fugtifino Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Stuff you see in your garden or on your travels. Prompted to start this thread 'cos I've just seen a pair of these in the grounds of my workplace: http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/w/waxwing/index.aspx Not very common around here apparently. There were reports some time ago of an otter sighting in Glazebrook, anyone seen it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I had a report of an Otter sighting at Rixton Claypits last year,(definately not Mink). So that isn't too far away Fugs. The Mersey is only a hop spit and a jump away, so there's the likely souce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Though I had seen something similar when I opened the link but the bird I saw was only the size of a sparrow not a starling. Definately not seen one of those but will keep an eye out as ine would look lovely in a bird cage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted March 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Yeah, that was it, Rixton Claypits. Apparently these waxwings have been seen in numbers in Kent, RSPB site says only usually 100 in the country through the winter: sign of a changing climate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 About four years ago in late winter we had a flock of around 30-40 Waxwings in the large trees in Bellhouse Lane grappenhall, they eventuall roosted in a Crab apple tree in my garden and proceeded to gorge themselves on the fruit, as usual by the time I managed to get my camera they had flown, not spotted any since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Spotted on the bird feeder last night, anyone know of anyone who's lost a Zebra Finch? http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.finchworld.com/Birds/Finch/Zebra/zebrajarvisopt.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.finchworld.com/zebra.html&usg=__dvV_uFRIAomGG5HT2cdj5-fG1cI=&h=245&w=300&sz=10&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=PK9QBKSy9PQ97M:&tbnh=132&tbnw=162&ei=NzwcTsLiIcGp8QPH-7SrCA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dzebra%2Bfinch%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D592%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=109&page=1&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&tx=51&ty=40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 awww it's so cute... are they not wild birds then? As for your waxwing I remember someone else posting on here about seeing one last year but I can't remember who it was or when it was. It might have been Geoff S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted July 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 They're native to Australia, apparently, so it looks like an escapee from someone's aviary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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