Just seen an unusual posture by a male blackbird. Head down, back arched tail down and fanned, side to side swaying and little hops . Was he trying to impress a female? If so he's late to the party.😆
One of my two regular frog visitors basking in the mini pond the other day when it was still sunny! His friend is more shy and retreated to the depths as I leaned over to take the photo.
Bit disappointed they haven't decided to have any baby frogs here, but nice that they still come to visit!
Rather thrilling that Litttle Wren let me come quite close this morning. He (?) is nesting right by my back door and I have put out meal worms to entice him but I see he is feasting on aphids and hopefully my rose saw fly too. Hopefully good pics will follow.
Saw a European Green Woodpecker in my garden (for the first time in 35 years) yesterday. I heard a bird call I didn't recognize and followed the sound up into a tree near my feeders. Does anyone know which foods they prefer, so I can set up a shot with my trailcam? I have mixed seed, suet pellets and sunflower hearts in various feeders at the moment.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
If it is sitting she, if it is above the nest singing he @Fire . It is quiet usual for the males to have two nests on the go, leaving most of the work to the female, only going to feed her periodically, or help raising chick's. I wonder if this is because the females are so picky that a male will build two/three nests and the female chooses , which leaves other nests to be taken up by another female.
Over the last two evenings I have heard our Song Thrush singing, and today it was confirmed when I saw it in the garden. They have the most unusual song. It appears to be snippets of other birds song, from Robins, Wrens, Tits or even Starlings, in short bursts, usually in the same order, with a rest between repeats. It sounds lovely.
Hi all, I made a micro pond about six weeks ago and I can't tell you how much joy has given us since. Last week we found a freshwater shrimp and today I found what looks like a leech. I genuinely never thought that something done on such a small scale with so little effort can bring such diversity into my garden. I was inspired to build the pond by a comment made on this forum. It's amazing how one little seed we plant in someone's head can have such an impact. Thank you for everything you post in this thread or elsewhere, the things you share genuinely make a difference for someone somewhere.
If it is sitting she, if it is above the nest singing he @Fire . It is quiet usual for the males to have two nests on the go, leaving most of the work to the female, only going to feed her periodically, or help raising chicks. I wonder if this is because the females are so picky that a male will build two/three nests and the female chooses , which leaves other nests to be taken up by another female.
I really don't know if he is preparing the nest in hope. I don't really sit for hours and watch the nest, though I will get a trail cam. The territorial range seems pretty big - at least 1000 squ metres, I would say. He has chosen the busiest possible spot in the gardens - right by two back doors. It's good that he seems to be getting more and more comfortable with us. I thought he would be scared off by all the activity and extractor fans going and cats and things, but it seems not.
I can't tell you what a pleasure it is, fairly close to central London, to be woken up by very loud wren and blackcap song at 5am.
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Head down, back arched tail down and fanned, side to side swaying and little hops . Was he trying to impress a female? If so he's late to the party.😆
One of my two regular frog visitors basking in the mini pond the other day when it was still sunny! His friend is more shy and retreated to the depths as I leaned over to take the photo.
Bit disappointed they haven't decided to have any baby frogs here, but nice that they still come to visit!
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I wonder if this is because the females are so picky that a male will build two/three nests and the female chooses , which leaves other nests to be taken up by another female.
They have the most unusual song. It appears to be snippets of other birds song, from Robins, Wrens, Tits or even Starlings, in short bursts, usually in the same order, with a rest between repeats. It sounds lovely.
It's amazing how one little seed we plant in someone's head can have such an impact. Thank you for everything you post in this thread or elsewhere, the things you share genuinely make a difference for someone somewhere.