Always remember finding a skylark with a cuckoo egg in aswell on the rough of local golf club didn't know I was being watched.on my return saw a magpie eating the eggs gutted I was.now we have plenty of magpies but no cuckoos last one I heard locally was 1980.and no skylark either last one sang its last song 25 year ago.
It's always nice to see a notification that you've uploaded a new video! Sad to see the Great tit chicks like that, but I have cases like this one every year in my boxes...The young Dunnocks are fantastic! Is there an easy way to identify a Yellowhammers nest and can it be mistaken with the nest of other common species?
Totally agree..very sad! You always feel after a nest goes into a secure box, that you will have a ‘nailed’ on success! Many reports though of food supply for the tits. I always thought with this one that the development was sluggish. Yellowhammer is tough to describe..yet easy when it is in front of you! I am hopeless with the flora..well in fairness with the fauna also🤣 I have been fortunate to have seen a lot of Yellowhammer nests, and the only initial confusion is when it is based in gorse..early build. Confusion being with the Linnet. However when their two nests are fully constructed there is no mistaking them!
@@thegeordierambler4373 Few years ago I found a Cirl bunting nest ,but it was easy to identify because the markings are much darker and the Male bird was always near
Good news…most of your birds/nests are doing well and all likely to have several broods
Lovely Bullfinch today Hedley but video on phone went into slow-mo !! 🤬. Will revisit it soon!!
Always remember finding a skylark with a cuckoo egg in aswell on the rough of local golf club didn't know I was being watched.on my return saw a magpie eating the eggs gutted I was.now we have plenty of magpies but no cuckoos last one I heard locally was 1980.and no skylark either last one sang its last song 25 year ago.
It's always nice to see a notification that you've uploaded a new video! Sad to see the Great tit chicks like that, but I have cases like this one every year in my boxes...The young Dunnocks are fantastic! Is there an easy way to identify a Yellowhammers nest and can it be mistaken with the nest of other common species?
Totally agree..very sad! You always feel after a nest goes into a secure box, that you will have a ‘nailed’ on success! Many reports though of food supply for the tits. I always thought with this one that the development was sluggish. Yellowhammer is tough to describe..yet easy when it is in front of you! I am hopeless with the flora..well in fairness with the fauna also🤣 I have been fortunate to have seen a lot of Yellowhammer nests, and the only initial confusion is when it is based in gorse..early build. Confusion being with the Linnet. However when their two nests are fully constructed there is no mistaking them!
@@thegeordierambler4373 Few years ago I found a Cirl bunting nest ,but it was easy to identify because the markings are much darker and the Male bird was always near