Arry 18,579 Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 13 minutes ago, steve66 said: Is he still about Arry ? He is mate but he disappears for a while then turns up again. think somebody else is feeding him as well. I am fond of the Robins they have sort of a kingship with humans following them around in case you disturb something. Often follow us around out ferreting and you keep catching them in the corner of your eye while your wait for a rabbit to bolt. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob.243 7,526 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Through the kitchen window. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,085 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 On 08/08/2023 at 13:50, Arry said: He is mate but he disappears for a while then turns up again. think somebody else is feeding him as well. I am fond of the Robins they have sort of a kingship with humans following them around in case you disturb something. Often follow us around out ferreting and you keep catching them in the corner of your eye while your wait for a rabbit to bolt. Cheers Arry Sadly over the last week or two there’s been a great decline in birds visiting the feeders including the robin who use to visit the veg patch , can only think that avian flu has struck 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,579 Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, steve66 said: Sadly over the last week or two there’s been a great decline in birds visiting the feeders including the robin who use to visit the veg patch , can only think that avian flu has struck Still getting some birds in but as you say its dropped off. Think the fledglings are finding their own territory and the parents are not feed late broods. Black birds have dropped right off after their second brood. think it might be that lets hope so mate. Cheers Arry Edited August 11, 2023 by Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,751 Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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my hounds 306 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 11/08/2023 at 12:42, steve66 said: Sadly over the last week or two there’s been a great decline in birds visiting the feeders including the robin who use to visit the veg patch , can only think that avian flu has struck Sadly i have not seen any Kingfishers on the near river to me,on my walk i know of 4 nesting sites on the river bank one at least 8yrs old.Black headed gulls and Canada geese dead near me also on the news loads of dead birds being washed up on different coasts maybe wind turbines to blame with birds flying into them,so sad oh adult hedgehog in our garden first one for many years . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Thought the same regarding garden feeders, then I thought that there is an abundance of natural foods for them at the moment? Kingfishers I cant remember the last time I saw one always been a rarity around here . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BEARINATOR 2,825 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Birds have been moulting out as my sparrows have been quiet the past few weeks. Sadly bird flu is hitting places bad and it ain’t going away as fresh strains come in with each migration 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,085 Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 That’s a shame , seems to be rife here to 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,085 Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 A little vistor today 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 2,372 Posted October 13, 2023 Report Share Posted October 13, 2023 On 11/10/2023 at 13:20, steve66 said: A little vistor today Beautiful bird his feet and legs don't look top cracking. Normally chaffys are shy birds too. That might of been a captive bred bird that's got out looks very tame 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted October 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Bangersanmash said: Beautiful bird his feet and legs don't look top cracking. Normally chaffys are shy birds too. That might of been a captive bred bird that's got out looks very tame That will be either papillomavirus the other is a a mite. The mite is caused by dirty mouldy bird feeders as a general rule mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangersanmash 2,372 Posted October 14, 2023 Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 10 hours ago, paulus said: That will be either papillomavirus the other is a a mite. The mite is caused by dirty mouldy bird feeders as a general rule mate. Poor buggers a tell my neighbours over the road to makesure they clean there feeders on a weekly basis because that's how avian flu is spread too. Birds having contact with other birds too that they normally wouldn't out in the wild. They wouldn't brush up next to each other say a goldfinch and a chaffinch if it wasn't for a feeder. It's only because there's food on the tap that they come close to each other. It's sad when you think about it that we may be causing more harm than good when feeding them specially now. Same like you say with mite. If a bird has mite it's got more chance of passing them on by brushing upto another species on a feeder haven't they. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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