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Lots of interesting birds in your garden Jane. Only blackbirds, thrushes, sparrows,, doves, pigeons, magpies and starlings in and around ours but still amazing to watch.

Ann ,OH said a Sparrow Hawk was sat on the roof of his car in the drive a couple of days ago.I wish I had seen that.
This morning there was a flurry of birds all of a sudden .They were legging it.The reason was there were 2 Red Kites.Both flew really low over the house.I did manage to get a pic of one,but it was a bit too far over next door by the time I snapped it :-S

Another fly by by the sparrow hawk, this time it actually landed on the flat bird table. No wonder we are not seeing any birds it must be resident in the area. :-( :-(

It must be Rooks then Lesley :-D Judging by the numbers lol

Jane it's rooks that are normally seen in flocks ................. or is it crows:-D seriously it is rooks that flock and several rooks will nest in the same tree where as crows normally nest one pair to a tree.........I think ;-)

Lesley x

I think these birds are Rooks after looking in my book .But still not totally sure lol.
We have a large Female Pheasant wandering around in the back garden this afternoon :-D

Ann ,where is Jude? I haven't seen her on the boards for ages :-S

They are all big black birds lol.I think the ones I see are Crows.But like you Kandj I need to check them out. :-D.Must get my Bird book out again tomorrow. :-D :-D

I have spotted a Crow or is it a Rook or a Raven?........ I am like you Jane and can't really tell the difference. Need to do my homework methinks.

I did have a lovely weekend.The Bride looked beautiful and her little Bridesmaids were so sweet .I got through a load of tissues lol.
I filled the window feeder right to the top before I went and was quite surprised to see some food still in it when I got home.But the Coconut hanging on the tree was empty.

I don't know if I said before but there seem to be so many Crows around at the moment.Not in my garden but in the top couple of fields up the road.When I drive up ,there are usually a group of them in the road,even when there is no road kill.
I think they are Crows.I get confused with Rooks and Crows and Ravens.

Haven't seen our little robin for a while too Ann. There are still lots of gulls flapping around and loads of starlings too..... all very hungry and noisy!

Jane I hope you are enjoying yourself at the wedding this weekend.

Aaw that is sweet Jane, I love Robins even if theya re squabbly little birds. We did have one here but not seen him for a while. In fact still not seen many birds feeding since the sparrow hawk's visit. :-(

I have a Robin who appears when I fill up the window feeder.But he sits on a wrought iron hook outside the back door and sings at me.I then put a few little fruit pellets on the patio table and before I even walk away it is down and eating them :-D.It is so sweet :-D :-D
Not around now until later on Sunday as we are off to a wedding tomorrow .I need to get the overnight bag packed and my glad rags sorted.

It did sound lovely Ann :-D I just wish I could have seen the Owl.

Oh how lovely

Just heard an Owl so close I could hear the Quiver sound in the hoot lol.I just couldn't work out what tree it was in :-S

Ann,those noises at night can be a bit 'scary' especially when you don't know what they are.I often have to stick my fingers in my ears so as not to hear them :-S
I say scary,but that is not the right word. It is just not knowing what the sounds are.
I always imagine the worst ,thinking some animal is in distress .But if I thought sensibly I would realise it is just Nature :-D,and a lot of creatures come out at night.

Lol, once my hearing aids are out I don't hear anything either :-D

Ann I will sleep peacefully now lol
There is nothing worse for me than lying awake at night hearing 'weird noises' and imagining some poor animal is in trouble.They need to learn to be a bit quieter and not put the wind up me :-D :-D.Needless to say my OH never hears a darned thing,and thinks I am just imagining things :-S :-S

Well you learn something new everyday :-D we get munjac around hear but I have never heard one bark :-(

Lesley x

Lovely to hear it so close and good to know it isn't anything scary :-)