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Mar 2018
5:33pm, 4 Mar 2018
927 posts
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Dochart
garden tick goldcrest yesterday - swiftly chased off by the resident blackcap, who is guarding the feeder with sunflower hearts from all-comers.
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Mar 2018
7:50pm, 4 Mar 2018
25,245 posts
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Derby Tup
^ blackcap - nice!
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Mar 2018
7:50pm, 4 Mar 2018
32,117 posts
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alpenrose
I think I saw fieldfare or redwings today. First this morning on a tree down the garden, a pair with red breasts. I thought they were robins first then saw they had longer tails, brown wings and lighter underneath so not sure. Then, while out running I saw loads of redwings (I think) on the ground, in a field with horses. I don't recall ever seeing them before either.
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Mar 2018
8:46am, 5 Mar 2018
28,396 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Is partridge a weird thing to see? We had 5 of the them strutting across the snow yesterday.
Ptarmigan up at Glencoe on Wed when skiing. Mostly heard, but glimpsed a couple. And a mountain hare, white, never seen that before. Huge and fast!  G
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Mar 2018
8:48am, 5 Mar 2018
28,397 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Feeder was robin, yellow hammers, blue (or great?) tits, wood pigeon (they're sooo fat!), collared doves, blackbirds, and various little brown that I never know - sparrows? - seeds and fat balls going down well. G
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Mar 2018
9:26am, 5 Mar 2018
17,466 posts
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flanker
FF, that just bog standard cooked rice you're using? That could be a cheaper way to pad out the expensive foods.
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Mar 2018
11:01am, 5 Mar 2018
974 posts
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flyingfinn
Yes Flanker, seemed to go down pretty well.
Still got the 59 Whoopers this morning but otherwise things seem to be returning to normality. Lots of tits on my feeders but the thrushes and fieldfare haven't been around today. Quite a few Oycs around today in the fields, even had one calling the area just below the house.
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Mar 2018
11:39am, 5 Mar 2018
2,405 posts
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steve45
You can see Partridges in most of the U.K. but not very often these days in Wales. I see that you're in Scotland HappyG but having them strut across your lawn is something else! Great.
They must have been Redwings AlpenR...
Waiting for summer migrants now!!!!
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Mar 2018
12:42pm, 5 Mar 2018
1,909 posts
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jacdaw
What sort of partridge, G?
Grey partridges are getting less common down here, due to winter sown crops and pesticide use, but they are releasing tons of red legs to shoot. I think the red legs that survive the shoots do better than the greys as the female lays 2 clutches and both male and female incubate a clutch. Since nest predation is a huge problem in ground nesters, this makes a big difference to population growth.
It is possible I made all that up, so I'll just go and google it...
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Mar 2018
1:00pm, 5 Mar 2018
28,402 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Lol. Of course, it's not just A Partridge, it's ... something, something, something Partridge. Sorry, neighbour said, oh yes, that's the partridge family. And she didn't mean David Cassidy had walked across the garden. Right, off to the bird identifier...
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