These have a lovely deep black colour running from their head to half way down their back also black wings, their lower back is a coppery? colour extending to their tail. If I manage to get a photo I will post it on here for a (hopefully) positive id but rather cold at present out there during the d...

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A wife is sitting on the couch drinking wine with her husband and says 'I love you'.
He says is that you or the wine talking?
She says it's me -....but I'm talking to the wine...

Thanks for the pictures Richard, the one of the redstarts has just helped us identify the little birds that have been flying in and out of the barn as Black redstarts, stunning little things.

You live a learn a bit everyday

Glad to hear things are going well, I hope his skin problems are also improving.

Fingers crossed that he recovers fully and finds himself some good owners.

Yes, I'm afraid that some Countries, more around the Med areas do seem to have a 'if it flies, it dies' policy. Here the saying seems to be "If it moves you shoot!" and that applies all year to anything even though there are meant to be designated hunting seasons. Eagles are a favorite ta...

Lovely photo again We love watching these soar overhead when out walking and for the first time since moving here, presumably due to the winter we have had them over the garden and in the trees around the garden perimeter. Unfortunately they are often used as target practice by the "Idiots with...

We get both jays and green woodpeckers here, At present we have @ 3/4 jays that visit every day feeding on the acorns and walnuts we put out for them. They are truly a stunning bird happily landing on the window sill to feed. They are one of our favorites (the golden oriole, bee-eater and hoopoe top...

A mummy covered in chocolate and nuts has been discovered in Egypt .................

Archaeologists believe it may be Pharaoh Roche...

A right treat this morning had several fieldfares sitting in our walnut tree coming down to eat the fruit we put out for the chickens, a first and it has got the day of to a good start

I cannot help on the main question as our birds are totally free range only being secured in their coop at night but people on here have a wealth of knowledge to share so help will be along soon We have a house rabbit also and he is a source of great fun and and amusement, he also has a free run and...

Thought it maybe time to resurrect this old thread for the lighter side of life Two tourists were driving through Wales. At Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybaarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole, they stopped for lunch and one tourist asked the waitress: "Before we order, could you please settle a...

Must be a lovely sight even if they can become a menace.

Grannyof4 - Thanks for confirming what we were told about ducks we were unsure if it was true or not.

Mo - Thanks as well for the advice on the frozen eggs, they have gone into some pastry today.

We are still around tomorrow!!!

We missed them laying today due to being out on a late dog walk and ended up with our first frozen eggs in the coop, added extra straw, hay and sawdust to hopefully prevent it from re-occurring. Some-one has suggested adding some ducks to our chickens as ducks lay their eggs in the morning and like ...