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Bird feeder observation

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Too small😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Lesser spotted woodpecker?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2019
    I've seen lsw in the garden before but got the impression that they were a bit bigger but I didn't really have much time to look this time. Do they have an erratic flight pattern? If yes, that's probably what it was. @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Long tailed tit? They are up down with their flight.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/lesser-spotted-woodpecker/

    Undulating flight and the size is about right, and if you’ve seen them around (lucky you) then I think that’s it. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks everyone
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Flock of parakeets lurking in the trees like a scene from The Birds. My feeder is not parakeet proof . I shake them off and they return almost immediately. B3's bird seed takeaway is closing down for a while. It will return when they've found somewhere else to gorge themselves😠
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    They'll be back so think about a parakeet and squirrel proof feeder so the other birds aren't deprived.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It is squirrel proof, but th b****y parakeets hang off the top to avoid the spring mechanism.
    Ive been putting a little on the ground so that at least everyone has a chance but I want to make sure there isn't enough left over for rats etc. Ive never noticed parakeets ground feeding but I suppose they do.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Get one with a cage round the feeding centre thru which only small birds can pass.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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