dazeykat

Hey Hey My My - Neil Young

So we'd all meet up and ask our Nans along too?

I miss the horses too. I read the other day that there are plans to increase the number of police horses in London by 2012 for the Olympics. Hope they stable some of them in East Dulwich.

What sort of chavvy activities would such a society indulge in? In case I want to join...

You are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder

To continue rant...wish dog owners would respect dog free areas, keep their dogs on a lead where asked, and clean up after them. Especially the latter. I know not all dog owners are so unthinking, but it must be a sizeable minority judging by the amount of dog crap carpeting every green space. I don't think dogs should be allowed in cemetaries at all.

Second hand Rose - Barbara Streisand

Second hand Rose - Barbara Streisand

That's quite exciting. Didn't even think of coal tits, have never seen them in the garden here in ED. Lucky you Louisiana.

Snakebite & blackcurrant - was it called a red witch? Rum & black too. Thinking about them makes me blench.

Forever Young - bob Dylan

Where's your mama gone? - Middle of the Road

I just did that chavquiz. I am 26% chav - I think because i have called a sofa a settee in the past. I shall just have to embrace chavdom.

Pied wagtails are very distinctive. I know that wrens will nest & roost very close to people. But, anyway, lovely to have them so close louisiana. Must confess have become a bit nerdy about bird spotting in the garden of late - old age?

Wrens maybe?

I've just read that the police officer has come forward. There's also the suggestion that he'd removed his shuolder id number, as well as covering his face. Possibly the images in the video footage don't show the first time Mr Tomlinson was hit, which would explain why he appears unsteady on his feet. Truly shocking & sickening if it is as it appears. His poor family.

Monkey Man - The Specials

Well, I didn't know herons ate chicks. I saw a crow grab a gosling once. Nature in the raw!

The saddest thing about this, I think, is that it doesn't even surprise me. That man wasn't rioting, or resisting. He wasn't even protesting!

The heron won't eat chicks...the turtle/terrapin might though.

Bulgaria

I hang up the plastic mesh bag that the peanuts are bought in, they don't provide any perch for something as large as a pigeon. The half coconut shells with fat mixture in attract robins, as well as blue tits etc, as they can perch on the top of them. You can also thread peanuts in their shells onto cotton, like a string of beads, and hang those from a thin branch. They look quite pretty too.

Shang-a-lang : Bay City Rollers

Yes I get wrens, and little goldcrests. Blackcaps too earlier this year. There are song thrushes in the parks, I know, but they don't venture into my garden. Saw a mistle thrush this winter though.

While reading this thread, just heard panicky commotion from pair of blackbirds in garden. When I looked out, the cause of their distress was a beautiful jay. The blackbirds were obviously fearful for their eggs/young, but the jay was only interested in eating peanuts (this time). I've noticed a greater variety of garden birds in the last few years. Sadly, no sparrows or song thrushes in my garden though. Does anyone else have them?