Originally posted by ardcarp
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What birds (are you/have you been) watching? What birds have been watching you?
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI agree there. It's just that I think he may have been onto something with that particular idea. I expect Richard Tarleton will put me straight on that one.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI can appreciate that corgi recommendation, given that dachsunds would have been low enough to allow aircraft to pass over them.
I wonder if I'm the only person on this forum likely to have been in favour of Boris Island. The usual reason for such opposition to large construction schemes from environmentalists is that they interfere with migratory bird resting places - the hydroelectric barriers being proposed for the S Wales coastline coming in for similar criticism- but in the Sheppey/Canvey part of the Thames estuary there could surely be found lots of alternative sites, such as the one that has been reclaimed from a military shooting range as part of the South Hornchurch Country Park near the Essex Rainham, which one understands has successfully attracted a large number of fauna and flora back.
Plus - I've mentioned the underwater Trump that is Richard Montgomery. There is also Dickensian heritage which obviously takes precedence over all the residents of caravans on Sheppey. Some of us want pirate radio hotels on the remaining WW2 infrastructure. Holiday Inn Mi Amigo. In contrast, Boris Island, Tracy Island....they are strictly for the birds.
(Footnote - I am not wholly averse to a Jaywick Airport if the Clacton MP could provide some nice housing elsewhere for people still in the most socially deprived ward in England)Last edited by Lat-Literal; 08-02-17, 11:09.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Lat-Literal View PostWhy have I got seagulls in my garden?
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostIs it because you leave your rubbish out there instead of taking it to the local amenity site?
Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostHerring or black-headed? 2 species mainly implicated in gulls' move inland. How far from the coast are you? Here's an RSPB note about urban gulls, and a good BBC article. Do you put food out for small birds? What attractions for the gulls are there nearby? (Reservoir for roosting, recycling area/retail complex etc. for feeding....).
(b) 38.6 miles (from Brighton).
(c) I should put food out but I don't because I don't know how to do it effectively.
(d) Second highest point in all of Greater London with a lot of trees - immediately north after this point it is much more urban.
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Richard Tarleton
Basically it's our fault! Lesser black-backs have also started feeding inland, but it means they take the wrong sort of food home for their young, so their breeding success is dropping....
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Why have I got seagulls in my garden?
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We don't get gulls, but our garden is in a very forested area. Currently we are seeing a dispute between blue tits and nuthatches for our feeders, and they have sadly seen off a bullfinch. The robins more or less ignore these squabbles. Other species are available (including tawny owls calling most nights).
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by agingjb View PostWe don't get gulls, but our garden is in a very forested area. Currently we are seeing a dispute between blue tits and nuthatches for our feeders, and they have sadly seen off a bullfinch. The robins more or less ignore these squabbles. Other species are available (including tawny owls calling most nights).
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We have a pair of Bullfinches in the area and the male very rarely pops in to feed off the kibbled sunflower hearts (I buy whole hearts and give them a brief whirr in a blender). More unusually, for the last few days we have had a regular male Siskin that typically pops in early in the afternoon to gorge on the seeds for a minute or two. A couple of days ago we had a visit from two females as well, but I have not seen those since. We still have at least three Blackcaps visiting. I regular see two Robins together, an adult and a first year bird. They are so regular that they seem to be a pair, yet they are not overly friendly. There was some mutual puffing up of chests today, yet they are not chasing each other off. We also have two Blackbirds that similarly appear to be paired, but are making no attempt to nest yet.
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