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David.

locarr wrote: »

what species is the 2nd pic? I used to be able to identifiy almost every british bird and their eggs as a youth!:D

I don't even see starlings or sparrows around here anymore, there use to be flocks of them as a kid:(

Greenfinch also from when I was younger

savingbabs

queen_of_cheap wrote: »

Some lovely pics there Caribbean backwards

Durr, was I the only one who didn't know this?

Queenriderbrekke

tigerwhite wrote: »

Oh i didn't see that, would much have preferred jelly. I got the black cherry yogurts and also a mango flavour. They tasted really vile and had a synthetic aftertaste. I told them the strong flavours of cherry and mango must have been to try and mask the rank taste of the yogurt :eek::rotfl::rotfl:

Hope your DD has a nice birthday planned. Are you doing a little party/picnic food for her?

My mum loved the Black Cherry yogurts, I also bought the free from soft cheese, it was disgusting and also had a really nasty after taste:(

izzy65

pattylabelle wrote: »

Beautiful pics - no birds as pretty as this in Belfast...no way.....they wouldn't stay for five mins:D

Patty if there are any Gold finch in your area you would definately attract them with a niger seed feeder in the garden , teeny tiny black seed they love it.:)

uglybugball

locarr wrote: »

what species is the 2nd pic? I used to be able to identifiy almost every british bird and their eggs as a youth!:D

I don't even see starlings or sparrows around here anymore, there use to be flocks of them as a kid:(

It looks like a yellowhammer to me, we have got loads round here.
Whoops , I am a misinformer, green finch it is.

Dizzy_Ditzy

David. wrote: »

Greenfinch also from when I was younger

I thought the same. One is a male and one a female

But I am very willing to be corrected about being wrong if necessary

Naebbirac

Spirallingdown, DH says to tell you that his pics are all taken with a bridge camera, a Nikon coolpix P510.
I love the way it picks up the details in the feathers, like the starling one........all those little arrows of white at the ends look lovely, and if you zoom in on the photos we have on the computer you can actually see individual feathers.

mhoc

locarr wrote: »

Hi Mhoc, off topic but how is DS's future MIL, on the mend hopefully

Yes I've not caught up recently.

In that 1st week the surgeon saw her and her hands were partly save able but not her legs - sorry its so awful I can't even type the words but it was below the knee.
Last week was equally dreadful, she was on such a strong cocktail of drugs and pain killers it made her very agitated and almost demented. In the middle of this, even with an air pipe in the hospital staff told her what had happened. She could not cope with this and convinced herself she had been in a car accident and she fretted about her handbag and the shopping etc.
This week there has been a major improvement, out of bed and in a wheelchair, only one one meds and mainly only fretting about her hands, their colour and the exercises she has to do.
It's miraculous how the human body has the power to rejuvenate itself, adapt and adjust.
And out of the blackest of situations there is always a silver lining. BF talked to his bosses and got a tempory transfer so he is now back home, working local so he can visit his mum, help his dad and back at the flat with my eldest so things are much easier - last year he was working away and just home at weekends so they were both permently stressed out.

fairclaire

David. wrote: »

Greenfinch also from when I was younger

The flooded part if my garden seems to be attracting Alot of wagtails this year, pied and grey. We don't normally get them.......at least all the rain has been useful for something. I love watching them bouncing around the place

Naebbirac

locarr wrote: »

what species is the 2nd pic? I used to be able to identifiy almost every british bird and their eggs as a youth!:D

I don't even see starlings or sparrows around here anymore, there use to be flocks of them as a kid:(

It's a Greenfinch.