Hobbies and Crafts

Be lovely to see them though Rita.

Just caught a glimps of them AnninGlos. they hatch in August.
they are so small .
they made an awful lot of noise lol.

Rita

Did you manage to see anything of them Rita, I did see them on a prrobramme on TV a week or so ago.

When in the Lake District, our apartment is right by the River Leven. We had a good view of a Grey wagtail that visited regularly, also a couple of Tufted grebes and a Grey heron. The Heron was right outside our window yesterday and today.

I spent last week in Norfolk visiting my friends and neighbour as well as enjoying the fresh air ( I lived there for over 20 years) every year when I lived there I would go to Great Yarmouth to see the " Little Turns nesting on the beach ) it was always blocked off with wire mesh to stop people treading on them and for people removing the eggs.
This year they have moved along the coast to Caister where I had lived and they are now nesting at the bottom of the road on the sand dunes fenced in for protection and the RSPB were on guard
It appears they have had enough of Yarmouth and wanted a change of scenery.
The Little Terns are an endangered bird. they are the smallest of the sea birds.

Rita

Ann ,we only have 1 cat as far as I know in our stretch of houses.He is called Sid.A year or so back I did spot him shining up the tree trunk to get at the Blue Tits box,but I think he is getting a bit long in the tooth now.It is the Magpies here that are just a blooming nuisance .
I have noticed this afternoon those little black and white ( I think maybe Wagtails) hopping about the lawn.

I did see the interview a week or so ago with a man who disagreed with culling magpies because it was interfering with nature and would upset the balance. We have a few round here but I am sure in this area it tends to be cats rather than magpies who raid nests!!!

I am hoping I have some good photos for your blog Jude when i sort the holiday photos out.

I thought my last post got through yesterday,but see it didn't.I think I was saying Jude I don't think I have seen a Stock Dove before.I saw the pictures and they look quite pretty with the markings.
I will keep my eyes open for them but we just have the normal Wood Pidgeons and Collared Doves.
I'm finding a few empty egg shells on my lawn.I reckon it's those pesky Magpies :-( :-(

Oh Tsk Tsk. My post didn't appear :-(

I said......It's chuckin' buckets in London but it's now that sort of persistant drizzle that says "we think it's November so we'e hanging around for a good while yet" :-( Oh I could be a weather reporter you know - on the Bee Bee Cee :-D

I agree Jude, Magpies do have a beautiful irridescense to their plumage.

We don't seem to have many magpies this year, I wonder if they favour sites where there are more nests? I say this because when we had GS woodpeckers nesting nearby the maggies made their presence felt by their early morning rattling. Likewise with a family of blackbirds.

I think our local dickie birds are staying home today, snuggled down under leafy brollies.

Morning:o)

Suns shining but its cloudy, good gardening weather:o)

Have you all been watching Spring Watch......l feel the Magpies don't need to be culled, what they do is natural, its what we do as man that disrupts nature. Same with the poor badgers.

Must admit they are beautiful birds:o)

Saw a kestrel yesterday hovering over the river Wye, beautiful bird. Vic saw it the other day aswell, first time we've seen kestrels since moving to S Wales, loads in Sussex:o))

Have a good folks:o)

jude ;-) :-D

Morning all
Well very wet and dark here this morning Ugghhh

Birds still very active lots of goldfinch on the sunflower seeds Blackbirds sparrows Wood pigeons collared dove and others Oh the Jay is a regular visitor too.

Yesterday on a drive to the Channel Tunnel I said to my hubby I had never seen so many Magpies. Thankfully not too many at home

Have a good day

Linda :-) <3

Naa you can keep the Magpies...lol...

did you look up the Stock Dove??

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Columba%20oenas

check this link out:o)

jude

Would you like these Magpies? You are welcome to them !!.Lots of young ones .They all gather under our large bay tree like a gang lol
I had a look at Jude's Stock Dove.I looks like a ring neck ,but without the ring.I will check out my bird book I think.

Hi Jane
The stock dove is Jude's. I only get wood pigeons and ferals :-(

Hello All
I saw a funny thing this morning in the back garden.There was a Stoat chasing a little Rabbit all over the lawn.The Rabbit escaped through into next door.I have never seen that before.I know Stoats and Weasels take eggs(or I think they do).Do they kill Rabbits?
Shame I didn't have that camera close by.

The magpies here are driving me Potty .We have never had as many as this in our garden!
What is a Stock Dove Island? I'll have a look at the pic.

hello Trouble....just a quickie...the Stock Dove is on the blog:o)

Byeeee

jude :o)

I chased a feral pigeon off my balcony today. How exciting is that? LOL

Haven't seen much but have been enjoying plenty of bird song. Wren, chaffinch, a blackbird that has taken to singing from the same spot on the roof of our block and sings lovely. :-D

I think the GS woodpecker may have nested in one of the trees next to our windows again judging from the chipping and whirring last week. The tree is too lush to get a good view though.

I hope anyone who is on holiday has found some nice weather.

Crikes its been a week since this thread was used:o((((

We had a stock dove hit the window this morning for the 2nd time this week, managed to get a photo this time. Will get it on blog later. And yep it will gon my record site:o))

Has anyone seen DizzieLizzie??

Hope everyone is well??

jude:o)

yehhhhh:o)

l had to do more than you suggested, but aslong as it works thats great:o)

jude

Posted a comment with no problem Jude.

Jude
I've left a message below your waterboatman photo.
I'll have to try leaving a message on my fellas blog to see what options are offered as Chris's kite blog has more options inc 'anonymous' and 'name'.

Catch you later, I'm off out.