On the round this week I've seen squirells,robins,blue tits,goldfinches,and heard woodpeckers in the distance. The weather has been chopping and changing one minute sunny,the next cold and windy. But stopping and pausing and looking around I thought how much I love the outdoors, add in the exercise of walking etc and it just can't be beat in my opinion. Many people though prefer being indoors and dislike outdoor stuff, but to me they're missing out. Anybody else feel the same way ?
Yes squirrels are fair game! Although I think the law states they must be despatched humanely. Shot or a single blow to the back of the head. You can't bludgeon them to death or drown them etc.A house down Henley Road last week had a rifle sticking out from a bedroom window.I asked the owner what's all that about ? He said his garden is plagued with squirells nicking bird feed and messing up his flower beds etc. So he shoots them !! I said can you do that without getting nicked ? He laughed and said grey squirells are vermin,if they were red it would be different.
Think yellow fields are usually rape seed ?Over this time of year. Out on the bike and the fields are all bright yellow! Fantastic
When I see something like that it thrills me but many people say so what ! I stood and watched a woodpecker chipping away up a tree and a few people stopped to look up too. When I told them what I was looking at they walked off as if it was dull !I saw a Jay in the hedgerows between Coombe Abbey and Brinklow yesterday, beautiful birds
When I see something like that it thrills me but many people say so what ! I stood and watched a woodpecker chipping away up a tree and a few people stopped to look up too. When I told them what I was looking at they walked off as if it was dull !
Red Kites I'm envious ! But last year down by Cardinal Wiseman school there is wastelands and to my amazement/delight above my head was a sparrowhawk hovering looking down at the ground.Lovely thread. Yes now I only work two days a week i go for a long walk often down the canal in the city or to a couple of country parks at least one day a week. See lots of birds...couple months ago a group of fieldfares and a couple of redwings.
Rattles I haven't seen a kingfisher in 10yrs or more. And Henry wasp like you I think there does seem more robins than usual. Was down at daughters at Amersham a couple weeks ago and the red kite population has increased greatly...majestic when they soar and glide
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Red Kites I'm envious ! But last year down by Cardinal Wiseman school there is wastelands and to my amazement/delight above my head was a sparrowhawk hovering looking down at the ground.
That was a one off but never forgotten.
I saw a Jay in the hedgerows between Coombe Abbey and Brinklow yesterday, beautiful birds
I was driving to work a couple of months back, and on the way up towards Hampton in Arden this great huge shadow swooped out of the tree and over my car. This huge Buzzard flew right over the top of me and went to catch something on the road up ahead! It never caught was it was going for and pulled back up. I think that I/the car must've spooked it but it was right there, about 5m in front of me.Red Kites I'm envious ! But last year down by Cardinal Wiseman school there is wastelands and to my amazement/delight above my head was a sparrowhawk hovering looking down at the ground.
That was a one off but never forgotten.
On the round this week I've seen squirells,robins,blue tits,goldfinches,and heard woodpeckers in the distance. The weather has been chopping and changing one minute sunny,the next cold and windy. But stopping and pausing and looking around I thought how much I love the outdoors, add in the exercise of walking etc and it just can't be beat in my opinion. Many people though prefer being indoors and dislike outdoor stuff, but to me they're missing out. Anybody else feel the same way ?
I was driving to work a couple of months back, and on the way up towards Hampton in Arden this great huge shadow swooped out of the tree and over my car. This huge Buzzard flew right over the top of me and went to catch something on the road up ahead! It never caught was it was going for and pulled back up. I think that I/the car must've spooked it but it was right there, about 5m in front of me.
When it swooped over the car it's wingspan must've been the width of the car easily. With its shadow over me it felt like if was coming down for me
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Well my indoors is around 2500 square feet and the outdoors is a hell of a lot bigger (and more interesting), so I'll vote for the outdoors.On the round this week I've seen squirells,robins,blue tits,goldfinches,and heard woodpeckers in the distance. The weather has been chopping and changing one minute sunny,the next cold and windy. But stopping and pausing and looking around I thought how much I love the outdoors, add in the exercise of walking etc and it just can't be beat in my opinion. Many people though prefer being indoors and dislike outdoor stuff, but to me they're missing out. Anybody else feel the same way ?
Here's one on a tree in my back garden. They are hard to shoot as they tend to scuttle around the back of the tree when they see you.When I see something like that it thrills me but many people say so what ! I stood and watched a woodpecker chipping away up a tree and a few people stopped to look up too. When I told them what I was looking at they walked off as if it was dull !
The one I saw was near Wood End !Here's one on a tree in my back garden. They are hard to shoot as they tend to scuttle around the back of the tree when they see you.
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I use a Fuji Finepix SL.Are these standard cameras? Or do you have huge lenses / zoom?
There's an owl somewhere in my neighbourhood.The one I saw was near Wood End !
Ha legendBeen teaching my daughter about birds and things recently. Took her to Ryton Pools the other week and there's a bit with boxes for blue tits and great tits.
On the way out she exclaims loudly "Granny's got great tits I think"
Been teaching my daughter about birds and things recently. Took her to Ryton Pools the other week and there's a bit with boxes for blue tits and great tits.
On the way out she exclaims loudly "Granny's got great tits I think"
You should take her to Brandon marsh
That's even worse. Went there last summer and looked at a few and the silly old twats kept looking at us like we were shit because my daughter dared to speak and ask what bird it was.
Cafe was quite nice though.
I took my grand-daughter there last year, and the old boys and girls were letting her look at the birds through their camera telescopes. Nice as pie.
I must have just caught some miserable ones
There is Hartshill Hayes in Nuneaton but not properly setup for wildlife as much.
On a side note away from photos (sorry). At Ryton pools etc they do stuff in the holidays for the kids, really good!
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