Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
The seagulls are especially aggressive there. More violent than I have seen in any seaside town.
Bird identification
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The seagulls are especially aggressive there. More violent than I have seen in any seaside town.
they are my fave...and they work thru the night too... I watch a load most evenings,when they arrive, picking on the foreshore down here with a pair of herons...which is nice.
And am always misnaming them fer tourists who ask wot they are.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Only the toughest make it in inner london. I saw one kill three pigeons in a row once, just for kicks.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
You like birdies Paul? Id love to see more birdy pics that people have taken
I like the odd bird, but I usually go for the big showbiz rare-ish birds like spoonbills. These little ones are too hard to identify.
I don't have any of those big lenses that birders use (and couldn't be arsed to carry them around), so I don't usually take pictures of them...
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I take lots of pictures of dead birds.
This is one of the reasons I hate cars, cats & people so much.
Hopefully we'll get Sheddy sorted for camrariness and stuff soon...as his daily visitation by ooooooooooooooooodles of cuties is a veritable ID parade.
He had a fantastic show of long tailed tits the otherday.
Bleddhi hippy.
This is one of the reasons I hate cars, cats & people so much.
Hopefully we'll get Sheddy sorted for camrariness and stuff soon...as his daily visitation by ooooooooooooooooodles of cuties is a veritable ID parade.
He had a fantastic show of long tailed tits the otherday.
Bleddhi hippy.
Callie
Pivoting
10 a blinking penny them canadian geeses are
so very common 
thats a cool pic though - is that bloke hiding behind the sofa from it? were there drugs involved
I usually try to stroke them geeses, not managed it yet. humph.
I'll ask the hedgehogs what they think, next time I see them.
sooooooooooooo negative!!! 
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I think ket was involved.10 a blinking penny them canadian geeses are
thats a cool pic though - is that bloke hiding behind the sofa from it? were there drugs involved
I usually try to stroke them geeses, not managed it yet. humph.
We fed them the first morning we arrived, so they came back every day and knocked on the windows with their bills.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I don't know my birds. Anyone know what this is? Could it be a blackbird? 
Or some kind of sparrow or... or... I dunno
Or some kind of sparrow or... or... I dunno 
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Ah, that's what I thought after googling images and discovering that female blackbirds aren't black
Thanks fen_boy
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
It's quite a tricky one this. Looks like the breast is heavily streaked indicating some species of pipit, but wings dropped & tail up is not regular pipit stance. That bill is long, too long for most warblers (which only rarely perch on walls) and long enough for juvenile dipper to be a candidate - and I know they are present around Lyme - but so rarely seen away from streams & rivers that it's doubtful. They're more barred rather than streaked, but... hmmm...
What sort of habitat was it in? Any other info?
(and who the fuck bumped this from 2009??!!)
What sort of habitat was it in? Any other info?
(and who the fuck bumped this from 2009??!!)
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
No, apart from the plumage - allowing for male, female, & juvenile - the bill is much too long and thin.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera ready, so didn't manage to get a good shot before it flew off, but here's another
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Oh yours is defo a juvenile blackbird (you should know that! wake up *clicks fingers*) but the original Paul Russell-photo birdie I mean...It was in a Brixton garden
I bumped it as I couldn't find a more recent thread
You can even see the downy fluff on that other photo... a week or two out of the nest probably
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
How the hell should I know what a juvenile blackbird looks like?
It's not like I have them in my garden regularly. They're probably scared off by the pigeons that are shitting on my plants
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
They'd be scared off by you doing that, but not the pigeons I don't thinkHow the hell should I know what a juvenile blackbird looks like?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
They'd be scared off by you doing that, but not the pigeons I don't think
It's very very rare for me to see birds in my garden, except pigeons. I can identify pigeons, seagulls, magpies, sparrows, robins, crows and not much else
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
I still think it's a juvenile starling. I first thought it was a juvenile blackbird but the beak and the tail are too short for my liking.
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/images/starling3.jpg
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/images/starling3.jpg
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I thought it looked a bit on the large side to be a starling
fen_boy
Exits gracefully.
It's a blackbird.
e2a, oh I see what you did. You thought I was identifying the OP from 3 years ago.
fen_boy
Exits gracefully.
It's not a starling it's a blackbird.
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