Show us yer tits ( or other bird species )

[Rezillo]

Here's a Cornish one with a bit of a punk vibe.

 

[Julia9054]

Here's a Cornish one with a bit of a punk vibe.

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That's a great photo. Love the blue on its head against the blue of the sky

 

[Old jon]

Must be Parkinson's then.

A Parkinson's sparrow it is then!

 

[potsy]

Mine

 

[Gravity Aided]

House sparrow numbers have declined by two thirds since the 1970s but the good news is that over the last 12 years numbers have remained stable and are even showing a slight up turn according to the British Trust for Ornithology.
Starlings - very common when I was a child - have declined by around 70% whereas more generalist feeders such as blackbirds, blue tits and robins have seen an increase in their numbers.
These figures certainly chime with my observations as a keen bird watcher since I was a child.

I'll send you some of those as well, separate package from the English Sparrows.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Swifts are common with masonry chimneys, our chimney was rife with them, as was my elementary school.

 

[Fnaar]

*thinks of asking Miss Goodbody to come out of retirement ...

 

[Aravis]

In the spirit of the thread title, here's a fine pair:

 

[smutchin]

[QUOTE 5306718, member: 9609"]can you remember what station / time ?[/QUOTE]

Must be Radio 4 but I’ve had a look in the schedule on iplayer and can’t find a likely programme at the times I would have been listening in the last couple of days. Hope I didn’t imagine it... bizarre.

 

[swee'pea99]

Ok, truly terrible photo (it was a long way, and I think my phone's focus was baffled by the leaves 'n that) but if you look very carefully, you can just make out two greyish blobs, sitting on the branch...

What makes it (arguably) worthwhile is that this was a family of kestrels or some such breed of hawk, in a wood near me, in the hellhole that is that there London. I've never seen birds of prey in London before.

 

[Asa Post]

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[Hitchington]

Nice, don't you think that house sparrows are getting less common, compared to about 30 years ago, too many cats perhaps, I quite like cats, but they do kill birds.

Sparrows are making a comeback near where I live. I see dozens of them when I cycle through Bridgehouse Meadows (near Milwall's ground) every morning. The council have promoted lots of hedges, wild flower and meadows just there.

 

[potsy]

My favourite shot of the garden tits.

 

[Cycleops]

They’re sparrows, well that’s me told.

I don't think Bill Oddie will have anything to worry about.

 

[Rezillo]

That's a great photo. Love the blue on its head against the blue of the sky

Thanks - the ancient stone-hedged pathway within which this photo was taken was a gift. Whitethroats, pipits, wrens, stonechats and the occasional buzzard. This young wren was one of a swarm of fledglings.