Birds (the animals)

[Poor Scouser T]

I stay in Scotand part of the year and there are crows and ravens by the 1000. Never ever seen a magpie. Come to Liverpool and there are 100's of them.

[Chip Butty]

1 hour ago, Poor Scouser T said:

I stay in Scotand part of the year and there are crows and ravens by the 1000. Never ever seen a magpie. Come to Liverpool and there are 100's of them.

Magpies are sky rats, they’re the urban fox that flies. Far to clever for their own good and have moved into suburban and town areas for the easy pickings.

They’re now on the vermin list due to amongst other things, the damage they are doing to the song bird populations.

Bullied by crows and ravens in the sticks, role reversal and the crows gang up with the smarter magpies to be there muscle when mobbing wood pigeons and doves off their nest for the eggs.

they’ll shred long tail it’s nests, gold finches, black birds, song thrushes, wrens, the whole gambit. 

 

I regularly have my own private cull by mine with my PCP rifle. 
I’m a across between Bill Oddie and God. 

[Poor Scouser T]

Ace cheers.

[A Red]

There's a pair of magpies in our garden. They parade up and down in the front of the cat, literally 2 feet away just daring him to do something. So far the lazy bastard has ignored them but I cant see that lasting for too long.

[Gnasher]

Blutit singing on a cold morning. His song showing like musical notes in the air.

 

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[Champ]

Has anyone come across a magpie proof bird feeder?

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

[Mook]

This landed in the garden of my Wife's house. They think it's a young Kestrel, anyone on here know what it is?

 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

This landed in the garden of my Wife's house. They think it's a young Kestrel, anyone on here know what it is?

 

Is it possibly a Peregrine Falcon in your neck of the woods as they are more common in Scotland? I am not good on bird spotting though.

[TheBitch]

I’d say kestrel, going by the brown on the wings. 

[VladimirIlyich]

3 minutes ago, TheBitch said:

I’d say kestrel, going by the brown on the wings. 

You are most likely correct.

[Mook]

8 minutes ago, TheBitch said:

I’d say kestrel, going by the brown on the wings. 

 

Thanks mate, the kids were well happy to see one in their garden.

[Bjornebye]

9 minutes ago, TheBitch said:

I’d say kestrel, going by the brown on the wings. 

 

If it was a Kestrel there'd be a drunk trying to catch it 

[Mudface]

On 06/02/2023 at 18:41, Poor Scouser T said:

I stay in Scotand part of the year and there are crows and ravens by the 1000. Never ever seen a magpie. Come to Liverpool and there are 100's of them.

 

There's loads of magpies around me (central Scotland). They mobbed another bird in our garden a while back, and tore it to pieces. Nasty little buggers. We get the odd bird of prey like a falcon from time to time as well.

[TheBitch]

Had a weekend away in Wales with with Mrs TheBitch last week and on the way home happened upon the Dyfi Osprey project just outside of Machynlleth, it was about £6 to get in and was fantastic value. 

Loads of reed beds with warblers and buntings on the way to the viewing area with about 5 scopes set up all indoors, about 6 superb quality cameras set up on the nest (which I believe is actually called an eyrie) so you could watch the TV’s if you wanted.

 

There we’re a couple of magpies hounding the nest after a fish that was in with the chicks, it was great viewing. 
 

I took a dodgy picture through the scope with the male on the post top left with a freshly caught fish that was still alive for a good 5-10 mins gasping for air, mum is in the nest with the chicks and a magpie is waiting with diabolical intent on the post, but looks like a pied wagtail in comparison with the Osprey. 
 

They’ve also reintroduced beavers there but because they are mainly nocturnal you don’t see them but there is a screen with recorded footage of them. 
 

I had a lovely coffee and some cake in the cafe too while watching birds on the feeder outside. One of which was a Siskin that I’ve never seen before. 

If you’re a nerd like me then it’s well worth a visit, Mrs TB is a fully converted nerd now too. 

 

[Gnasher]

These females take some impressing.  Makes you think why bother, heartless, look at this poor little fella.

 

 

 

 

[Champ]

On 11/07/2023 at 13:07, TheBitch said:

Had a weekend away in Wales with with Mrs TheBitch last week and on the way home happened upon the Dyfi Osprey project just outside of Machynlleth, it was about £6 to get in and was fantastic value. 

Loads of reed beds with warblers and buntings on the way to the viewing area with about 5 scopes set up all indoors, about 6 superb quality cameras set up on the nest (which I believe is actually called an eyrie) so you could watch the TV’s if you wanted.

 

There we’re a couple of magpies hounding the nest after a fish that was in with the chicks, it was great viewing. 
 

I took a dodgy picture through the scope with the male on the post top left with a freshly caught fish that was still alive for a good 5-10 mins gasping for air, mum is in the nest with the chicks and a magpie is waiting with diabolical intent on the post, but looks like a pied wagtail in comparison with the Osprey. 
 

They’ve also reintroduced beavers there but because they are mainly nocturnal you don’t see them but there is a screen with recorded footage of them. 
 

I had a lovely coffee and some cake in the cafe too while watching birds on the feeder outside. One of which was a Siskin that I’ve never seen before. 

If you’re a nerd like me then it’s well worth a visit, Mrs TB is a fully converted nerd now too. 

 

Somehow Mrs TheBitch doesn’t sound quite as endearing as other posters’ other halves.

 

Norfolk’s where it’s at 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 11/07/2023 at 12:35, Bjornebye said:

 

If it was a Kestrel there'd be a drunk trying to catch it 

That bloody bastard Jud.

[Gnasher]

He wouldn't be so smart if the cat got hold of him.