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I have been sent this wonderful photo of a chaffinch nest with four chaffinch eggs inside. The chaffinch nest is usually made from grass, moss and hair with an inner lining of feathers and hair, which you can see in the above photo. It is normally a round shape and can sometimes have an outer covering … Read more
On Monday I noticed a white bird on my garden path and upon closer inspection I saw what looked like a white pigeon or dove. It’s legs had been cut on something but as I got closer it managed to fly up onto the barn roof. It seems to be quite tame and I think … Read more
Last weekend there were five swallow chicks in a swallows nest in the mill house. The parents had been busily flying in and out of the mill house to feed them. On Saturday morning the chicks were resting on the roof truss in the mill house before they fledged over the weekend. All this week … Read more
Over the past month or so a couple of swallows have been flying in and out of the millhouse. I have been ducking my head as I enter just in case one of the adult swallows is in mid flight! It took me a while to locate the nest they were making but eventually I … Read more
David at treesparrow.com has initiated a project in the Claro area of North Yorkshire to place 300 nest boxes for Tree Sparrows throughout the area. The project is very keen to hear from the farming and rural communities if they see Tree Sparrows on their land or in their gardens. Their website has plenty of helpful information … Read more
I received an email about founding sparrow eggs. Hi, my dad found 11 sparrow eggs. We dont know how old they are. 5 were in one nest. 4 in the other and the last 2 in the third. there is no mom. Is there a possibilaty that they will hatch? If so, how do i … Read more
We get alot of sparrows in our garden but I was unsure of the difference between the house sparrow and the tree sparrow. One of my forum readers gave me this information: “Tree sparrows are smaller than house sparrows and have a completely brown head.” Campbell Ridge This helped me to identify the sparrows in … Read more
Last night I went out to check on my sows who are due to farrow shortly and after leaving the pig barn I went to see what the cats were up to. Stripe who has an injured leg got chased by Fluffy but I managed to stop Fluffy from getting Stripe, phew! Anyway whilst I … Read more
Fieldfare Last year I kept spotting a fieldfare in the orchard and early this year the fieldfare was back and this thime there were two of them. The fieldfare makes a clacking sound and it’s plummage is brown on it’s back and wings with a lighter brown and dappled breast and grey head. I haven’t seen … Read more
I have some fatballs hanging in the garden near the kitchen window. I spotted a great tit feeding on the fatball. I believe this is a great tit and not a blue tit because of the dark head but I will be checking with my friend Trisha over … Read more