At last they are a garden tick! (1 Viewer)

Pam_m

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #1

At long last I have Black-headed Gulls as a garden tick!
They came down into my garden this morning after I had thrown below one of my feeders crumbled scones, seed and a few leftover chips and rice from last night's chinese takeaway!o
The Woodpigeons were not amused as 8 of them looked on from the top of my conifer hedge! The Magpies were not too impressed either! I waited patiently for the gulls to land properly to take a pic! They circled and circled my garden almost making me dizzy! Three out of the four circling eventually landed at one time. They must be hungry...poor things! I did throw more scones out later for my Blackbirds though!

Anyone else had a new garden tick?

 

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BazR

bazr

• Feb 18, 2008

• #2

Well done Pam' it's always nice to get another tick, whether it's life, year, or garden list. There are some striking pics there.

All the best.
Baz.

 

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Wendy Morris

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #3

Interesting addition there, Pam and some good pics too. My last garden tick was the siskin from last week. I thought that the attached gull (on my neighbour's roof) was going to descend in to my front garden the other day, but the jackdaws saw it off before it had chance!

 

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Ruth Daniel

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #4

Nice garden tick Pam!o
Pity they have to land int it as I've had Buzzards,Ravens and a White Stork all overhead!!:eek!:

 

dafi

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #5

Nice one Pam. Its strange but they do like to come to some thing sweet. Cake and biscuts seem to bring them down more than bread here. As to the garden ticks i had a Siskin last week and that was the first new bird since the big garden bird watch when a song thrush returned.

 

Mahsleb

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #6

Nice tick Pam :t:
and smashing photos!

But I reckon it was the chips not the
scones that attracted them

Cheers

 

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Mabel

Dance the ghost with me

• Feb 18, 2008

• #7

Great stuff, Pam!

 

Pam_m

Well-known member

• Feb 18, 2008

• #8

Thanks everyone for your replies. I forgot to mention that the photo's were taken through a double glazed window....that is why the colour is a bit..well....yucky! I hope the gulls return tomorrow, I have stocked up on cheapy scones today!o

 

Wendy Morris

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• Feb 18, 2008

• #9

My birds are going overboard for cheapy hot cross buns at the moment! BOGOF deals at both the two big supermarkets locally.

 

matt green

Norfolkman gone walkabout

• Feb 19, 2008

• #10

Very impressive Pam!!

Those Gulls certainly enjoy their chips:-O

As far as new ticks are concerned for our own garden, we haven't seen anything unusual since the Moorhen a couple of years ago!!

Matt

 

pie

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• Feb 19, 2008

• #11

Great garden tick Pam, well done!

 

Sue Wright

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• Feb 19, 2008

• #12

Great going Pam! We often get Commons and LBBs round, but the little blighters have never landed yet. Good shots of them.

Sue.

 

NIK III

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• Feb 19, 2008

• #13

You have achieved something now Pam. I've tried for a long time to get them down. They circle regularly, landing on the roof if I throw them a bit of bread, but won't come down. You got some nice pics of them even if they were taken through the window. No new ticks here for 18 months so I must be due one |=)|.

 

Pam_m

Well-known member

• Feb 19, 2008

• #14

Thanks all for your replies!|^|

I shall look out for the cheap Hot X buns, Wendy!:t:

The gulls didn't pay a return visit today...perhaps they found some hot X buns in someone's garden!
Hope you get them soon Sue and Roy!

Matt, a Moorhen! :eek!:How wonderful!:t:

 

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