woodcock (1 Viewer)

[hebog]

Woodcock in the garden this morning, first this year, winter must be around the corner

 

[Peter 255]

Really! I've always known them as a very rare especially to a garden. I've never seen one before.

 

[razorsharp]

They are common wintor visitors but it is unusual to have one in your garden, do you have a wood surroundig your house?

 

[pie]

What a treat Hebog! Do you live near Cardiiff by any chance? lol!

 

[Sancho]

They are common wintor visitors but it is unusual to have one in your garden, do you have a wood surroundig your house?

Well done Hebog! Do you have a huge garden?
There´s woodland around our house here in Bray, razorsharp. Even though it´s a typical housing estate, woodcock go "roding" over it every year in the breeding season. So I´ve added it to my "garden list", on the grounds that occasionally it passes directly above the garden....how´s that for cheating?

 

[razorsharp]

Mmmh, I think it will be allowed sancho, what a site that must be, a roding woodcock and just outside your estate, never seen a woodcock myself, hopefully though.......

 

[paulwfromtheden]

Woodcock in the garden this morning, first this year, winter must be around the corner

Falls off chair.....can you get a photo?

 

[hebog]

Falls off chair.....can you get a photo?

I actually picked it up to get its head out of the fox proof netting I have around my garden. I will admit my wild garden is around 2acres and they do visit every winter.

 

[Sancho]

I actually picked it up to get its head out of the fox proof netting I have around my garden. I will admit my wild garden is around 2acres and they do visit every winter.

Your wild garden is 2 acres!? That´s cheating...it´s not a garden, it´s a demesne! You could have dinosaurs roaming around there and no-one would know!

 

[keith richter]

Nice!