Hello there,
On the 22nd December we had a flock of Redwings ravaging our Holly tree at the end of our drive; one of them is ringed with an orange ring on it’s left leg and a blue/ grey on it’s right.
We thought that you might be interested.
Hi Greycellsgone!
Brilliant name by the way. Wish I'd thought of it!!!!!
Welcome to the forum, and what a lovely photo. I'm sure there will be people interested in the rings on the bird and may be able to offer some advice to you.
Cheers, Linda.
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Hello Greycellsgone and welcome from me too. That is a brilliant photo, thanks for sharing it.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Nice one :-) I think it's the British Trust for Ornithology that is in charge of bird ringing in this country - you may be interested in reporting through this page =
http://www.bto.org/ringing/
Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games [Robert Falcon Scott]
Hello Greycellsgone, lovely photograph.
Thats a good pic of it in Mid-snaffle.
I'm sure i've seen one of these this year, but alas no camera with me.
Thanks Cartimandua, will do. Regards, Greycellsgone.
Welcome Greycellsgone! Lovely photo!
"All weeds are flowers, once you get to know them" (Eeyore)
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Hi,
During December we had flocks of Redwings devouring the berries on our Tree Cotoneaster. They were ravenous, and often pretty clumsy eaters - attracting song thrushes and blackbirds to the lawn where the berries fell. I guess they were probably getting over a long migration from Iceland?? The majority seem to have moved on, although we still have the odd one rummaging around at the base of shrubs where the snow hasn't managed to settle. I have been leaving food for ground feeders - a blend of sunflower hearts, buggy nibbles, dried mealworms, sultanas and scraps of apple and plum is very popular.
The reward today for all my efforts getting out just after dawn in my dressing gown and wellies into the walk-in freezer that is our garden was a FIELDFARE. Wow, he was awesome! He was a bit of a swaggering bully, but hey, he's made it all the way from goodness knows where, so his attitude is understandable. I loved the way he took command of the scraps of fruit I put out, fending off any resident blackbird that came close. I really think the local birds did not know what to make of him. He stayed from 1pm to 4.15pm (when it was really quite dark) - I was transfixed.
Hello Caroline, so glad you have seen your fieldfare and it sounds it may stay around for a while.
Thanks Brenda. Yes, he may choose to hang around until the thaw.