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Sue

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kiera Wrote:

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> Sue. - the bird may have seen a reflection of your

> garden in your window. I picked up a dead young

> blackbird which had killed itself flying into the

> glass at Peckham library. When I stood outside and

> looked at the window from the bird's perspective,

> I saw the reflection of a tree. Similarly,at

> home,we experienced a blue tit attacking a

> reflection of itself in a window. I think it's

> only in a certain light that the window acts as a

> mirror - probably when it's in full sun. Might a

> venetian blind reduce the mirror effect?



Oh no :( :( :(


Unfortunately there is absolutely no way I am putting up a blind - I had the new window so I could see more of my (very small) garden from my kitchen!


I will investigate what the window looks like from the outside at different times of day.

  • 4 weeks later...
tomdhu

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Would it be a Dunnock that's been bouncing around our garden this last week?

Grey front and head like a female sparrow but with a slender bill and longer tail. Pecking on the ground a lot around the margins. Very pronounced hopping with long hops - more so than with a sparrow. Just a single one.


Any comments would be welcome.

  • 2 weeks later...
ponderwoman

ponderwoman

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In an interlude to the wind a swarm of bees moved into the vacant hive I had provided on election day . They are piling the pollen in so the queen is laying. 'A swarm in May is worth a load of hay' as they say...... Great. A better democratic result for their species.
katanita

katanita

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Ta, that's reassuring.


red devil Wrote:

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> I think the singing in early Spring is more to do

> with territory and finding a mate. Most birds will

> have paired up by now and will be quietly sitting

> on eggs and/or feeding their young...

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minder

minder

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For the past few days I've noticed this bird around. It's been landing on the roof of a neighbours shed, tearing the blue covering up and then flying away with bundles which must be for its nest. Hanging out washing yesterday and saw it flying towards me, over my head straight for the shed again! Have told neighbours.


Think the bird is a Mistle Thrush.

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sallyfran

sallyfran

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Saw a bullfinch in the garden for the first time ever - v exciting. Also a greenfinch, which I haven't seen in the garden for several years. Seems to have been a bumper breeding season for birds too - we're getting baby sparrows, dunnocks, blue and great tits, goldfinches, blackbirds and robins at the feeder and birdbath. I'm spending way too much time looking out of the window when I should be doing other things.
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tomdhu

tomdhu

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Green Woodpecker showed up this morning.


Very close to our rear window so that its red crown, black mask and green colouring were amazingly bright and attractive.


Unusually it was on the lawn and then went to a raised flowerbed for more pecking around the base of plants and flowers.

Have only ever seen and heard them before when they were high up on our neighbour's oak tree.


Made my day!

SebsC

SebsC

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amlh Wrote:

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> This is true. Even if it seems unbelievable. I

> have a photo. A turtle in the Peckham Rye lake.

> Two days ago


There used to be quite a few in there some years back. Apparently people who owned them had dumped them in the pond and they had multiplied. They had to take them out though as they were multiplying too much!

MarkT

MarkT

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I don't think terrapins (Fresh water turtles) have successfully bred in Britain. All of the adults in London lakes were individually released. I think the young can't survive our winters. However a few mild winters giving time for a little evolutionary adaptation and we could have a future ecological problem.


https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/mutant-ninja-turtles-could-be-breeding-in-britains-canals


MarkT

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MarkT

MarkT

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We have a population of Goatsbeard - Tragopagon pratensis - at the East Dulwich Community Centre. I see it probably every year. We had a dozen separate plants this time - my photo attached. The flowers are now over and the seeds are dispersed. Has anyone seen it elsewhere in the neighbourhood? Is it rare in London?


http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/goats-beard




MarkT

edborders

edborders

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Hi, there will be a meeting today, Wednesday at 7:30 PM at The Rose Pub, 108 Forest Hill Road, SE22 0RS to save the woods in Woodvale and Brenchly Gardens cemeteries. They council is planning on cutting down ten acres of woods.


aerial view. listen to local birdsong.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76wj7BO8yI


Lewis Schaffer

Nunhead tree and heritage lover

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