#15

That is great!

A few years back when I was still smoking I used to go out into our back garden to light up. One week I kept hearing a strange scraping noise from further up the garden. Since we have a railway line right behind the garden I assumed it was a signal or something like that. But after a few days Mrs F was tending her garden and she found that a hedgehog had fallen into one of her empty plant pots and had been scraping away trying to climb out.

Fortunately they’re pretty resilient animals and it seemed fine. We had it and another one, possibly a baby one in the garden for months. One time it came out and sniffed my foot, which was cool. The difficulty with feeding hedgehogs though is that they eat the same stuff that cats and foxes go for (although foxes are also partial to a bit of hedgehog) so you need to put the feed somewhere quite inaccessible.

#16

I thought this was going to be a thread where everyone suddenly realised, “no, I haven’t seen any birds for ages” and we’d all be struck with the terrifying notion that this was the beginning of the end times.

Pity really.

#17

Another great call. I’ve been closely following the Egyptian Geese on St James’s Park lake this year. Because they’re filthy immigrants they haven’t worked out the weather here yet and try to have broods in February. Then it gets cold and they all die. Then they just try again. Resilient.

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#18

Ahhhh so that’s what they are! Always see 2 of these lads on the towpath on my cycle to work. Inseperable.

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#21

Also every now and again one of them will go into a mental quacking frenzy for no obvious reason. Also awesome.

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#22

friendly geese? what’s the world coming to

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#23

Seem to be a few around back in Kent, remember getting stuck behind one with my dog on a walk back in the day, it was just strolling down the pavement and Monty just refused to overtake it, the daft bastard :heart:

#24

great thread btw

#25

Kingfisher by the canal a few weeks ago was the best spot recently. We get blue, coal and great tits on our feeders and the occasional goldfinch and greenfinch. There’s a few jays knocking about locally which I’m a big fan of.

Highlight of the year was a male sparrowhawk perching in the garden back in the summer late one evening. Spotted from the sofa too.

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#27

Aww, they’re great. There used to be a couple used to be a couple that hung around the water and little park in canary wharf (now a building site) near the gfs flat and we’d see them most days and they’d come over and say hello. Made us so happy to see them.

#28

There’s a jay at my dad’s house that likes to come and sit on the windowsill and say hi/watch what you’re doing.

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#29

Think you’re onto something here. “Lake Birdless” in southern Italy. The entrance to the underworld.

#30

Haven’t seen any birds today thus far.

Norwich is clearly the entrance to the underworld.

#31

I would check the number of sins both of you are guilty of. Have you got a priest/exorcist handy?

#33

Wait? A Catholic priest?

#35

I didn’t think that was allowed?

#37

I suppose this has a fine tradition in terms of Pope’s nephews.

#38

Saw a lot yesterday

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And man, they were NOISY:

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#39

Saw a heron by the river the other day. Was dark so could not get a photo but they are beautiful things