admin | September 18, 2007
Latin Name: Gallinula chloropus
Description: A small blackish looking bird (breast feathers actually a bluish green) with yellowy green legs and toes. The feet of this bird are quite long. The bill is bright red with a yellow tip.
Habitat: The moorhen lives on and near water with thickly vegetated banks.
Food: This bird eats acquatic plants, grass, insects [...]
admin | August 10, 2007
I have just been outside in the garden and in the space of a few minutes I could see and hear lots of different birds.
At first I could hear the wren and then I saw it.
Next I saw the robin hopping about from branch to branch.
Then came the bluetit resting on an apple tree branch.
The [...]
admin | June 16, 2007
There are a number of signs to look & listen out for when trying to discover birdlife in an area.
Nests.
Bird song.
Owl pellets.
Bird droppings.
Footprints.
Bird calls.
Feathers.
Egg shells.
Eggs in nests or nest boxes.
I have seen and heard all these signs of birdlife in and around the farm. Let me know what signs of birdlife you have spotted in [...]
admin | May 31, 2007
After a day out yesterday, I arrived home in time to get my guinea fowl and Hatty the Hen in for the night. Once locked up safely in their hut I did my usual hunt for guinea fowl eggs.
When I entered the garden I noticed the lid to the nest box was on the floor. I quickly [...]
admin | May 28, 2007
Last week I noticed that the bird box had a blue tit nesting in it with 10 blue tit eggs inside.
Today when the family and I were playing football with my 3 year old nephew, we saw alot of movement around the nest box. I carefully climbed onto a chair and peered through the hole [...]
admin | May 24, 2007
The swallows are back and nesting in the “cat” barn.
I noticed a couple of swallows had returned around the end of April, but it wasn’t until the last two weeks that I began to notice more of them circling the sky around the yard.
Last year the swallows made a nest in the roof of the [...]
admin | May 18, 2007
Latin Name: Erithacus rubecula.
Description: The robin has a red forehead, breast and throat, whilst the head, back, wings and tail are an olive brown colouring. The robin has a small, rotund body, dark eyes and very slender legs. The young do not have the red breast and are a speckled brown in colour.
Habitat: The robin can be [...]
admin | April 10, 2007
Swans are large water birds that can swim and fly.
The male swan is called the cob.
The female swan is called the pen.
Young swans are called cygnets.
Mute swans (Cygnus olor) are found in Great Britain.
The mute swan is a very large bird which has white plumage, grey-black legs and an orange-red bill with black on it.
This swan can be [...]
admin | April 5, 2007
Latin name: Motacilla alba.
Description: The white wagtail has a long tail which is a grey-black colour on the top and white underneath. It has a white and black breast, with a black crown and white around it’s eyes. The wings on the white wagtail are grey, black and white. The white wagtail has a grey back [...]
admin | March 27, 2007
The Chaffinch
Latin Name: Fringilla coelebs.
Description: The male chaffinch has a bright pink breast and a brown back. The rump and tail are an olive colour and the crown is a slate blue colour.
The female chaffinch has similar colouring but is a little duller than the male. Both the male and female have browny black [...]
