Woodpeckers

[Headfry]

I know this is silly but I found a feather from a spotted woodpecker, and yes it is spotted! It looks quite strange really, all black apart from pea sized perfect white circles! I have kept it safe
I will have to watch the bee hive as they are terrors form 'ram raiding' hives.
nice soft cedar wood, no trouble to a woody!

[Flummery]

Mr F found a spotted woodpecker feather on the loading bay at Hull University the other day. He knew they were in the area - still hasn't seen one (nearly said 'spotted' one - bit me tongue in time!) They are really pretty feathers aren't they Headfry?

[Palustris]

We had a delivery man call, not so long ago, with a load of composted bark mulch. I had to leave him to unload as I was due in town. He asked if he could walk round the garden, which was ok by me. When we returned, he was sat on one of our benches with his notebook open, ticking off the birds which he had seen or heard. We unloaded the bark and then he went back to bird watching. " If they want any more deliveries today, they will just have to wait!" He gave us the list, but sadly it went walk about. Only one I can remember that I have not actually seen was a Linnet.
I am told the sparrows in the second pic. are tree sparrows as opposed to house sparrows.

[The Doctor]

Lucky sod !! I live close to woodland and all I get are sparrows - no wonder they ar rare everwhere else

Great foto

I have the same problem. Never understood why the government took sparrows and starlings off of the general license for pest control saying they were rare. The whole countries population of each must be in my garden, then!

We also seem to be inundated with corvids like magpies and pidgeons of all descriptions this year so the mild winter conditions must be having a knock on effect.

[pigletwillie]

Do woodpeckers taste like chicken????

[The Doctor]

Couldn't tell you, pidgeons do though!

[johnty greentoes]

Brilliant pics

Keep us all updated

[OverWyreGrower]

Lovely pics!

Never seen a woodpecker in real life. All we get are swallows and pigeons...

We have lots of bats though. If you stand in the garden when it's dark, you can feel them swooshing by your head!

[HeyWayne]

Lovely pics!

Never seen a woodpecker in real life. All we get are swallows and pigeons...

We have lots of bats though. If you stand in the garden when it's dark, you can feel them swooshing by your head!

Us too. I love watching the bats at dusk. Sorry to digress slightly but I like this story..

The house we lived in prior to our current abode was in a street called The Belfry. We used to back onto open fields and bats used to fly about along the back - Bat's in The Belfry.

Anyway, when we moved I said to my wife, that I was going to miss the bats of a summers evening. Then, low and behold, when we moved in, sat in the garden one night and we saw 3-4 bats flying above us. I like to think they moved with us...

I know!