Wildlife in your Garden

[AndyC]

Well it hasn't so it isn't.

Was its tail upturned ?

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Was its tail upturned ?

I’ve got an app on my phone called ‘merlin ID’ that’s decent at identifying birds. Also got one called ‘ChirpOMatic’ to help identify bird song.
.... I’m a total lad

 

[gonetomorrow]

Was its tail upturned ?

In this weather? No, it is a slim light brown bird - not a sparrow or a wren I doubt.

 

[Pistonbroke]

 

[AndyC]

In this weather? No, it is a slim light brown bird - not a sparrow or a wren I doubt.

If the tail is/was upturned, it'll be a Wren.
The Wren will do its best to stay concealed, under bushes etc while it searches for food.
The Dunnock is grey on the chest and larger than a Wren.

 

[gonetomorrow]

If the tail is/was upturned, it'll be a Wren.
The Wren will do its best to stay concealed, under bushes etc while it searches for food.
The Dunnock is grey on the chest and larger than a Wren.

Thanks. I'll try and get a pic of it but it's very nippy. I suppose it could be a female something or other. They tend to be duller don't they?

 

[bol-uk]

Peterborough way

Close

 

[Pistonbroke]

the old man stopped in too, for some reason they love left of citrus rind that I throw in the compost bucket

 

[AndyC]

Thanks. I'll try and get a pic of it but it's very nippy. I suppose it could be a female something or other. They tend to be duller don't they?

They do mate.
If you have a smartphone, there's an excellent app for identifying birds - Birds of Britain - that I heartily recommend
This app is even better if used on an ipad

 

[Pistonbroke]

 

[Pistonbroke]

that was a young moose looking in my window two years ago

 

[gonetomorrow]

They do mate.
If you have a smartphone, there's an excellent app for identifying birds - Birds of Britain - that I heartily recommend
This app is even better if used on an ipad

Thanks. I'm pretty sure it's a dunnock actually.
Needless to say it seems to have left the area!

 

[AndyC]

Thanks. I'm pretty sure it's a dunnock actually.
Needless to say it seems to have left the area!

They're not as common as they used to be, like so many of our native birds, their numbers have decreased in recent years.
It's one of the reasons we feed as much as we do in our garden, to try and help the birds we have survive the colder weather and rear their young in the springtime.

 

[carlos21]

They're not as common as they used to be, like so many of our native birds, their numbers have decreased in recent years.
It's one of the reasons we feed as much as we do in our garden, to try and help the birds we have survive the colder weather and rear their young in the springtime.

I love wildlife me mate.

 

[carlos21]

They're not as common as they used to be, like so many of our native birds, their numbers have decreased in recent years.
It's one of the reasons we feed as much as we do in our garden, to try and help the birds we have survive the colder weather and rear their young in the springtime.

I love all of them like.