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Whilst attempting to catch my blue tit with one
foot missing, to take to
Cuan Wildlife Rescue
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using only one foot while feeding. It was making use
of its wings to help with balance, just like the
other one I was trying to catch, this is what
first attracted my attention to it. It looked to
be in very good condition apart from its right
leg, which it was making no attempt to use. You
can just make out the right foot in the slowed down video
and the still frames at the end. I caught the
other one, with the missing foot, and its now at Cuan
Wildlife Rescue having treatment for a scaly
mite condition. At least its now in the warm
during this cold spell and I will be keeping a
eye on this second one for while to see how in
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VIDEO
Blue Tit using one leg only
28th Dec
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Feeding your garden birds
is more important
than ever as we approach the cold and short
winter days, one way of providing extra
nutrition for them is by putting out fruit in
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VIDEO
An Apple a Day
20th Dec
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20th Dec |
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A look back at some of the
wading birds that I have seen at my local nature
reserve, Venus Pool, just 6 miles south of Shrewsbury.
It's good place to see a wide range woodland, farmland
and wetland birds as well as a variety of waders
during the spring and autumn passage
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Wading
Birds at Venus Pool
20th Dec
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Now
that winter is here it's good to see the wren
back full time in the garden, it comes out from
cover to be fed whenever it sees me in the
garden and always makes a call as it collects
it's mealworm, which I interpret as thank
you !
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Although the commonest bird in the UK the wren
is more
often heard than seen, it searches in low bushes
and undergrowth, tree roots and rocks
for spiders, flies, small caterpillars
and sometimes ants. It is a
fascinating bird to watch as it is
always on the go and hopefully I have
caught some of its character in these
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Click on
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Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
30th Dec
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new blog.
I live in Shrewsbury and although most of my blog
will be a diary and observations about garden birds
I will inevitably be drawn out to the beautiful
surrounding countryside of Shropshire, from the
meres in the north to the rolling South Shropshire
Hills.
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Tips on Photographing
Garden Birds |
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am just an enthusiastic amateur bird watcher and
photographer with a keen interest in
understanding bird behaviour. I will occasionally try and pass
on a few tips that I have picked up that you may
find useful when photographing
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A selection of some of the 39 species of birds that visit my garden. I have gradually changed my urban back garden into a wildlife friendly area by adding water features, fruit and berry bushes & trees and letting the ivy cover the fence, trees and back of the house. I have introduced a rough grass area and encouraged wild flowers such as trefoil, knapweed, nettles & teasel to grow. By year round feeding & adding nest boxes I have recorded 39 different species of birds including predators, which I suppose is a sign of a well stocked wildlife garden.
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The 39 garden bird species captured on film or
photographed: Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Brambling,
Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch. Chiffchaff, Coal
Tit, Collard Dove, Common Redpoll, Dunnock, Fieldfare,
Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great
Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail, House Sparrow, Jay,
Lesser Redpoll, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle
Thrush, Nuthatch, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Robin,
Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Stock Dove, Willow
Warbler, Wood Pigeon, Wren. and a Garden Warbler no
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SHROPSHIRE BIRD PHOTO GALLERY |
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My list of
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Arctic Tern,
Bar-headed
Goose,
Barnacle
Goose,
Bee-eater, Bewick's Swan, Blackbird, Blackcap,
Black-headed Gull, Black-tailed Godwit,
Black
Redstart, Black Swan, Blue Tit, Brambling, Brent
Goose, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada Goose,
Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit,
Collard Dove, Common Sandpiper, Common Redpoll,
Coot, Cormorant, Curlew, Dipper, Dunlin,
Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Fieldfare, Gadwall,
Garganey, Golden Plover, Goldeneye, Goldfinch,
Goldcrest, Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, Great
Spotted Woodpecker,
Great Tit, Green Sandpiper, Green
Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Greenshank,
Green-winged Teal, Grey Heron, Grey
Wagtail, Greylag Goose, Herring
Gull, Hobby, House Martin, House Sparrow,
Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Lapwing,
Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Little
Egret, Little Grebe, Little Ringed Plover,
Long-tailed Tit, Magpie,
Mallard,
Marsh Tit, Meadow Pipit, Mistle
Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Nuthatch, Osprey,
Oystercatcher, Peregrin Falcon, Pheasant,
Pied Flycatcher, Pied
Wagtail, Pink-footed Goose, Pintail, Pochard,
Raven, Redwing, Redstart,
Redshank, Red-legged Partridge,
Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Ringed
Plover, Robin, Rook, Ruff,
Sanderling, Sand Martin, Scaup,
Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, Shoveler Duck, Siskin,
Skylark, Snipe, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk,
Spoonbill,
Spotted Flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Starling,
Stock Dove, Stonechat, Swallow, Swift, Teal,
Tundra Bean Goose,
Whooper Swan Tree Sparrow, Treecreeper, Tufted
Duck, Turnstone, Waxwing, Wheatear,
Whitethroat, White-fronted Goose, Wigeon, Willow
Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellow Wagtail,
Yellow Legged Gull, Yellowhammer, |
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