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Wildlife in your Garden

Love this thread and it seems been neglected for a while.
Nesting season now so I'm sure there will be plenty posters with birds nests in their gardens.
Currently got a Robin building a nest in an old plant pot that's wedged between the shed and fence. Also been watching a Blackbird in and out of the bushes with nesting material this morning. No signs yet of either of my two nest boxes being occupied although they have in recent years been used variously by House Sparrows, Tree sparrows and Blue Tits.
Still have hopes for the nest boxes and will try to get pictures of the Robin and Blackbird in the next few days.
 
kev said:
Love this thread and it seems been neglected for a while.
Nesting season now so I'm sure there will be plenty posters with birds nests in their gardens.
Currently got a Robin building a nest in an old plant pot that's wedged between the shed and fence. Also been watching a Blackbird in and out of the bushes with nesting material this morning. No signs yet of either of my two nest boxes being occupied although they have in recent years been used variously by House Sparrows, Tree sparrows and Blue Tits.
Still have hopes for the nest boxes and will try to get pictures of the Robin and Blackbird in the next few days.
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Funnily enough, I`ve just been watching two pairs of Ring Necked Parakeets going in and out of nest holes, in old Beech Trees on the park by us.
I also found a couple of pairs of Wood Pigeons, on early nests, in Hawthorne trees, down on Hale Shore earlier in the week.

Plus, I`ve been keeping an eye on one of the churches in Allerton Cemetery, to see if the Peregrine that was there, is part of nesting pair.

I used to love running down on Hale Shore at this time of year, as it`d just be a alive with birds, sorting out their nesting territories, but sadly a lot of them seem either have gone or are in really small numbers :

Sky Lark - hardly any.
Yellow Hammer - gone.
Linnet - hardly any.
House Sparrows - much reduced.
Kestrels - much reduced.
 

Had a large hare in the back yesterday. Seen a few in the field before, but never in the garden. Kin massive they are. Was glad the cat was in, cos the daft tit would have fancied his chances; no chance mate! Them back legs would launch you into next week.
 

roydo said:
Had a large hare in the back yesterday. Seen a few in the field before, but never in the garden. Kin massive they are. Was glad the cat was in, cos the daft tit would have fancied his chances; no chance mate! Them back legs would launch you into next week.
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Sadly very uncommon in most parts of the country now days and you’re very lucky to see one out in the open.

There’s a tiny population, that have lived in the cemetery by us, for decades.

The problem is, they’re ” locked “ into the cemetery, as outside of it, there‘s nowhere suitable for them to go.
 
COYBL25 said:
Sadly very uncommon in most parts of the country now days and you’re very lucky to see one out in the open.

There’s a tiny population, that have lived in the cemetery by us, for decades.

The problem is, they’re ” locked “ into the cemetery, as outside of it, there‘s nowhere suitable for them to go.
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We are pretty rural mate. From our back meadow/orchard, there are 2 miles of farm fields and managed copses before the main road in Portishead. But in 20 plus years, never seen one up close. Didnt know they were rare, just thought they were reclusive.
 
roydo said:
We are pretty rural mate. From our back meadow/orchard, there are 2 miles of farm fields and managed copses before the main road in Portishead. But in 20 plus years, never seen one up close. Didnt know they were rare, just thought they were reclusive.
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Rare due to their habitat disappearing - fields, with rough patches on the edges / margins and from fields becoming too sterile, due to pesticides.
 

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