Fetch Birdwatchers
165 watchers
Oct 2021
10:20pm, 8 Oct 2021
22,033 posts
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Red Squirrel
Must be. I searched for oak galls but these things look more like lumps of chewed toffee.
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Oct 2021
11:14pm, 8 Oct 2021
2,880 posts
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flyingfinn
Same reason apple yields are down. When pollination was required it was bliddy freezing and nothing was flying. As a result the likes of Blue Tit first broods were down as there were no insects available to feed the young on.
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Oct 2021
11:18am, 9 Oct 2021
3,860 posts
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J2R
Thanks, ff, good explanation.
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Oct 2021
11:23am, 9 Oct 2021
2,171 posts
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bonners
Definitely the case here, got about two crumbles worth off the apple and pear trees. Post breeding both trees are very popular with all kind of tits, including a couple of blue tits, but back in the season only saw one fledgling blue tits.
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Oct 2021
12:35pm, 9 Oct 2021
5,647 posts
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TheScribbler
It was mentioned on Springwatch how the cold, wet weather meant there weren’t so many caterpillars on the oak trees, so blue tit broods we’re struggling. It stuck in my mind as the very next day I saw a very bedraggled blue tit with a caterpillar in its beak on an oak tree. |
Oct 2021
10:01pm, 9 Oct 2021
3,789 posts
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phal
We saw the Snow Bunting! Flinky and phal and Dave outing 😀 (not specifically for the Snow Bunting - that was a Bonus!) Also wigeon and pochard and pintail and other feathery things 😀 |
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Oct 2021
10:08pm, 9 Oct 2021
3,790 posts
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phal
Snow Bunting was *exactly* where FF had text us to say that we’d find it too 😀
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Oct 2021
9:33am, 10 Oct 2021
3,391 posts
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jacdaw
Jays; migration? twitter.com |
Oct 2021
10:56am, 10 Oct 2021
20,047 posts
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flanker
Snow bunting... |
Oct 2021
12:00pm, 10 Oct 2021
1,890 posts
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Heinzster
I have seen a bird a bit like that in my back garden, however I am pretty certain it was a leucistic goldfinch.
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