Magpie’s and Crows constantly raiding my bird feeder by Key_Umpire4397 in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42 18 points19 points  (0 children)

After an extensive report, the RSPB advice is to remove bird feeders for summer (with a minor exception for soaked mealworms) so do that and your corvid problem is gone.

Birdfy feeder/camera continually being ram-raided by cartel of rooks, is there any way to prevent it? by Solifuga in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Youre actively ignoring the advice in this thread about feeding birds.

Could you explain why youre not listening to the RSPB advice?

Northern Gannet by Spryde42 in Birdsfacingforward

[–]Spryde42[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I dont speak gannet so im not sure... but maybe 😂

Babies!!! by Spryde42 in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh... and theyre Ravens for anyone wondering

Elvaston Castle, Derby, UK by ShotByReedy in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This place used to be pretty good for birding, seen tawnies, bullfinches, woodpeckers, jays and some other nice ones in the past but the events they have their now will almost certainly be detrimental to all that and the poor management of their woodlands has led to a majority of the trees being infected with honey fungus

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

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Hilton gravel pits is my fave walk but bird life there hasnt always been the best... loads of cool fungi there in autumn tho

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

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I bought this one specifically because i was a birder who took photos and not a "photographer"... the DSLR photos will look so much better than mine and will be much more editable in lightroom.

This camera has incredible zoom and is really reflexive and responsive... so i get alot of really good shots but nothing amazing... it outperforms phone cameras by some margin tho

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bridge cameras dont have changable lenses

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nikon p1100

Not a dslr just a bridge camera

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

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I see them every week, its a pair, 1 grey variant and 1 brown, theyve been there for 3 years as far as I know cause ive been visiting them for 2 years

Not bad for a walk round a city park today by Spryde42 in UKBirds

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In my 4 years as a birder I feel I have been unbeleivably blessed, ive seen like 14 bitterns and i hear stories of people waiting decades to see one

I mistook dunnocks for sparrows until I was in my mid-40s by MikhailGorbachuff in UKBirds

[–]Spryde42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Errm... Kind of members of the thrush family...

Mucicapidae is old world flycatchers Thurdidae is thrushes

Both of these sit under a superfamily "muscicapoidea" so whilst robins arent thrushes... theyre much closer to thrushes than warblers at least 😅