Tazio Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 It’s not all telly people. Claire Balding is a genuinely nice person, and disappointingly Rob Brydon is a nice guy, I was convinced he’d be a shitbag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The Matt lad that does Countryfile and The One Show is a topper of a bloke, as is the Queen drummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Just now, Dawnrazor said: The Matt lad that does Countryfile and The One Show is a topper of a bloke, as is the Queen drummer. Maybe it’s just someone is on a particular day. I know A few people who had dealings with Queen back in the day and the common view is that he’s a prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Tazio said: Maybe it’s just someone is on a particular day. I know A few people who had dealings with Queen back in the day and the common view is that he’s a prick. Possibly, but Odie is a tosser!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Dawnrazor said: Possibly, but Odie is a tosser!! That’s beyond question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 On 13/07/2020 at 06:39, Harry Potter said: @TheBigO Staying on Bill Oddie, you said the Goodies was Ace. I was around 10-12 years old and loved it. If you were to watch it now, you would be calling it a lot of shite. Great to hear dirt getting flung on the wee *****. He always gets dragged on nature programs as the wee funny well informed lovely guy. Good to know different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Bill Oddie has suffered from some "mental health" problem for decades - its why he disappeared from Springwatch several years ago off. So all the chat about him being an obnoxious tosser may be a result of that. I've seen the red winged blackbirds in Arizona ... huge flocks .... but their beaks suggest that they're actually crows !! The OP mystery bird is a young blackbird chick. The poster who said the red kites had been exterminated as vermin is correct. I think it was in the 1800's when many cities were open sewers. Apparently their "normal" food is roadkill (rabbits & squirrels) - but when they're scarce, kites are bold enough to attack live animals or grab human food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Must say big thanks to all for confirming it being a Juvenile female Blackbird. As i said, a pair of blackies frequent the garden, the mother being a fair bit smailler (certainly thinner) than the mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 This mention of mystery birds reminds me of the 'El Barrios' thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Chris Packham has a face I’d never tire of slapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Just now, Toxteth O'Grady said: Chris Packham has a face I’d never tire of slapping You and me both!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 13/07/2020 at 06:36, Tommy Brown said: I had a visitor yesterday that I have never seen before in my puff (I'm 57). This is not a piss-take like the current Tit thread. It was blackbird in size but a bit fatter. Had a brown chest with black speckles. I managed to take a couple of poor photos. I looked up Google and found Dunnock and wren, but not convinced of either. I think that’s a fledgling blackbird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, Special Officer Doofy said: I think that’s a fledgling blackbird. You in Peebles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Smack said: You in Peebles? Close! Penicuik. 🤣 Yeah, I posted before I read the whole thread. ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Special Officer Doofy said: Close! Penicuik. 🤣 Yeah, I posted before I read the whole thread. ☹️ I was going to tag you in as I knew your into birds 😉 Still can't get over how bigger it is compared to the mother. Mother was in the garden today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: I was going to tag you in as I knew your into birds 😉 Still can't get over how bigger it is compared to the mother. Mother was in the garden today. Yeah, fledglings are generally quite fat and puffed up. It was it’s wings that sealed it for me. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Special Officer Doofy said: Yeah, fledglings are generally quite fat and puffed up. It was it’s wings that sealed it for me. 👍 Haven't seen it since, hope it's ok. Pair of ****ing magpies are about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: Haven't seen it since, hope it's ok. Pair of ****ing magpies are about. Chances are it’s fine, mate. It looked pretty close to fledging and they are really mobile on the ground compared to a lot of other garden birds. That sound you hear when you walk past a hedgerow and think it’s a rat or a mouse is usually a blackbird going about it’s business on the deck. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Used to have to deal with celebrities coming to do the christmas lights in the London Borough I worked in. Nicest of the lot was Toyah Willcox - took the time to go behind the scenes and thank all the kitchen staff etc. Hung around chatting to the ordinary folk working in the background. Anyway, on the subject of birds the most interesting species in my garden this year has been a tree creeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) On 15/07/2020 at 23:08, IronJambo said: We have loads of these circling all day long. I like them, but they're pretty huge up close. I've never seen it happen but they're known to nick food from barbecues whilst it's cooking 🤣 My mate used to point them out, circling at high altitude around Marlow/Maidenhead. Surprising given Heathrow was nearby! Edited July 19, 2020 by A Boy Named Crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, A Boy Named Crow said: My mate used to point them out, circling at high altitude around Marlow/Maidenhead. Surprising given Heathrow was nearby! We're not on much of a flight path, we only get very light traffic mostly North West (I think) of town. There are probably more planes in the sky from white Waltham airfield here than Heathrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Boy Named Crow Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, IronJambo said: We're not on much of a flight path, we only get very light traffic mostly North West (I think) of town. There are probably more planes in the sky from white Waltham airfield here than Heathrow. Aye, fair enough. I'd forgotten all about White Waltham! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Clocked a red squirrel in my garden the other day.....seen it 3 times now, hope it hangs about. I’ve put out a couple of nut feeders along it’s run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Got a 2nd visit from juvenile blackbird yesterday. Good. Seen three wee fledglings on a gorse bush when walking the dog. Ident required again. Seemed very young. One got spooked by my dog and jumped across to the other side of the path. I picked it up and put it back on the gorse. Should have videoed to get better feel for the size, they were very small. @Special Officer Doofy Edited July 20, 2020 by Tommy Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Looks kinda wren-shaped to me but I'll bow to the greatly superior ornithological knowledge of many others when it's proven to be something completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tommy Brown said: Got a 2nd visit from juvenile blackbird yesterday. Good. Seen three wee fledglings on a gorse bush when walking the dog. Ident required again. Seemed very young. One got spooked by my dog and jumped across to the other side of the path. I picked it up and put it back on the gorse. Should have videoed to get better feel for the size, they were very small. @Special Officer Doofy They are very young. See the yellow parts of the beak that extend on to the sides of its face? They are a signal for the parent birds to feed it. Definitely looks like a wren shape, but at that age it’s really hard to tell. Give me a moment to check some things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Out of the more common species, we can rule out a dunnock and a sparrow. Different shape beak for sparrow, and different colour beak for Dunnock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Fledgling wren: Looks like a match to me? 🤷♂️ Birds are my weaker animal subject though. 👍 Edited July 20, 2020 by Special Officer Doofy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Robbin is a bit similar too, but wren definitely looks closer, I think. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Good stuff Mothy. Annoyed more that I didn't video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, Special Officer Doofy said: Robbin is a bit similar too, but wren definitely looks closer, I think. Anyone else? I did say wren initially as it looked kinda like a mini-adult but **** me - they all look near enough the same when they're young!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Boof said: I did say wren initially as it looked kinda like a mini-adult but **** me - they all look near enough the same when they're young!! I’ve not checked the ‘sexier’ species yet, just the LBJs, but from those, I agree about a wren. The other close one is the ribbon, but even though you can only make out the tail slightly on @Tommy Browns photos, it looks stubby and upright like a baby wren and not as long and down-pointing as a robbin. Do you remember what the tail looked like @Tommy Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Smack Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 My trusty app agrees it's a wren, or a troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Special Officer Doofy said: Fledgling wren: Looks like a match to me? 🤷♂️ Birds are my weaker animal subject though. 👍 From memory, I would say that's what they were. Amazing find. Don't know how I seen the first one. Taking the photo and then noticed the second a couple feet to the right. Then the third tried to leap away, I hadn't noticed that one. Great wee things to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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