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  • What bird table visitor would thrill you?
  • derek_starship
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    Geography will play a part in this. One (wo)man’s bullfinch would be another (wo)man’s waxwing if you know what I mean?

    I’d really like to see a brambling at our feeding station.

    I live 4 miles out of Manchester centre and get tits and finches – even had a blackcap once but a brambling would be nice.

    jam-bo
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    cheese@4p
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    loddrik
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    An octopus.

    Harry_the_Spider
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    Used to get a Woodpecker at the old house. We get a Jay the size of a rugby ball at the new one.

    takisawa2
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    A red squirrel would be nice.
    Bird wise…a Dodo.

    Elfinsafety
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    I’m in That London, and see Great Tits, Wagtails, Sand Martins, as well as Peregrine Falcons, Kestrels and Sparrowhawks. Among loads of other boids. Once saw a Kingfisher less than 1/2 mile from the City.

    SurroundedByZulus
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    Griffin Vulture would be pretty cool.

    philconsequence
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    jessica alba or natalie portman…. failing that a t-rex or great white shark.

    Stoner
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    Nuthatch.

    thomthumb
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    big bird always seems so nice.

    huws
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    My parents used to have a hobby that would take small birds from the bird table.

    I didn’t get to see it. 🙁

    soma_rich
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    Surf-Mat
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    Regular birds in/very near the garden are:

    Buzzards
    Pretty much every common garden bird (tits, blackbirds, etc)
    Peregrine Falcons
    Egrets
    Herons
    Godwits
    Avocets
    Woodpeckers (all the time)
    Pheasants
    Goldfinches
    Yellowhammers
    Swans
    Various ducks

    And more.

    leew1976
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    We live on the edge of a nature reserve so we get most birds on our table, on occaison we’ve even had a Jay on there. Sometimes get Pheasant round the bottom of it, but one thing I’ve never seen is a Nuthatch – not on the table anyway. Fabulous looking bird, probably one of my favourites.

    A few years ago on Christmas day, we had a couple of Male Bullfinch on there, never saw them again until the same date a year later. Wierd.

    trailertrash
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    Surf-mat where do you live? Interesting birdage.

    I’d like to see a Waxwing again this winter.

    brakes
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    a panda
    but contrary to popular belief, the bamboo I’m putting out doesn’t seem to attract them

    smudge
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    A big breasted bed thrasher 8)

    Failing that a Puffin

    terrahawk
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    a big f-off blackbird would give me a thrill

    Surf-Mat
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    tt – on the banks of the River Fal so we get a good combination of garden and water birds.

    There’s also an egret colony on the opposite side of the river – quite rare apparently. We get loads of twitchers around here!

    WorldClassAccident
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    huws – Strange hobby for your parents to have, most do things like painting or model making

    ski
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    We live in Worcestershire & have not seen any Song Thrushes for at least two years, which is worring!

    Had a kingfisher resting in our garden last year! Which colours in flight are amazing and worth seeing.

    Put out niger seeds for the first time this year & within 2 months now have 3 pairs Goldfinches now filling up the feeder.

    Elfinsafety
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    a big f-off blackbird would give me a thrill

    Oh yeah ‘cos that’s gonna be great fer yer lawn and raised beds, leaking aviation fuel everywhere. 🙄

    Nice little Harrier….Jump Jet.

    Note the brolly; handy for sitting out when it’s a little drizzly.

    mastiles_fanylion
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    The golden egg laying goose from The Goodies.

    TheSouthernYeti
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    Great minds Phil!

    I was gonna say shark too… (^^^) gives you a pic of a shark on that there facebook chat.

    MrKmkII
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    a grizzly bear,

    or, failing that, a pterodactyl

    cupra
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    Not on the bird table but we had a nuthatch in the evergreens at the bottom of the garden last year. Would love to see an owl in the garden, have heard it often enough!

    geoffj
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    philconsequence
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    yeti, email me (should be in my profile) for awesome shark pictures

    might even throw in a t-rex or a philosoraptor

    Grizla
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    I saw a couple of waxwings in my folks’ garden when i was a teenager. Saw another pair a couple of winters back on the [cough] golf course. The most beautiful birds in my book.

    Had a GS woodpecker on my nuts when I woke up this morning.

    (giggedy)

    geoffj, what’s that thrush?

    (giggedy)(no, seriously, what is it?)

    IanMunro
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    One of these

    cynic-al
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    Surf Mat’s list is pretty AWESOME.

    I see a Heron but would really like a visit from:

    geoffj
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    It’s a fieldfare

    More details here http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/photo.do?photo=2682&category=57&group=4

    Taken by the son of a colleague.

    atlaz
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    We get these (in suburban Surrey)

    bigyinn
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    Debbie Ashby in her prime would be rather nice.

    CaptainMainwaring
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    Shouldn’t the post title be “What bird table visitor would trill you?”

    Sorry…….gets coat………..

    cinnamon_girl
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    Ooooooh, so many! Goldfinches and dunnocks.

    I would love to see a sea eagle but I don’t live by the sea or in Scotland. 🙁

    juiced
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    I like seeing kingfishers (seen a few on the canal banks) and Jay’s ( saw one of these a while ago). Regulary see Herons whilst biking locally.
    My mum found a kestral lying stunned at the roadside.She stopped her car and went to it and it sat on her shoulder for a bit, composed itself and flew off! This happened a few weeks ago.

    oldgit
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    The Red Kites are getting nearer, they seem to be traveling along the Ridgeway.
    The sooner they get here and see off the guls the better.
    Why can’t we shoot guls? they’re a frickin nuisance.

    ernie_lynch
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