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[Warixenjalka]

Ha ha, all I can say is that the shop owners are really 'gullible', leaving their door open all the time
No thaw here yet (see this morning's view of the main bird feeding area), I bet Jos and Wari in Estonia and Finland have got more snow than me though!

Not really. I look at my garden and I can just see there's even grass tufts here and there.

 

[Richard Prior]

Smart snowman - with ears too!! :t:
Whilst on washing-up duty just now, spotted a large raptor drifting over the forest, just had time to look at it through the binoculars for 30 seconds before it was swallowed up by the cloud:

37 Golden Eagle

A young one from last year, judging by the amount of white in the wings, and to a lesser extent in the tail.

 

[halftwo]

Wow! Can't compete with Golden Eagle, but a

45: Pied Wagtail flew past this pm.

As did another Raven.

 

[dantheman]

There was an excellent one posted up on bf the other day, I'll see if I can find it later ...

Someone linked to it the other day -

http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=1345115&postcount=5575

 

[Richard Prior]

That's a classic! :t:

 

[joannec]

37 Golden Eagle

A young one from last year, judging by the amount of white in the wings, and to a lesser extent in the tail.

Now you are making the rest of us jealous!8-P

.....well maybe not Jos.

 

[Peter C.]

Friday, January 23:

10) White-breasted Nuthatch

 

[Bananafishbones]

28. Pink Footed Goose (20+)
29. Grey Heron
30. Bullfinch

 

[Jos Stratford]

I bet Jos and Wari in Estonia and Finland have got more snow than me though!

Who's in Estonia?!

Plenty of snow here in Lithuania though :t: No Golden Eagle it has to be said however.

Lot of action at the feeders, the snow bringing in birds a treat - nice flock of Yellowhammers at my grain feeder, about 25 at present (only new bird for the year). Great Grey Shrike eyeing the flock too.

Best stuff though is the mammals visiting my feeders at night - regular Pine Marten chomping on fat and meat left out, at least one visit by Stone Marten, plus Red Fox several times and an unseasonal wander in by a pair of Raccoon Dogs (should be hibernating now). Otter is still present - still no idea what it is feeding on, the ice is thick on all available water (and there are no fish underneath anyhow). Finally, quite a few Roe Deer munching the grain.


19. Yellowhammer.

 

[Richard Prior]

Oops, I failed my Geography O' level so made a bit of a baltics there, sorry.
No new birds today, but 2 mammal sightings, at dusk two cute mice sp sneaking under the car and carrying off pièces of apple and seeds that the birds hadn't eaten,and earlier at least 4 Chamois on the mountainside, viewed from inside the house(the best place to watch from in these températures!).

 

[dantheman]

Back in my reality -

Falmouth Town: 18) Black-headed Gull - half a dozen or so flying over.

 

[KenM]

40. Lesser Black-backed Gull
41. House Sparrow
Two House Sparrows on the feeders this morning is very exciting- only the second record of the species actually in the garden, after a single female last year. I can't really understand why they're so rare here!

Rare here too, none at all last year, and only one the year before. Yet between 600-1000m at variable (many) compass points from the house, ancestral colonies of perhaps up to a half dozen birds at each. :-C

 

[BrendaA]

Looking from my kitchen glass door in less than ten minutes saw
2 magpies, 2 blackbirds , 2 collared doves, 1 robin, 6 house sparrows, 1 dunnock, 4 great tits, 2 blue tits , about 50 chaffinch and bramblings still here, the usual 1 green woodpecker half way up tree,
4 starlings and 1 song thursh.

 

[lazza]

A second, long overdue, garden lifer of the year was added this morning, as I heard a redwing calling, and located it on the neighbours trees, shortly before it took flight to join 5 others flying over. It also - at last - completes the set of 5 common UK thrushes for the garden (if you ignore ring ouzel!).

That takes the list to 21:

1. Dunnock
2. Blue tit
3. Blackbird
4. Black-headed gull
5. Carrion crow
6. Woodpigeon
7. House sparrow
8. Robin
9. Fieldfare
10. Little egret
11. Great tit
12. Starling
13. Collared dove
14. Magpie
15. Goldfinch
16. Wren
17. Jackdaw
18. Coal tit
19. Feral pigeon/rock dove
20. Long-tailed tit
21. Redwing

 

[Jos Stratford]

Few more today, see below, but tops is that I managed to get video of my Otter - it is using an old beaver lodge to access water below the ice, presumably to hunt hibernating frogs.

20. Sparrowhawk
21.Long-tailed Tit
22. Greenfinch

 

[halftwo]

Amazing. Presumably Otters must do this in areas which are frozen all winter, otherwise no Otters!

 

[BrendaA]

24 Red kite
25 Grey Heron

Had forgotten to add the red kite as already seen one three times this month and again today.
I see very often black kites here several months of year but not usually in mid winter

 

[Jos Stratford]

CLICK HERE for little look at the nighttime activity at my feeders, including the Otter...

 

[Bananafishbones]

28. Pink Footed Goose (20+)
29. Grey Heron
30. Bullfinch

31. Wren

 

[Bananafishbones]

CLICK HERE for little look at the nighttime activity at my feeders, including the Otter...

Lovely stuff Jos. Great footage. PM on its way if you don't mind replying, regards
Dave