Fetch Birdwatchers
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19 May
2:52pm, 19 May 2025
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paulcook
RunningRonnie wrote: My wife sometimes buys ladybird larvae and puts them on plants with greenflies. Get em bought now. It'll be all their Christmases come at once!!! Saw this since my initial post. bbc.co.uk |
19 May
2:54pm, 19 May 2025
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Derby Tup
paulcook wrote: I actually saw a very shabby looking blue tit yesterday (maybe Saturday) and took a guess it wasn't long out of a nest. The ones next door look quite grown up now. The parents, exhausted! |
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19 May
2:58pm, 19 May 2025
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paulcook
In hindsight, perhaps the one I saw might have been similarly exhausted parent then. It didn't look fully adult colours though I'd be guessing now.
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19 May
3:24pm, 19 May 2025
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J2R
@paulcook , yes, likely to be a worn-out parent. This time of year when looking after their young, they really don't take of themselves at all. Let's hope they get a nice cruise to the Bahamas when the kids have left home. I was watching a very raggedy looking one going backwards and forwards to the nest box earlier.
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19 May
3:36pm, 19 May 2025
8,046 posts
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paulcook
Do blue tits have a second brood? Seems like they'd have plenty of time yet for round 2 of wearing themselves out. On the flipside, our swan parents look utterly serenely peaceful. Was speaking to someone who knows the park inside out, and he said the previous pen was 26 years old before she finally died in 2017. And there's barely a year where they're not 100% successful with their family. |
19 May
10:39pm, 19 May 2025
25,533 posts
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Red Squirrel
Shortly before nest site investigation time, I was having the leaky garage I’d inherited from previous house owners completely refurbed. I took a weather-worn nest box off the side of the garage and put it on the floor up against a decking balustrade, aiming to fix it at some point and put it back on the garage after the refurb. Despite the location next to my washing line and opposite the side access door for the garage, some blue tits are nesting in it!
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20 May
3:41pm, 20 May 2025
5,179 posts
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Curly45
Siskin pair on the feeders 😍
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22 May
11:11am, 22 May 2025
12,040 posts
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Eynsham Red
A blackbird was on the fat ball feeder this morning which is a surprise to me as I’ve only ever seen the feeding off the ground, not even the bird table.
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22 May
1:10pm, 22 May 2025
56,191 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Jay on the fat ball feeder earlier.
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22 May
1:12pm, 22 May 2025
6,089 posts
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J2R
Magpies frequent our fat balls and take lots! Not seen a blackbird on the feeder yet, but I'll keep an eye out.
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