ED Nature Watch

[nxjen]

I had a pair of long tailed tits in my garden in North Cross Road a month or so ago, the first I?ve ever seen there.

Sue Wrote:

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> Asset Wrote:

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> > I've seen a blackcap in my garden recently,

> only

> > the once.

> > I get long-tailed tits, blue tits, great tits,

> > goldfinches, robins, wrens, parakeets,

> blackbirds

> > regularly, dunnocks and even a goldcrest

> > occasionally.

> > Never a sparrow though.

>

>

> How weird, my visitors are almost all sparrows.

>

> I'd love to see some long-tailed tits in my

> garden. They are my favourite birds!

>

> Do you live near the woods?

[Nigello]

I get lots of sparrows, tree and house, and they use the feeders by leaning in from a twig or branch. Long-tailed tits are new and the only ones to use the coconut shells. I live at the Dunstan's end of Goodrich.

[BrandNewGuy]

SebsC Wrote:

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> This weekend coming, 25-27th, is the RSPB?s annual

> Big Harden Watch.

[starts uncontrollably sniggering like a schoolboy]

[Sue]

Dear oh dear, BNG!

:)) :)) :))

[SebsC]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> SebsC Wrote:

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> > This weekend coming, 25-27th, is the RSPB?s

> annual

> > Big Harden Watch.

>

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Whoops! Harden/Garden - easy mistake to make 😊

[Asset]

Hey Sue, I'm off ED Grove quite close to Greendale. I'm seeing the long-tail tits more often then I used to. They are so cute!

I have seen a greenfinch down Greendale but they don't venture over the road. We are lucky to have so many birds in this area.

My cat got a goldfinch the other day, he's in the doghouse...

[MattGale]

I saw a large black bird on Peckham Rye Lake today - looked a bit like a black heron. Has anyone else seen it, and do you know whether it could be a cormorant? Didn't have my phone with me, but if I see it again I'll try to get a photo.

[Sue]

nxjen Wrote:

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> I had a pair of long tailed tits in my garden in

> North Cross Road a month or so ago, the first I?ve

> ever seen there.

>

I live near North Cross Road, so I shall live in hope that some venture into my garden (and that I happen to see them!)

Do you put out bird food? I have a seed feeder and a suet ball feeder, plus Niger seed (I've never seen a goldfinch here, but my partner has).

Wondering if there's anything in particular which might attract long tailed tits?

[Sue]

MattGale Wrote:

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> I saw a large black bird on Peckham Rye Lake today

> - looked a bit like a black heron. Has anyone else

> seen it, and do you know whether it could be a

> cormorant? Didn't have my phone with me, but if I

> see it again I'll try to get a photo.

Somebody elsewhere, possibly Facebook, confirmed it was a cormorant.

I quite often see them on the Thames, never in Peckham though :)

[nxjen]

No i don?t put any birdseed out but I?m a pretty sloppy gardener which means there?s usually quite a few plant based titbits, and the insects they attract for the birds to enjoy. The birds will be coming soon to forage for all the little twigs and stalks I haven?t bothered to clear away for them to build their nests. The best year was when a pair of magpies spent a lot of time strutting around the lawn, collecting uncut and decomposing cuttings for them to use as mortar for their nests. The long tailed tits made themselves at home on my viburnum bush.

Sue Wrote:

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> nxjen Wrote:

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> > I had a pair of long tailed tits in my garden

> in

> > North Cross Road a month or so ago, the first

> I?ve

> > ever seen there.

> >

>

> I live near North Cross Road, so I shall live in

> hope that some venture into my garden (and that I

> happen to see them!)

>

> Do you put out bird food? I have a seed feeder and

> a suet ball feeder, plus Niger seed (I've never

> seen a goldfinch here, but my partner has).

>

> Wondering if there's anything in particular which

> might attract long tailed tits?

[staplemeg]

We?ve seen it too! Surprised to see a cormorant out here - anyone know if that?s normal?

[MarkT]

2 frogs in my pond this morning.

MarkT

[Lynne]

Frogspawn in mine, seems a bit early.

[lousmith]

Bang on time for frogspawn.

Loads in my pond since yesterday.

Trouble is a freeze is coming. May be worth putting it in a bucket in and outbuilding until it passes.

Nature knows best of course, but sometimes a helping hand goes a long way.

[sunbob]

Unfortunately we saw a dead frog on a park path yesterday. On a happier note, there was a flock of starlings dancing around on the common a little while ago which was just big enough to get the murmmeration patterns going.

[Lynne]

I'm concerned that I've now got more frog spawn than my tiny pond can sustain. Can it be re-homed? If so, does anyone want some?

[Sue]

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> I'm concerned that I've now got more frog spawn

> than my tiny pond can sustain. Can it be re-homed?

> If so, does anyone want some?

I'd love some if you can spare it (and if I can find a way to stop birds/cats eating it!)

I'll PM you!

[staplemeg]

Sadly just spotted three dead Egyptian goslings at Peckham park lake. Reported it to the park warden who agreed it was probably just too early and cold for the poor things.

[Sue]

staplemeg Wrote:

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> Sadly just spotted three dead Egyptian goslings at

> Peckham park lake. Reported it to the park warden

> who agreed it was probably just too early and cold

> for the poor things.

Oh no :(

[IlonaM]

5 colourful goldfinches just visited my garden. Cheered me up to see them. Nature is a great source of calm.

[staplemeg]

One Egyptian gosling spotted in Dulwich park today

[Sue]

Hooray! :)

[sjsl]

A red kite was flying over the Grange Lane allotments this morning

[Sue]

sjsl Wrote:

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> A red kite was flying over the Grange Lane

> allotments this morning

Crikey, that's quite unusual in London, isn't it?

I see a lot of them on the M40 on the way to Oxford.

[Zig-Zag]

Not very rare, but I have a greater spotted woodpecker visit every afternoon on one of my peanut feeders