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Windle

Über Member
Location
Burnthouses
'Toon Army' corvid on the patio, they're not just black & white though.

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Don't know what he's doing here, caught several shots of it seemingly rubbing his face / beak on the flagstones.
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Bristolian

Über Member
Location
Bristol, UK
Today's wildlife is new lodgers in one of our bird boxes. I guess they've been there for a while since both parents are busy bringing food for the little ones, who are rather vocal when hungry. We're looking forward to seeing them fledge ^_^
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Dogtrousers

Kilometre nibbler
I've always though that one of those would make a decent roast dinner. I wonder what they taste like, chips?

I have a vague memory of my mother saying she'd eaten seagull when staying with some distant relatives, possibly during the war. She said it was horrible. Could be that I've mis-remembered, or she might have been talking rubbish, or both.
 

deptfordmarmoset

Full time tea drinker
Location
Armonmy Way
I have a vague memory of my mother saying she'd eaten seagull when staying with some distant relatives, possibly during the war. She said it was horrible. Could be that I've mis-remembered, or she might have been talking rubbish, or both.
I remember reading (also a vague memory) that seagulls were caught and fed on grain for long enough to get rid of the fishy taste before selling them. Which century? Don't know. Where? Rainham, Kent, was one place, I think.
 

laurentian

Active Member

This looks remarkably familiar . . . where was it?
 

Windle

Über Member
Location
Burnthouses
From a mini bike ride along the Haggerleases railway path beside the river Gaunless on Sunday gone, two Cuckoo heard, one of which was extremely loud though a bit odd sounding. They're usually down there at this time of year and I saw three at the same time a few years ago.
At almost the same place that evening on a walk with the better half we saw what looked like a Mandarin drake flying over, which then turned round and flew back, to land in a tree where it perched for a good ten minutes! I had my binoculars with me so I could see it was a Mandarin, though I was confused by the tree perching until I had a look on 't web later. Apparently they do perch in trees. I suspect it was one from Low Barns nature reserve, a few miles north east of where we were.
 
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