take care

jude x

Loads of Swallows tonight flitting and flying all above the garden.We have never had that in the 20 odd years we have lived in this house.I normally see them all down the lane.
I had nearly 30 Canada Geese fly just overhead this morning.I think they were heading for Wicksteed park and the big lake.

Just googled the A350 to see what its route might be. Looks like your white horse might be the Westbury/Bratton one (where some of my ancestors come from as it happens). It's apparently at least 300 years old. The Pewsey one is a 1937 replacement of an earlier one which would have been about 225 years old. There are a series of paths that make up The White Horse Trail and we're in the Vale of White Horse. There's a Wiltshire White Horses website www.wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk - it includes all of them including the Uffington one which is in Oxfordshire as it's obviously a regional theme rather than a strictly county one.