Nigello Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 - no more pollarding in Southwark till Nov. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1501997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiera Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Nigello Wrote:----------------------------------https://twitter.com/bermondseytrees/status/1377970> 454183444480?s=21 - no more pollarding in> Southwark till Nov.Quoting the Twitter post:- Trees For Bermondsey@BermondseyTreesGood news: Southwark Tree Section have announced that routine re-pollarding is now suspended until Nov. "Crown reduction work will continue ... however this will be postponed until the end of the nesting season where nesting birds are present following a wildlife assessment"Good news about the pollarding, but not good that crown reductions are to continue during the nesting season. The wildlife assessment is likely to be simply the contractors standing looking at the tree to see if any nests are clearly visible, before starting up their chainsaws. Generally, birds choose hidden, well covered and protected places to nest and I have witnessed council tree pruning taking place in trees and shrubs where birds are nesting. I don't consider the council should be pruning trees at all during the nesting season. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmah Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 There were two big Jays on the allotments yesterday Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig-Zag Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Two Jackdaws eating from my feeders now Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 We had this sparrow hawk in our bird bath this evening. By chance the camera was set up and handy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiera Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 What a great photo - can clearly see every detail! Thank you. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Wow! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Great pic, Maple - where are you? I hear some raptors like areas nearer to PR Park, Dawson's Hill, etc. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 It was in our tiny front garden in North Dulwich, only a couple of metres from the window. It was a lucky pic because my son had left his camera out after snapping parakeets on the peanuts earlier. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Fantastic pic 😮 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1502991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig-Zag Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Earlier today I witnessed rather clever behaviour by a magpie. I'm leaving food out for fox parents with 4 babies. I watched the father fox take the food away and bury it under a garden bench, for later use. Seconds later a magpie flew down and unearthed the food from under the bench. Very smart! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisemurray Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Brilliant Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Poor fox!I'm not fond of magpies. They have nasty big pointy beaks and they seem to terrorise other birds 😶In my garden anyway! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
another annie Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Pair of jays in our tiny back garden this afternoon - well, I assume it was pair, though they looked identical? Have only ever seen them up in the trees in the woods before, didn't realise they were so big. One found some worms to eat while the other kept watch from the shed roof. They looked so exotic, made my day! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurorablast Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Wells Park - just over the hill from Dulwich Woods has some amazing wildlife. Saw a Merlin take a pidgeon last spring and last week a goldcrest nibbling someone's Camelia's on the edge of the park. I know many of the EDF people walk/run in that park and if you're up there of all things a solitary Raven (!) has been there for the past three weeks or so. If anyone gets pictures of that - gold star that snapper. We've an amazing area for Wildlife.PS The Sydenham Panther did exist - my husband saw it in Dulwich Woods walking very early one morning with our two huge Dobermann... who whined and tried to hide behind my husband's legs! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plough Man Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I'm not a 100% dedicated twitcher but fairly convinced we had a nuthatch on the feeder yesterday, Could this be possible? It had the very distinctive narrow eye stripe and rosy chest. It was clinging on tail up/head down whilst feeding. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurorablast Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Absolutely possible - we've enough woodland locally to support Nuthatches; I've definitely seen Tree Creepers in the local woods we really do have astonishing biodiversity for so close to the centre London. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Nuthatches in Dulwich Park in the gated wildlife area are pretty easy to spot. They like the seed feeders. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Aurorablast Wrote:------------------------------------------------------->if you're up there of all things a> solitary Raven (!) has been there for the past> three weeks or so. Didn't the Tower of London have an escaped raven quite recently?Could this be it?? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
colville09 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Yes, ring the raven keeper at the Tower. It would be fantastic if it was. I saw a news item when it went awol and he was very upset. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurorablast Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 O yes Sue & colville09, I was hoping it was Merlina the Tower's missing raven and did mention it to Chris Scaife - but The Ravenmaster (goodness I long for a title like that) seems certain she's crossed the rainbow bridge. I'd love to get a photo. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I had a tour of the Tower by the Ravenmaster a few years back, we were lucky as it isn't always him who does them. He was excellent.Surely he could only be sure she'd crossed the bridge if they had found a body? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1504961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Smeeton Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Hardly any rain for a month - good to top up bird baths, and there might be young trees out and about that need a bit of water. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1506968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I imagine nature will all be out of sorts, sunny days with a chill wind as the predominant wind is not in its normal direction; no rain as you say, and it's been maybe 6 weeks now. The natural balance is already screwed, eg insects coping with climate change better than birds and so the latter being out of sync with their main prey in nesting season. Strawberry plants are flowering early. Grass is not growing. No doubt one of my favourite programmes Countryfile will explain more. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1507080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsl Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just spotted some swifts over North Dulwich, always makes my Spring to see them safely returned. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/109/#findComment-1510220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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