What the feck have you done today?

[NoGutsNoGlory]

Are you sitting there watching them with your rspca identify the birds in your garden book

No I know my birds of the feathered variety but not been great at identifying the best of the other variety.

 

[Barry Hell]

I’m just watching the birds on my feeders. Lots of goldfinch, greenfinch, dunnock the odd blue tit and robin and now a couple of pigeons mopping up as well.

The oystercatchers are new this year, loves a good fight with his reflection we obviously have crows, blackbirds, pigeons, pheasant, wagtails and other small varieties

 

[Laava]

The oystercatchers are new this year, loves a good fight with his reflection we obviously have crows, blackbirds, pigeons, pheasant, wagtails and other small varieties View attachment 165541

Identifies as an Oystercatcher. Doomed to starvation

 

[Gimlet]

Identifies as an Oystercatcher. Doomed to starvation

Looks like it's already had a go at being an oystercatcher and nearly drowned. Doesn't have the legs for it. Hope it's learned its lesson.

 

[Gimlet]

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Parent staking his territory

I always thought oystercatchers were mostly coastal and estuarine birds. Obviously not as we have loads of them here up on the fells. There are lots of small reservoirs dotted all over the place, but you often see oystercatchers in the heather miles away from water in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Hugo Magnus]

Freshwater Oyster catcher?

 

[Laava]

Mountain Oyster Catcher?

 

[Gimlet]

Mountain Oyster Catcher?

Do oysters live on mountains?

 

[Markduc]

Is it the rarer cousin of the oyster catcher
The haggis catcher

 

[CAT3]

I always thought oystercatchers were mostly coastal and estuarine birds. Obviously not as we have loads of them here up on the fells. There are lots of small reservoirs dotted all over the place, but you often see oystercatchers in the heather miles away from water in the middle of nowhere.

I used to work a lot in Moray & regularly travelled down the A9 back to Stockport. There were always oystercatchers nesting on the hills/moors along the A9. I always thought it was weird/odd, but obviously they seem to like the challenge.

 

[Dox]

It’s like gulls…wrongly named as seagulls - you see them everywhere

 

[Loz]

It’s like gulls…wrongly named as seagulls - you see them everywhere

They are seagulls.

They might not be "gulls of the sea" but that is neither here nor there. They identify as such, so do not be a hater and always remember to respect their pronouns.

 

[Dox]

They are seagulls.

They might not be "gulls of the sea" but that is neither here nor there. They identify as such, so do not be a hater and always remember to respect their pronouns.

Fuck off Dr Doolittle, they’re just gulls, right!

 

[wroughtironron]

Finished my new front entrance - a tradie wanted £1500, but DIY cost me £50 (with a few trips to a nearby skip)

 

[Dox]

Golf from half six this morning - this fella was in the same place he was on Tuesday.
Got a bit of a limp, but was eating.

 

[Barry Hell]

I always thought oystercatchers were mostly coastal and estuarine birds. Obviously not as we have loads of them here up on the fells. There are lots of small reservoirs dotted all over the place, but you often see oystercatchers in the heather miles away from water in the middle of nowhere.

I thought that but they eat worms and stuff too and are common in the Scotch hills, maybe they're waiting for sea level rising

 

[Gimlet]

Golf from half six this morning - this fella was in the same place he was on Tuesday.
Got a bit of a limp, but was eating.

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Looks like an old lad who's lost his territory and females to a younger challenger. Normally he'd be culled. He's probably survived because he's found the sanctuary of a golf course where he won't get shot. Old bucks who've been dethroned go down hill very quickly.

 

[Laava]

(with a few trips to a nearby skip)

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To throw up?