Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers happily pecking at Grape vine buds and at a
Wisteria sinensis.
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One Woodpecker bottom left and the second one middle right.
A Blackbird? was gorging on hawthorn berries. However, having just seen
https://www.sos.org.uk/recent-sightings where Ring Ouzels have been seen, could this be a female 1st year Ring ouzel? Advice please.
Response from SOS follows
For a Ring Ouzel of any age, one thing which usually stands out is the scaled effect, which unfortunately does not appear to be present on your bird. Your bird seems to be all one solid colour, except for the few odd markings around the head. These could simply be a plumage abnormality, as there is not even a hint of a white breastband, as there should be even on juvenile Ring Ouzels. Therefore, I am sorry to suggest that this is probably a Blackbird, but I would be interested in other peoples' thoughts on this.
(Agree, it's a Blackbird - Ed)
posted by William Arrowsmith on 17 Oct 2019 14:15
Thanks All, too bad! Peter
A Song thrush enjoying this wildlife friendly garden.
Note the "armour-plated" bird boxes on the pergola covered in clay roof tiles against woodpecker attack,
https://sussexrambler.blogspot.com/2011/05/great-spotted-woodpecker-attacking-blue.html.
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| Greenfinch |
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| Great tit |
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Blue tit
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This garden is the subject of an illustrated talk: details at
http://www.peterlovetttalks.co.uk/page19.html This talk suggests to ignore gardening advice to cut back lavender flowers after flowering. Play the video above to see why.
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