• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. seb_seb

    Importance Of Gardens

    http://www.bto.org/news/news2004/may-jun/gardens_great_06.htm Astounding new estimates are produced this month to show just how important our homes and gardens are for breeding birds. Million of pairs of birds are choosing to nest here, including several species of conservation concern. The...
  2. seb_seb

    Tadpole Tragedy

    All this rain has caused the pond to spill, and now there are no tadpoles left IN it. I tried scooping them up with a container but it was useless. Unless they all swim back in (some 15 metres for the furthest ones)....then i think ill be getting no little frogs this year :C
  3. seb_seb

    Swift!

    First Swift of the year today at 6pm flying NW over the garden. :)
  4. seb_seb

    What was it? Martin? Swallow? Mute swan? lol

    During a period of prolonged rain, a bird turned up in my garden that quite puzzled me. It was quite dark and overcast at the time, but i noticed a medium sized bird darting around my garden and the neighbours. The only features i can remember was a constant flashing between black and white on...
  5. seb_seb

    Bullfinches

    The grand total of 3 pairs all at one time turned up in my garden today!! 3 striking males and 3 duller female counter parts. Things are looking better for them now, this is the most of seen in a very long time and at a time of year that suggests that they all have survived the winter and are...
  6. seb_seb

    Martins?

    Today i saw a group of 6 or 7 sand/house martins heading north along the canal. If i would have seen this group in say July, i would have not questioned my identification of them. But it seems early and ive heard few reports of them, even down south, which makes me wonder if i was mistaken. Has...
  7. seb_seb

    Froggy update

    The weather is still very "wintery" and still occasionally the pond freezes over slightly....but 6 frogs have returned and last night got up to some dirty business!! Other signs of pond life: plants, particularly lesser spearwort, have really started to grow and produce leaves recently. Whats...
  8. seb_seb

    Birds nest, frogs mate: spring is here

    Click for full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,2763,1152971,00.html
  9. seb_seb

    Good work!!

    http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=57685&command=displayContent&sourceNode=57237&contentPK=8894789 THE KEEN BIRDWATCHER WHO LOVED HIS HOBBY SO MUCH HE BUILT HIS OWN RESERVE 10:30 - 19 February 2004 An award winning conservationist couple have planted...
  10. seb_seb

    Conserv@tion today

    Click the link for these stories in full and more http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm I’m a bird, let me in [/U] The explosion in television home and garden shows is affecting the number of nesting sites for threatened birds such as house sparrows and starlings, according to new evidence...
  11. seb_seb

    Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    Theres been a snow/rain blizzard for about an hour here now. At first the birds were sheltering, but as dawn grew nearer they felt the need to feed. Blackbirds,thrushes,robins and tits all feeding. I felt sorry for them as the wind was overpowering! Whats the weather like in your part of the...
  12. seb_seb

    Click this

    http://www.english-nature.org.uk/virtualtours/Lathkill_Dale/lathkillDale_Home.htm
  13. seb_seb

    Any signs of spring?

    Well ive seen a few snowdrops in flower, and some plants are beginning to push up through the surface of the soil. Also saw a frog last night. On sunday, there was quite a bit of sun and the dunnocks,blackbirds,nuthatch and tits were singing. I also had a great tit checking out a nestbox, and a...
  14. seb_seb

    Coal tits mating

    A coal tit took a sunflower seed and went to eat it alone in a Hawthorn tree. Suddenly out of nowhere another coal tit sits next to the other and starts frantically flapping his tiny wings. The femalemust have said "Nice wings, let me slip into something more comfy" asshe went off somewhere and...
  15. seb_seb

    Adapting

    The Blackcap has learned to use the seed feeders! Previously she just ate from the table, but now she is pushing off the tits to get a place at the sunflower seeds. Anybody noticed this?, because i wasnt aware of it! thanks, Seb
  16. seb_seb

    Bold Blackbird

    When i put the birdfood on the table in the morning, i always notice a few birds hiding behind a branch watching me (probably waitingfor me to leave). This morning,however, as i put a handful of raisins onto the birdtable a lovely male Blackbird came down from the fence and starting feeding on...
  17. seb_seb

    Very Strange

    Sitting out in the back garden having a drink i heard a faint sound, that i instantly recognised as that of a Swift. I looked straight up at the sky but saw nothing. 10 seconds later i heard it again twice, and it was much louder. Looking up at the sky again i saw nothing. 1. I have never heard...
  18. seb_seb

    A swift site

    http://swift.utigges.il.eu.org If you have any interest in Apus Apus you want to visit this great site solely about the Swift :hippy:
  19. seb_seb

    Ravens

    Ive seen quite a few Ravens in places like Wales and Gloucestershire. I was wondering if anybody knows if Ravens occur,breed in the West Midlands, And if so, wheres the best place to see them? Thanks for any help :hippy:
  20. seb_seb

    For those who havent read>>

    Well for those who havent seen this part of the RSPB site, i strongly recommend you do for good research and experiments: http://www.rspb.org.uk/science
  21. seb_seb

    5 jays!

    Just had 5 jays squabbling over my bird table!!! That was until the magpies decided to aerially assault them. Ive only ever seen 1 or 2 at a time and thought they werent very social birds. So are they social? are they likely to be a family group? or immigrants from the continent? Seb :bounce:
  22. seb_seb

    Tawny Owls

    Ive been hearing the kewick call of a tawny owl for the past week or so, but tonight ive seen two in a tree a few feet away from the window. They were kewicking and hooting. Why is each call used? Do the male and female have different calls? Thanks Seb
  23. seb_seb

    Pepper?

    Hi all, im having a great time watching all the great birds come to feed in my garden...but im afraid that this morning i put the food out and the squirrels ate it all before the birds could get to it..(Ive now put some more out). But ive heard that a few pinches of pepper will deter squirrels...
  24. seb_seb

    Jays

    Why have the jays come out of hiding all of a sudden. I hadnt seen any all spring and summer but in the past few days they are almost common and seem to be flying out in the open and high which isnt usual. Are these migrating birds....do jays even migrate?
  25. seb_seb

    Sick,stupid or just strange?

    Theres a juvenile greenfinch that has been visiting recently and never moves of the seed feeder! He choosses the same feeder and the same perch and almost never leaves. I went to see if anything was wrong and i got up to a foot away before he actually flew off. He still has his juvenile...
Back
Top