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My invitation to "Dinner" might have a different outcome Roy.:ymdevil:

Tony.
 
I think these would be Greylag Geese looking at the pictures on the internet.

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Tony.
 
Wow! Long tail tits nest ?
never ever found one ! Can I come nesting
With you Sean?
When I was a lad I loved this time of year
 
Sean d said:
I've found dozens over the years pal, I cant just go for a walk, my head is always in a Bush, here's another for youView attachment 138895
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Could be Robin, but can’t tell if nest is off the ground. If it is it’s my favourite garden bird, when I was younger and living at home my father was hand feeding one in the back garden for a couple years before it disappeared. It took him months to get it to come for small worm on his open hand. Got one that comes every morning about 10:30 sits on fence right outside my front room window and stays for a while if Im sitting in my chair, sure he’s looking at me.
Wife says he don’t stay long when Im not there. Love to think he’s looking for a friend.
 
Rha said:
Could be Robin, but can’t tell if nest is off the ground. If it is it’s my favourite garden bird, when I was younger and living at home my father was hand feeding one in the back garden for a couple years before it disappeared. It took him months to get it to come for small worm on his open hand. Got one that comes every morning about 10:30 sits on fence right outside my front room window and stays for a while if Im sitting in my chair, sure he’s looking at me.
Wife says he don’t stay long when Im not there. Love to think he’s looking for a friend.
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I love Robin's too mate, one has just built a nest in the garden but not laid yet
 
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I think everyone likes Robins, fascinating little birds, very territorial. I have them nesting reularly in a patch of Ivy at the front of the house.
 
Talking of robins...
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I used to love Yellow Hammers, or Yellow Buntings are they are often known. I was with my Dad once and he found a Yellow Hammer nest about 2ft off the ground in a gorse patch. He told me that he used to refer to them as the "Scribbling Schoolmaster" because their eggs had little lines over them and looked like they had been written on or scribbled on. Reed Buntings were the same but were different coloured eggs

Yellow Hammer/Yellow Bunting
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Reed Bunting
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When I was at school we had a great teacher who took us for Rural Science and he was a proper country man who taught us about all types of wildlife especially birds and reptiles. I wonder if they still teach this subject today?
 
Jack Ratt said:
I used to love Yellow Hammers, or Yellow Buntings are they are often known. I was with my Dad once and he found a Yellow Hammer nest about 2ft off the ground in a gorse patch. He told me that he used to refer to them as the "Scribbling Schoolmaster" because their eggs had little lines over them and looked like they had been written on or scribbled on. Reed Buntings were the same but were different coloured eggs

Yellow Hammer/Yellow Bunting
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Reed Bunting
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When I was at school we had a great teacher who took us for Rural Science and he was a proper country man who taught us about all types of wildlife especially birds and reptiles. I wonder if they still teach this subject today?
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Those eggs are stunning pal, I have found a couple of reed buntings over the years but neveer found a yellowhammers, both are very nervy birds and will spook easily during nest building, this is the best time to find where they are building but give a wide berth until they have a full clutch, then they are much more commited and wont spook, Yellowhammer is top of my list, I have been watching a couple of males calling, we have good numbers around here this year,
 
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