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Our birds are declining, let's stop it now!


Fuglet

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14 canada geese.

7 coots

4 moorhens

3 swans

30 plus ducks (assorted)

3 buzzards

2 cormorant

4 robins

2 sparrows (hedge possibly)

20+  gulls

6 magpies

5 crows/rooks

one large flock of unidentifiable birds (may have been starlings).

 

Not bad for a ten minute stroll along sankey valley. Not seen the kingfishers yet but it is early in the year and looking to see if the crested grebes make a return this year.

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I agree with Algy, the buzzard population is getting out of hand.  Last year a woman I know was attacked by a buzzard whilst out jogging. It swooped down from behind and sunk it's claws into her head - she was quite badly physically injured and extremely shocked!  The same buzzard has attacked about 3 other people in roughly the same location. After 'googling' I realised this is not that rare.  

 

I admit I like to see buzzards as they are so large and fierce looking but I really do miss seeing the variety of smaller birds we used to have and also as Algy noted, hares are now scarce. They were always a lovely sight to see but I've not seen one for some years now. 

It's even longer since I've had a song thrush in the garden, I put that down to people using poison slug pellets - there are alternative and effective forms of slug control so why have the bird poisoning ones not been banned?

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Fuglet, just to update, at the allotment site  there are many blue tits, robins, blackbirds,wrens, buzzards, magpies, crows, pigeons, thrushes, chaffinches, goldfinch, I saw a nuthatch and regularly hear a woodpecker in the tree above my plot.  I feed the birds all through the winter and me and my daughter will be making nesting boxes this weekend as well as bug hotels and bee homes, great fun.

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Your allotment sounds like a lovely and fun place to be PJ with all those birds etc about.  My other half has always wanted one so he has a place to chill and de-stress (I think he meant so he can get away from me to be honest) but says but none ever seem to come up and apparently there's always a long waiting list.

Must admit I'm a bit scared of bees (not as much as I used to be though) and terrified of wasps and don't like creepy crawlies either so that side of allotments may freak me out a bit but I could always wear an all in one suit, gloves and full face mask if he did ever manage to get one :lol:  :lol: 

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Must admit I'm a bit scared of bees (not as much as I used to be though) and terrified of wasps and don't like creepy crawlies either so that side of allotments may freak me out a bit but I could always wear an all in one suit, gloves and full face mask if he did ever manage to get one :lol:  :lol:

 

Kinky!!!!

 

there are bee hives on the site but nobody but the beekeeper has ever been stung by one.  I did get stung by a wasp on there once.  

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