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Evening all:o))

Tec...perhaps she was attacked by a cat? Hope it grows properly bless her!

WOULD any of you mind if l gave the South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre the link to the BLOG, it has photo's from most of you. They may be interested they not be!!

DizzieLizzie...l think you are away now but when back could you send the photo's you sent way before christmas, l have lost them ...sorry:o((

Also DIZZI...you sent some of your paintings...l lost them too...sorryo((

l tried transferring some photo's from pc to external hard drive...l ended up losing loads...derrr brain:o(((((

jude

Ann,
I don't really know what happened to the single white feather she grew earlier. The feather grew to what would be full size, but looked rather coarse. She really did look very odd hopping about like that. I am waiting to see what happens to her "new" tail. Maybe being freak feathers they fall out, as her proper tail must have done originally, maybe she pulls them out, or possibly other birds attack them. Curious, but interesting.

Tec.

Do you think they grow and fall out or does she pull them out Tec? Very strange!

Jude, Thank you for passing on the info re the Ringed Plovers.

I didn't go to the beach today, it was one of those dull, wet, cold days with a heavy sea mist hanging over the beach. Ianto didn't fancy it, and to be honest neither did I

I'll take a look tomorrow and take the camera with me in case there are any around. Wil keep you informed.

We have had a tail less hen blackbird resident around our garden for a year now. Before Christmas she grew one white tail feather, but it didn't last long before she lost it. Now I notice she has a little tuft of several white tail feathers appearing, and I'm wondering how long she will keep these.

Tec.

I counted 7 greenfinches on the seed feeder yesterday plus a few chaffinches and the usual couple of goldfinches.

Well I have had sparrows feeding on the coconut suet thing.I haven't had sparrows here since I don't know when.
Looking out of my bedroom window this morning I saw Coots and Moorhens next door.Yesterday I saw the woodpecker again after a long time.
Magpies seem to making an appearance again ,looking quite intimidating .
The last few nights I have been woken up by the hooting of owls.They are very close to the house.
Lovely Snow drops in bloom here too.

Hi there..

Thank you everyone, l'm not ill really just achy and tired, getting old...lol

Tec..had email back this afternoon, she said ..I'll pass it onto Cofnod, the Local Records Centre for North Wales.

Have you seen them today? and can you take a photo?

We're having pretty much the usual birds, more jackdaws the past few days. l can't make out if we have a female greenfinch or not, its got almost white legs, could be a chaffinch, will look for it tomorrow.

jude

Jude
Sorry to hear you weren't well. Hope you feel better soon.
Well Spring has sprung in my garden today as my first daffodil is in bloom.
I've also got snowdrops and cyclamen in bloom.
Hope it lasts
Take care
Von

Hope you are better now Jude.

Sorry to hear you've been unwell Jude. Hope you're feeling better today. Glad the two old dogeys are still plodding along.

Hi Tec

Can't sleep:o((

Ok thank you, l have the correct photo now. Got your pm too:o)

jude

Hi Jude,

Pleased to hear Madoc is in good health and I hope whatever is on his neck can be sorted quickly.

It was the Ringed Plovers on the beach (Charadrius hiaticula) not the Little Ringed Plover (Chardrius dubius)

The Little Ringed Plover is apparently a summer visitor and as the name suggests it is a bit smaller than its cousin the Ringed Plover.

I will pm you with exact location if you want to pass this info on.

cwtches to Madoc and extra biscuits, and I hope you will feel better soon.

Tec.

Hello Tec:o)
Just popped on pc before l go back to sleep, l got a bug or sommit:o((

Madoc's general health is great thank you, although he will be having a check up soon re his back leg and a wart type thing on his neck. He keeps scratching it now and it bled yesterday. The leg may need an op to put a metal plate in so the leg can be straightened. This is from his accident before we had him!!

The Little Ringed Plovers you saw are quite an usual sight this time of year, atleast as far as the RSPB site says. If its ok with you l will tell the lady at the South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre. Where abouts are you?? pm me if you'd rather??

Poor old Ianto, its good he likes his food though. Madoc is the same re food, the lady at the kennels said last week its so good to see a dog eat everything and so happy:o))

Take care
jude

Hi Everyone,

Walking on the beach this morning I noticed a flock of 25/30 birds busily turning over the shingle. As I got closer I recognised them as Ringed Plovers. They seemed oblivious to me and I was able to get within about 10 metres of them. I haven't seen these on the beach before. No sign of the Oyster Catchers that are normally there.
On the way back there was a small flock of Long Tailed Tits moving swiftly through a the copse.
The buzzards make daily visits over the village from higher on the mountain, but I haven't seen the Red Kites for a few weeks now.
We get visits of three hen pheasants daily, they arrive to clean up the seed underneath the feeders, this has been happening since there was a shoot just outside the village shortly before Christmas.

Jude - How is Madoc these days? My old chap still plods on, everything cracking up - except his appetite that is.

Tec.

Linda,we have Buzzards around here and Red Kites.They are just amazing to watch.
I remember some years ago when we had the pond there was a Rosella(I think that's what it was called) sat on the edge drinking the water.My neighbour managed to catch it in a huge fishing net and he looked after it while we put notices out to see if anyone had lost one.I think in the end it went to a sanctuary.We also had a parrot in the garden the same year.It seemed strange they decided to land here lol.Then Last week there was the Heron sat in the Conifer lol

Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of Rabbits???We have a big problem with them digging tunnels all over the place.

Hi Von Jane and Jude
Yes I too had seen these green parakeets in the wild before. They are beautiful and so exotic aren't they. When we lived in Windsor over 20 years ago they started to come on our peanut feeders and I took some lovely photos, which quite amazed people we knew. When we walked towards the castle a week ago they were flying overhead then even in the cold, which I thought might have worried them.
Today we have been to Stockbridge in Hampshire and saw several Buzzards and kestrel too. The Buzzards look like Eagles and are truely beautiful.

Linda :o) XxX

I didn't see a crest Jude.I did look them up in the book but I don't think they look the same at all .I will try and get a better look tomorrow hopefully.They were a bit scatty and didn't stay still long as there was a Red Kite hovering not too far above lol

Hello Jane.....did they have a little crest?? could they be Waxwings??

jude

I just had a look in the bird book.The nearest I can see is a White throat Warbler.I'm not sure though.

I didn't realise there are Parakeets in the wild like that.I saw one near here a while ago,but assumed it had escaped from somewhere.Lovely pics by the way.
I saw some birds in the horses field today and don't know what they are.
They are probably about the size of a fieldfare.They had Grey heads,brownish backs,I think black tails and whitish/creamish tums.Any ideas what they might be?I will take my camera tomorrow and see if they are still there.