peterhunter86 8,627 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, PINNACLE said: Skylark from yesterday Skylark by Martin Billard, on Flickr Cracking pic pal, used to be loads of them in the Fields across from my mother's you could hear them singing if you were in the garden I used love hearing them but haven't seen or heard one in over 20 years I put it down to Foxes there was a bit of a boom in fox numbers around the time the larks went. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,503 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I remember hearing them singing from school playground on the outskirts of Leeds forty years ago ! Still see and hear plenty where I am now, lovely birds to hear. Had a Gsp woodpecker drumming away in the garden this morning.....spring on its way.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
top dog 1 3,148 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 looks like he got his food 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,503 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, W. Katchum said: Aye it’s deffo picking up pace noo, birds going mad around the yard? Picked up a dead long eared owl A1 today near Leeming.....off to taxidermist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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CRAZYHORSE 2,647 Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Barn owl ? 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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fireman 10,774 Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 17/02/2018 at 09:32, Gilbey said: yeah we get them, generally more peachy when we get them, unless I'm talking shite.. Cocks get a redish tinge to their breast's after their first adult moult,to find out in captivity you pluck a few feathers from a youngsters breast and colour feed them and the cocks will come through redish.You see them in full mating plumage Gilbey .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,536 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Female Blackcap Cheers,D. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbey 1,408 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 18 hours ago, fireman said: Cocks get a redish tinge to their breast's after their first adult moult,to find out in captivity you pluck a few feathers from a youngsters breast and colour feed them and the cocks will come through redish.You see them in full mating plumage Gilbey .. yep I know mate, real nice birds, thought mentioning the colour might convince him 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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CRAZYHORSE 2,647 Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 my new friend, I was hiding in a bramble bush waiting for a barn owl and this robin came and sat with me....the barn owl didn't show 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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