Odds & Sods 2021

Aww how lovely Hazel to have a wee wren aswell as the robins...lovely pics

Hazel, Great to hear that you have a Wren and a couple of Robins visiting your balcony and of course, I love the beautiful Mallie.

Wren's just follow you around, don't they, even when you haven't got a garden! Who's this one, then ... Slinky, Zinky?? 

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Wren's just follow you around, don't they, even when you haven't got a garden! Who's this one, then ... Slinky, Zinky?? 

LOL Nige  !     to be honest being three floors up from the ground we didn't really expect to see any birds not having feeders up and only a dish of mixed seed and bowl of mealies so a wren was such a bonus to suddenly appear on the balcony terrace and haven't got round to naming he/she yet but it does seem to be a constant visitor now there are live mealies on offer and that's before it starts feeding any young  !      As for a name we need something that means tiny like Dinky's name so any thoughts on a postcard please    !!    

Grey sky when these were taken at distance - was in two minds to put these on bad pics  !!    but as they are a bit more interesting I have added them here.      4 Buzzards around and two were from what I could tell (as it was non aggressive with no chasing but only soaring together ) courtship bonding and looked like practicing food passing.

Half an hour after these were taken there was a clear blue sky   - typical   !!    

We have a fine Scottish word for something small, "Peedie"

Just spent the last half hour on this thread, I have obviously not looked through it all! Lots of lovely photos from you all. A really good place for odds and sods.

Love those Buzzard photos Hazel, we are seeing Buzzards most days from our kitchen window. They seem to be over what is comically called a retirement village just up the road from us. You know me and raptors I can never see too many photos of them.

Beautiful pics Hazy, lovely to have a Wren visiting, and the courting Robins too, your mealworm order will be increasing dramatically as the word gets around.