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Jun 2022
6:08pm, 26 Jun 2022
14,584 posts
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Yorkshire Pie
We have a new lot of sparrow fledglings who have been descending on the garden this weekend, I seem to have been constantly refilling the feeders!
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Jun 2022
6:16pm, 26 Jun 2022
6,210 posts
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Footpad
An old Goldfinch on the feeder. Let me get nice and close was not too bothered
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Jun 2022
6:26pm, 26 Jun 2022
3,726 posts
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jacdaw
That looks like trichomonosis to me, Footpad. I suggest you sterilise your feeders.
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Jun 2022
7:22pm, 26 Jun 2022
6,211 posts
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Footpad
Yes was thinking that... Will give them a wash
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Jun 2022
7:27pm, 26 Jun 2022
4,245 posts
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J2R
Spotted a lazy skylark today, singing loudly while perched on a fence. Girls aren't going to be impressed by that, mate!
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Jun 2022
7:31pm, 26 Jun 2022
6,212 posts
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Footpad
So looked into trichomonosis a bit more.. definitely showed the symptoms. Such a shame .. only just got Goldfinches attracted to the feeder. Will give it and the other 2 a good scrub and disinfect. Then a break on feeding them for a week. There's plenty of grub for them at the moment.....
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Jun 2022
10:44pm, 26 Jun 2022
3,360 posts
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flyingfinn
Spotted a lazy skylark today, singing loudly while perched on a fence. Girls aren't going to be impressed by that, mate!
Maybe it's the success he's had with the girls so far that has left him needing to sit on a fence 😉🤣
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Jun 2022
9:45am, 27 Jun 2022
5,487 posts
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Windsor Wool
I don't post here often (ever?) but yesterday I saw something I've not seen before.
Cockchafer everywhere on my run last evening. I've often watched the gulls feast on them on the wing but last night among the flock of gulls was a pair of Hobby twisting and turning and taking their own meals. Seems quite a small snack for a hawk but I suppose there's not that much to a dragonfly either!
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Jun 2022
11:30am, 27 Jun 2022
4,246 posts
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J2R
Windsor Wool, surprisingly late in the year for cockchafers ('maybugs'). I have to say I find them pretty disgusting, although I should try to be more Chris Packham about them. One evening a couple of years ago, we had them hatching out of our lawn and flying around. One of our cats kept leaping in the air, clapping his paws together and proceeding to eat the downed cockchafer, making a hideous crunching sound in the process. Uggh!
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Jun 2022
12:43pm, 27 Jun 2022
5,488 posts
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Windsor Wool
I'm with you J2R, very late for a May bug. I actually had to google to make sure that I hadn't gone mad but my quick research did say they can last 5-6 weeks while they find a partner. A lot of 'spent' males on the ground too, clearly had had a great evening!
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Bird song watch
Jul 2024