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Not my best film, but had the wrong lens on really
https://youtu.be/_wglSY9sKIA

Reading back over this thread and seeing a Siskin mentioned has reminded me it's many.years since we have seen one here. Like greenfinches they used to visit our bird feeders regularly snd then suddenly without our noticing they were no more. We don't even see sparrows around our house now.

We had to stop putting bird feeders out because of a growing rat problem but not having them makes it harder to track which species are suddenly going missing from your local area. Perhaps we need to reinstate them again despite the rats so we can better track what's happening. (We have 3 rat bait boxes in our garden which are regularly emptied so we know the rat problem is still ongoing yet we hardly ever spot one. Suspect they,re mostly visiting after dark now.

Excellent, Burnie, thank you for sharing it with us!

Primrose wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:39 am Reading back over this thread and seeing a Siskin mentioned has reminded me it's many.years since we have seen one here. Like greenfinches they used to visit our bird feeders regularly snd then suddenly without our noticing they were no more. We don't even see sparrows around our house now.

Siskins tend to be in our forests and I see more of them in the winter months
Siskin-male by tigerburnie, on Flickr

Woody Woodpecker by tigerburnie, on Flickr

That has reminded me tigerburnie that this is another species I haven't seen in our garden for quite a while.

It's our only Woodpecker in the forest, we had Green Woodpeckers, but they seem to have vanished and there are no Lesser Spotted in Scotland at the moment.

That,s sad tiger. You,d better look after him ( or her) but if that,s the only one left, without a breeding pair the future looks dismal.

An Admiral shot by tigerburnie, on Flickr

Brilliant as always

Thanks Robo

Starling pinching the Rowan berries

You’re getting the hang of this, Burnie….
Lovely pictures as always, thank you.

You're welcome OH

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.....................................(just click on the image, there is a bit of the sound of the sea too)
Beside the seaside by tigerburnie, on Flickr