OverClockers Twitchers' Thread

Junglist · 11 Feb 2021 at 16:28

dowie said:
LOL I opened this thread assuming it was going to be about people streaming video games or something, some nice pictures though guys

Instead you got something much, much cooler

Stumble Bum · 14 Feb 2021 at 14:02

Just added the Female Blackcap to my seen list today. Also saw what looked like a Redwing today too, but only caught a glimpse so I can't be sure.

I need some sort of chart where I can tick off all the birds I've seen.

arknor · 14 Feb 2021 at 14:12

I saw a heron at the local park in the summer, my favourite bird

Yas786 said:
Came into thread thinking this was a twitch thread.

Left disappointed

I came here thinking it was a twitch thread, leaving pleasantly surprised

Narj · 15 Feb 2021 at 08:59

Funnily enough, mentioning Blackcaps, I've had a male in my garden the past few days.

I also seem to have a regular Blackbird as well now

wozzizname · 15 Feb 2021 at 14:20

I'm lucky in that I get most of the garden birds (except house sparrows..), as well as great-spotted woodpeckers, a green woodpecker and nuthatch. The bad weather brought in some redwings over the past few days which was nice to see.

Stumble Bum · 15 Mar 2021 at 13:27

Just had a Pied Wagtail in the garden. He decided to spend the time banging on my window again and again haha! It gave me a nice close up of him, apparently this is them being territorial and seeing their reflection in the window?

Eurofighter · 16 Mar 2021 at 13:08

Love birds

Will Gill · 17 Mar 2021 at 11:29

I got so close to this little fella I thought he was dead!

413x · 17 Mar 2021 at 12:21

Got a Magpie nest in the oak tree. It's been so cool looking out my home office window and seeing them build it.

413x · 17 Mar 2021 at 12:21

Will Gill said:
I got so close to this little fella I thought he was dead!

They are so cute. Like little balls with tails.

Hilly · 17 Mar 2021 at 12:32

my backgarden seems to be aviary - get quite a few species. The normal ****, sparrows, collared doves; But also a few gold finches, great spotted woodpeckers (who visit daily), Jay's, Dunnocks and more. There's also a buzzard or two overhead too - which makes sense as the amount of birds in my tinyish garden is would be good feeding grounds for them!

Had a sparrow hawk a couple of times too after the poor Sparrows.

The birds are a great addition - my 8 month old has grown up watching them and always gets excited when the sparrows come in hordes to start feeding - queue lots of squealing and waving

Stumble Bum · 3 Apr 2021 at 21:39

Today... was a day of war.... A pair of crows have discovered my garden sanctuary. However in the overlooking trees adjacent, up high is a gang of Magpie thugs and their nests. The numbers are heavily stacked to the magpies. It has been a day of viscous swooping attacks by the Magpies. Charging in with their battle cries. The crows however are resilient, refusing to leave the battlefield even after multiple skirmishes have broken out. Even the front garden cctv camera has been trigger happy by all the action. But the crows are smart, working in pairs to single out and counter attack any isolated Magpies. The battle has gone on long into the day and it would appear there is a ceasefire until dawn. Who will win out as victor, only time will tell.

DanTheMan · 3 Apr 2021 at 22:18

We drove to my wife's parents today and I lost count the amount of crows chasing buzzards and red kites away from their nests. They are certainly confident in groups.

I don't think I will ever get over how impressive red kites are. There were a pair of them about 50ft above us today for a good while and they are fantastic.

We also had a pair of herons fly over head when I was in the garden earlier. First time I've ever seen more than one together.

Narj · 3 Apr 2021 at 22:25

DanTheMan said:
We drove to my wife's parents today and I lost count the amount of crows chasing buzzards and red kites away from their nests. They are certainly confident in groups.

I don't think I will ever get over how impressive red kites are. There were a pair of them about 50ft above us today for a good while and they are fantastic.

We also had a pair of herons fly over head when I was in the garden earlier. First time I've ever seen more than one together.

I saw a Heron the other day - no idea what it's doing over here - somebody must have a nice new fish pond.

SkodaMart · 3 Apr 2021 at 22:27

I didn’t know there was a twitchers thread.

Whilst I was out on my motorbike in the Peak District last summer I spotted what appeared (to me at least) to be an Eagle.
I pulled over to find several bird watchers observing it.
Turns out it was a Bearded Vulture!

moon man · 4 Apr 2021 at 09:31

I just love to watch and listen but Havnt a clue of type ect, get birds of prey here a lot soaring in pairs and have a feeder outside my living room, I'm guessing these were gulls I was watching in tintagel but type? Just like to watch and listen

DanTheMan · 4 Apr 2021 at 11:57

They look like kittiwakes to me. Black wing tips give it away.

bobbyspangles · 4 Apr 2021 at 13:34

They are herring gulls kittiwakes have completely black wing tips with no white spots.

alchal · 4 Apr 2021 at 21:24

Watching two pairs of buzzards a sparrow hawk or two and a couple of red kites in my OHs mother's back garden, grand day.
Buzzards stayed most of the day I'm the area as well so assume they nest close bye

Narj · 4 Apr 2021 at 21:34

alchal said:
Watching two pairs of buzzards a sparrow hawk or two and a couple of red kites in my OHs mother's back garden, grand day.
Buzzards stayed most of the day I'm the area as well so assume they nest close bye

Sparrow hawks are absolutely amazing birds. I've not seen the male and female that were visiting frequently around for a while though. Maybe they found better hunting