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Saturday, 16 June 2012
Ah, tis good to see normal service resumed, nice shot of a Spot Fly !
Having discussed the matter of keeping finds to themselves with other kind sharing blog members (on private land etc. and nesting Redstarts) it has been decided that sharing opportunities is now a no no and every man for himself!!
On a birding front this year is going down as the shitest ever, recent finds include nests full of Swallow and Pied wagtails, half grown and stone cold dead through lack of food.Wood warblers all failed etc So it's good to see you toggers have got your priorities right!
Misty is spot on.. This breeding season is the worst I have ever known as far as I can see - Goldcrest, Collared Doves, Blue, Great Coal, etc etc have all failed - no fledglings anywhere!! The breeding populations are being helped out by feeding stations - normally at this time of year there are no birds in my garden. I have Blue great coal tits, siskin, bullfinch, wood pigeon, collared dove, nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker - no suppression here! Just no birds!
Misty, you may have noticed my postings on the Glam birds site that the breeding season at Coed-y-Bedw is the worst since I got involved in 1985. it started with the gales of 1 st w/e in May when trees came down & 2 clutches of GT were dead just after hatching & the situation just worsened in the fwg weeks. Good weather last week of May brought some respite but a bit late, some birds started again but with limited success. When I do my final analysis, most I can hope for is 40 % success rate, as Smudger says its all eerily quiet in the woods & lots of birds taking food put out at home.
Mike, you might be surprised to know that when we are out photographing species such as the redstarts you are seeing,they are fed fresh mealworms,a high protein diet,when photographing species like yellowhammers for example,they are fed high quality seed. So as for getting priorities right,the weather patterns we cannot command, however the birds diet we can offer help. Its a win-win in my eyes.
Nige I was on about the bitching at other toggers about getting bird shots or not.I help out where I can too, took out a Welsh Black earlier should keep a few raptors fed for a while. Tiger , Rich it seems across the board with all species suffering, who would have thought a swallow in a nice dry shed would fail, there is a definite shortfall in fledgelings you would expect to seee
Same here, high percentage of my boxes have failed mainly blue tits, with dead young in the nest all the young seemed roughly the same age, so i am assuming that it was the nasty rain and gales that caused so many failure's.
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Too many people keeping secrets!
No Sir, not me Sir, not guilty me lord !
shhh.
Having discussed the matter of keeping finds to themselves with other kind sharing blog members (on private land etc. and nesting Redstarts) it has been decided that sharing opportunities is now a no no and every man for himself!!
Comes into that `suppression` category!
On a birding front this year is going down as the shitest ever, recent finds include nests full of Swallow and Pied wagtails, half grown and stone cold dead through lack of food.Wood warblers all failed etc
So it's good to see you toggers have got your priorities right!
Misty is spot on..
This breeding season is the worst I have ever known as far as I can see - Goldcrest, Collared Doves, Blue, Great Coal, etc etc have all failed - no fledglings anywhere!!
The breeding populations are being helped out by feeding stations - normally at this time of year there are no birds in my garden.
I have Blue great coal tits, siskin, bullfinch, wood pigeon, collared dove, nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker - no suppression here!
Just no birds!
Misty, you may have noticed my postings on the Glam birds site that the breeding season at Coed-y-Bedw is the worst since I got involved in 1985. it started with the gales of 1 st w/e in May when trees came down & 2 clutches of GT were dead just after hatching & the situation just worsened in the fwg weeks. Good weather last week of May brought some respite but a bit late, some birds started again but with limited success. When I do my final analysis, most I can hope for is 40 % success rate, as Smudger says its all eerily quiet in the woods & lots of birds taking food put out at home.
Mike, you might be surprised to know that when we are out photographing species such as the redstarts you are seeing,they are fed fresh mealworms,a high protein diet,when photographing species like yellowhammers for example,they are fed high quality seed. So as for getting priorities right,the weather patterns we cannot command, however the birds diet we can offer help. Its a win-win in my eyes.
Nige I was on about the bitching at other toggers about getting bird shots or not.I help out where I can too, took out a Welsh Black earlier should keep a few raptors fed for a while. Tiger , Rich it seems across the board with all species suffering, who would have thought a swallow in a nice dry shed would fail, there is a definite shortfall in fledgelings you would expect to seee
Same here, high percentage of my boxes have failed mainly blue tits, with dead young in the nest all the young seemed roughly the same age, so i am assuming that it was the nasty rain and gales that caused so many failure's.
on a brighter note Whinchat are bucking the trend with plenty of juvvies, including a few already out of nest
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