After yet another successful year on the Odds & Sods thread, initially started I think by Hazy, it might be wise to kickstart the 2023 thread off.
Thank you to those who have contributed to last years thread, and there has been very interesting odds and sods in "Odds & Sods 2022" that aren't enough to place into a dedicated thread, which you can look back on the following link:
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/278729/odds-sods-2022/1417300?pifragment-4285=76#pifragment-4285=1
What better for me, and as yet, I've not ventured far, ewe know what I mean, with this lassie on Baddesley Clinton estate yesterday....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Snow pictures from half an hour ago. About an inch of snow, rapidly melting, in Finchampstead.
I'm particularly pleased to see Chaffinch in our garden. This is the first time in well over a decade we've had them. And we actually have three! Have virtually everything else, but Chaffinch.
They see other birds landing and feeding on my feeder. They make repeated attempts to land on it. This is the first time ever that I've seen one land on my feeder's outer, anti-pigeon defences, but it didn't take the final flit into the actual feeder.
They normally sit in the trees and look grumpy.
Or they feed off the ground
Others get in the all important first feed of the day. Sensible Dunnock, protected by bird feeder.
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Not so sensible Dunnock, vulnerable to cats and other predators.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Great shots Angus. I always love to see a Chaffinch, but I am not lucky enough to get them on my feeders. We haven't got the snow yet up Lancashire way, but it is very cold, and forecast for tomorrow ...
Lot to learn
With all the weather systems coming across from the US of late, it is possible that you might have seen this American warbler. Though it is several thousand miles where it should be. You'll soon know if it is this US bird if you are surrounded by twitchers.
Perhaps you saw something like this? A Pied Wagtail
Or even this? Juvenile Long tailed tit.
Images courtesy of RSPB website.
That's what I thought Angus, possibly a Pied Wagtail. But others on here know better than me ...
A couple of Jackdaws doing something interesting - maybe some kind of mating ritual
A couple of Redwings not doing anything interesting ...
The Yellowhammers have returned to the garden en masse with around 2 dozen at a time. I haven't been able to get a picture of them all, but I managed this one.