This week with all the wonderful, dry, sunny weather we have been getting has seen a influx of newly fledged birds. Those that are not yet fledged are busy being fed in the nest by their overworked parents.
The first shot shows one of our 3 Blackbird babes, it has already learnt that if it comes to our backdoor it will get fed sultanas, in fact once one of them had learnt it to well & came into the kitchen & then panicked it could not get out, pooped everywhere & had to be rescued by yours truly. Well now it has decided to follow us around the garden just in case we are carrying any food.
Second shot is our Pied Wagtail, which at one stage we thought had deserted the nest, now has young, fluffy balls of babes in the nest, not sure how many hatched out of the 5 eggs, but the parents seem to be feeding them well.
Of course all birds feed on different food as the last photo shows. We were sitting having a midmorning drink when we noticed a commotion in the field in front of the house. At first we thought the Buzzard was trying to kill the female Pheasant, but then realised the Buzzard had something in it’s claws. Turned out to be a Pheasant chick, which the mother was very bravely trying to rescue from the Buzzards clutches. Unfortunately, the mother didn’t succeed & the Buzzard flew off to feed it’s chicks their breakfast. Such a brave little bird the Pheasant, but a happy ending as half hour later we saw her taking 6 other chicks , hopefully, to safety. The Buzzard did come back though looking for another easy meal, but with no success.
