Any twitchers out there?

[cloggypop]

It's a hipster bird. A bearded tit.

[Atticus Finch]

I get the recurring theme too. I bet you just looked for rude words in the dictionary and matched birds to them.

Nothing better than a Shag on the cliff top

[cloggypop]

Nothing better than a Shag on the cliff top

A rough faced shag?

[Champ]

I must have it bad; I found myself watching Winterwatch last night

[Carvalho Diablo]

Bird watching.

Whorenithology is one of my favourite pasttimes, especially in the summer. Not much comes close to watching a couple of birds preening each other, always gets me twitching.

[VladimirIlyich]

Just saw a pair of blue tits in my garden(stop giggling at the back) and immediately thought of this thread. Have seen the occasional single bird but rarely two of them together. Loads of horrible cats round here though so I hope the birds are extra cautious.

[TheBitch]

Greenfinch this morning, not seen one for ages. They're usually partial to peanuts, but I never put peanuts out.

[Champ]

What are people’s views on feeding bread to the birds?

 

I understood it was too salty for them but when we were out at the weekend we saw toast feeders for sale. They look quite cool but is it ok to put bread out?

[VladimirIlyich]

What are people’s views on feeding bread to the birds?

 

I understood it was too salty for them but when we were out at the weekend we saw toast feeders for sale. They look quite cool but is it ok to put bread out?

The experts seem to advise seeds,rice,lentils and so on. Not sure why but I imagine the birds may be able to digest these things better. Found this out after a discussion on what to take when taking my 5 year old nephew to feed the ducks and googled it.

[easytoslip]

What are people’s views on feeding bread to the birds?

 

I understood it was too salty for them but when we were out at the weekend we saw toast feeders for sale. They look quite cool but is it ok to put bread out?

Isn't the bread supposed to be wet? As,if dry it could harm them.

[Tony Moanero]

What are people’s views on feeding bread to the birds?

 

I understood it was too salty for them but when we were out at the weekend we saw toast feeders for sale. They look quite cool but is it ok to put bread out?

Bread, especially white bread, isn't a good idea, as it has little to no nutritional value.

[TheBitch]

What are people’s views on feeding bread to the birds?

 

I understood it was too salty for them but when we were out at the weekend we saw toast feeders for sale. They look quite cool but is it ok to put bread out?

Nah. Shite.

 

Attracts starlings and pigeons. Shite.

[Ginny]

Last Friday it was blue skies and the first time I’d felt the warmth of the sun in my skin for a long time. Was lying down on a bench in the park by the lake and a robin red breast landed on the tree next to me. Was a lovely looking thing.

[Dougie Do'ins]

You watching Winter Watch Cath ? Just in the middle of how different birds eat and what seeds they're eating.

[Champ]

You watching Winter Watch Cath ? Just in the middle of how different birds eat and what seeds they're eating.

The sad sack that I am. That was good that bit.

 

What is the point of Michaela Strachan though?

[Spy Bee]

Bread is seriously lacking in nutrition for ducks and other birds. It also fills them up, so they don't eat enough of the things that they should.

[Champ]

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I’m following RSPB Leighton Moss on Twitter and someone posted a beautiful photo of one they’d spotted there yesterday

[cloggypop]

I’m following RSPB Leighton Moss on Twitter and someone posted a beautiful photo of one they’d spotted there yesterday

Loads of bearded tits around nowadays.

[SammyAftershave]

 

I have had to balance my feeder very precariously on the thinnest of branches otherwise the aggressive noisy bastard magpies plunder everything. There was a family of coal tits out there the other day so I bought the feeder and filled it with peanuts and put it up to attract them back. 3 days in and not a nibble as of yet. A fellow forum member suggested I hang fat balls out but I'm not as sprightly as I once was and it's quite chilly for naked acrobatics out there.

[TheBitch]

Loads of bearded tits around nowadays.

I also see what you have done here...

[deiseach]

What is the point of Michaela Strachan though?

 

She's a presenter. If the set fell down or went on fire, which it often does on the likes of Spring/Autumn/Winterwatch, she'd behave as if it were all part of the plan and smoothly move the focus of the camera away from where all hell was breaking loose onto the next segment. Her and Chris Packham are a great team.

[thegreatelephant]

Bread is seriously lacking in nutrition for ducks and other birds. It also fills them up, so they don't eat enough of the things that they should.

 

[Red_or_Dead]

My only input on this is that I never knew England had green parakeets; they knocked the chestnuts out of the trees and the ducks would collect them and nosh on them until soft enough to swallow.

 

I love water fowl. The common loon is the most haunting beautiful call when you are camping and the fire is roaring and you’re roasting a wiener.

You can take your fucking geese back - fucking horrible things those are!

[Champ]

She's a presenter. If the set fell down or went on fire, which it often does on the likes of Spring/Autumn/Winterwatch, she'd behave as if it were all part of the plan and smoothly move the focus of the camera away from where all hell was breaking loose onto the next segment. Her and Chris Packham are a great team.

Oh I know what she’s meant to be but does she have to act like a kid on too many sweets

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Whorenithology is one of my favourite pasttimes, especially in the summer. Not much comes close to watching a couple of birds preening each other, always gets me twitching.

You'll notice that Champ doesn't expect better of you.