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  1. Cathy H

    Is it me?!!

    Good evening everyone, Yes, I'm here again. Hopefully for a lot longer this time. I was called to identify this bird by the family this morning, and i thought it was a dunnock, then I looked again, and something didn't look quite right. Maybe it was my eyes, anyway, is it just that it is a...
  2. Cathy H

    Young Visitors

    Hi everyone, I just thought I'd share with you three the our young visitors to our garden over the last week. The siskin and the pied wagtail I know, but what is the third please? We were really chuffed cos the pied wagtail parents brought this little one along with them (we'd not seen any of...
  3. Cathy H

    Caption: 19 June

    Hi everyone, Here's my offering for you all, I'll be making a decision on Saturday. Good luck! (Sorry about the quality of the pic)
  4. Cathy H

    Bucking the trend

    Hi all, With the sad news that sparrows amongst others are now recognised to be in serious decline, I have a tiny glimmer of hope here in my little part of West Scotland. You see, for the first time we have a sparrow visiting the garden looking for food to feed it's family. It's been coming for...
  5. Cathy H

    Hi everyone!

    Hi all, This is just a quick note to say that I'm back now, and I have missed you all. I've not yet had time to read up on what I've missed for the last few months, but wow, how things have changed. I'm afraid my health hasn't been what it should have been - nothing major, but it was enough to...
  6. Cathy H

    Auk wreck : Update

    Hi all, As I mentioned in another post, the December issue of the local bird club has arrived and included is a report of the Auk wreck that occurred in September. There were reports of 571 definite deaths and 917 in poor condition making a total of 1488 birds, and of those investigated...
  7. Cathy H

    Chaffinch numbers

    Hi all, I seem to remember that last winter when we were discussing the numbers of chaffinches about not everyone was convinced about the numbers mentioned. LOL. So far this autumn we're up to almost 60 chaffinches, and I've taken a photo to prove it. Please excuse the quality as I had to go...
  8. Cathy H

    Pics as promised!

    Hi all, As promised I've been out this morning with my camera to take pics of the oak tree and our waterfall. The waterfall pics were taken from the top as the garden is too sodden to safely get down to the bottom.
  9. Cathy H

    Winter's coming folks!

    Evening all, Yesterday we had the first snow fall of the winter. Thankfully it wasn't at lower level, but restricted to the Arrochar Alps which are a couple of thousand feet or higher. Now that in itself, may not be of too much interest, except to say that we don't usually get snow before...
  10. Cathy H

    Hooray, they're back!

    Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we've begun receiving our winter visitors at long last. I've been moaning for some time that there were no blackies, and getting quite concerned as well. There's no need to worry any more, we've seen a juvenile and a male this week, added to...
  11. Cathy H

    I have tried to be patient.......

    Hi all, Sorry I've not been on the boards latley, but pressure of work has been horrendous!!! Now, to my title. I've been watching with envy as more and more of you have been commenting on the return of your blackbirds. We've still not seen any here for absolutely ages. I've checked with other...
  12. Cathy H

    Problems with Guillemots

    Hi all, I've had no end of bother trying to join you today. First I couldn't talk to anyone and had to renew my password or something, then I wasn't subscribed to ex-beeb ers either. Still it's now fixed I hope. I've recently been informed by my local bird club that there is a problem with...
  13. Cathy H

    A lovely moment

    Afternoon all, I just thought I'd share a 'moment' with you all. Work's been very busy lately and I've not had as much time as I would like to get into the garden and watch the wildlife. This morning I had to see a client who lives on the shore of Loch Long and as I'd not been there before I...
  14. Cathy H

    Pond tales

    Hi all, I know I promised you the story of our pond, so here it is. This is a project I'd planned for some time, as I'd always wanted a pond. We began in April and finished it in May. It had to be done manually as we couldn't get a digger in the garden because of the slope and steps. The...
  15. Cathy H

    Have a look at this

    Hi all, I've just been on the garden threads and there's a pic of a guy who regularly feeds grey herons in Holland and they've got used to him now. You need to see this to believe it, it's great! Here it is:- http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=55922 :hi: B (:
  16. Cathy H

    Eagle Owl escape in Scotland

    Hi all, The local news has just reported that an Eagle Owl has escaped from it's home in Linlithgow, West Lothian. Apparently it was perched and tethered on a tree stump but when it's owner returned 30 mins later it had slipped it's tethers and ecaped. From the pics on the TV it looks like it...
  17. Cathy H

    What is it?

    Hi all, I'm hoping you can help me. I have been taking photos of some of the birds on the feeders - just practising, and when I looked up close I saw this bird. At first I took it for a chaffie but on closer inspection I'm not so sure. Can anyone help with identification? or do I need to go...
  18. Cathy H

    I should be so lucky!!!

    Hi all, I was looking at my bird clubs web site to find out what's been about lately. One that caught my eye was spotted in a garden, it's about an hours drive away but much less as birds fly. He saw an immature white tailed sea eagle!!!! Not bad for a garden tick eh?!!! Wouldn't that be...
  19. Cathy H

    Unusual behaviour?

    Hi all, It seems our remaining song thrush is still about although not singing (yet). We've had our first siskin visit yesterday for a few weeks, and added to that was our first ever male brambling. You may remember we had our firsy female some time ago but now a male has appeared. I...
  20. Cathy H

    Sad and upset!

    Evening all, I've had a rather bad day! Our song thrush was found dead this morning. He's woken me up every morning with his trills and songs but not today. There was no obvious sign of injury except maybe a small bump on the back of his head, but I don't really know. Nothing seemed quite the...
  21. Cathy H

    What a laugh!

    Morning everyone, I just had to share my light moment with you. As I've said before we have a pair of pheasants visitng the garden and lately the male has been coming more often. This morning he was wandering about as usual and the squirrels were doing their usual thing too. Trouble is it's...
  22. Cathy H

    Now wouldn't THAT be something!

    Hi all, Geat excitement in the garden today, our female pheasant has got a boyfriend! They visited together this morning and he's been back a few times since. Maybe if we're really lucky, we could hear the patter of tiny feet....what do you think? BTW the sun seems to have brought all the...
  23. Cathy H

    A breakthrough in the garden

    Hi all, I'm absolutely thrilled! The goldie is back and has been for a few days. Every time I see it I watch entranced. Imagine my pleasure then at seeing two of them. I grabbed the camera, but not downloaded the pics yet. I still kept watch, and continued to count them, just to make sure they...
  24. Cathy H

    Bill Oddie

    Hi all, I know it's a bit late but for those of you who like watching wildlife in Scotland, Bill Oddies 'How to Watch Wildlife' is coming from the Cairngorms! Unfortunately for some, it's only on BBC2 in England and Scotland at 8.00 pm. Cheers, B (:
  25. Cathy H

    Now here's a funny thing!

    Hi all, I told you recently about a new first for the garden - a female pheasant. She's become quite a regular and in fact, she's bought along a pal, another female. Today, whilst the family was busily watching them, we noticed that all 3 of the squirrels were off the ground. Not unusual you...
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