Unusual bird on my bird table.

[Old Hack]

It was the red plumage that was so impressive.

And the sheer speed of arrival & departure.

They're stunning aren't they. Out here, you see lots of Birds of Prey, much more than when I was a lad, and farmers are starting to call them pests for some reason.

Sounds nerdy, but we keep a camera and binoculars ready all the time when I am working from home. Spotted a beautiful woodpecker yesterday as well.

[zeitghost]

I've seen very few woodpeckers, but heard a lot.

We now have a woodpecker that comes along & eats the peanuts out of the feeder.

Just like these:



And not to mention

[Old Hack]

Nuthatches aren't that common, and to get the woodpeckers so close is really good going.

That's cracking.

[Lockhouse]

I live in the countryside outside of Winchester. We get the red-headed and the green woodpeckers - the green ones are stunning.

I've not seen any birds of prey actually in the garden (we get loads of Corvids, Jays, T*ts etc) but at the lake at the back of our house we get flocks of buzzards at high altitude during the summer. Never seen one low or up close.

[zeitghost]

And now and again we get these:



They're lovely little birds.

[Old Hack]

We get a lot of wagtails, finches, coal/blue tits on ours, nothing much larger. Never seen those fellas before, must admit.

[zeitghost]

We get a lot of wagtails, finches, coal/blue tits on ours, nothing much larger. Never seen those fellas before, must admit.

They travel around in a little flock of 8 or 10.

make I smile everytime they come visiting.

[rootsnall]

looks like a Sh1te-Hawk to me
:

How do you make the pic appear ?

[cojak]

And now and again we get these:



They're lovely little birds.

My brother has those in his garden. They form an orderly queue along his shed roof to use the peanut holder.

Are they coal t*ts?

[Troll]

I've seen very few woodpeckers, but heard a lot.

We now have a woodpecker that comes along & eats the peanuts out of the feeder.

Just like these:



And not to mention

I had one of these in my garden recently - lovely to look at!