Wildlife Thread

[Carnation]

Hi everyone

I thought it might be a nice idea to have a wildlife thread where we could post pictures and share.

Here are some pictures of one of my favourite birds.
The pheasant.

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[Darksky]

We used to have a ‘resident’ pheasant. He used to run up our lane every morning after I put seed out for him. We called him Phil. One day we found him on the road…..I know it was him because he stopped coming for seed.

Mind you they are daft. We been driving along at 5 mph because they have been practically throwing themselves under the wheels.

[Carnation]

They are daft where danger is concerned.
Those two in the photos were residents of our previous place. They produced a big family of twelve!
They are partial to sweetcorn as well. I know because they ate all of my sweetcorn crop.

[fishman65]

A lovely thread Carnation!! The call of a pheasant is a quintessential sound of our countryside I think, even though its not native originally.

While visiting my Mum's grave today with my sister, I'm pretty sure I spotted one of the Higham Ferrers peregrines. Fast, powerful and direct flight, I only saw it in silhouette but there's nothing else it could have been.

[Darksky]

How lucky you should see that!

Did anyone watch Wild Isles with the ‘real’ David Attenborough? It was fascinating and lovely to watch. Badgers,
Dormice, Eagles. Beautiful Bluebells.

A gripping battle between a White Tailed Eagle and a Canada Goose. Puffins v Blackheaded Gulls. I sat totally absorbed with it.

My sons…..eldest, on spying Orca Whales…..I didn’t know we had Orcs in British Waters

Youngest…..on being told it was a kingfisher on screen…..No it’s an Orange Tit.

I do hope they were joking.

David Attenborough is one of my hero’s. A definite invite to my fantasy dinner party.

[Lolalee1]

Hi Carnation

Here is a pic taken on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.

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[Carnation]

Aww lola, so cute but in the middle of the road!!!

Darksky, David Attenborough is fab! I think he might have to be on my guest list too!
I didn't see the programme, not yet.

[BlueIris]

No pictures, sadly, but a tree at the end of our road is swarming with long-tailed tits. Cutest little birds.

[Carnation]

Aww lovely BlueIris. Its not always easy to get a photo.

[Darksky]

We’ve got Long Tailed Tits on our feeders Blue. I agree they are the cutest little things. Photos are hard aren’t they because they just scatter at the slightest movement.

Which reminds me, I’m getting low on bird food. I feel a trip to Wilko coming up. I find they have the best variety of bird food but I’ve noticed the sunflower hearts have gone up a lot this year. I used to buy the big bags but they are £25.00 now. I love my birds but that’s beyond my reach.