11.15pm this evening as I was in my Bredbury garden listening for Tawny owls, I heard an Oystercatcher call twice as it flew over sounding like it was heading in a southerly direction. Quite amazing.
Steven Nelson said
Mon Aug 23 8:06 PM, 2021
pete berry wrote:
Over 100 Black Headed Gulls over the house feeding on a massive hatching of flying ants(inc some which are just hatching from rockery in back garden).
Same thing noted above my Irlam garden this afternoon involving about 80 Black-headed Gulls
pete berry said
Mon Aug 23 4:29 PM, 2021
Over 100 Black Headed Gulls over the house feeding on a massive hatching of flying ants(inc some which are just hatching from rockery in back garden).
Steven Nelson said
Mon Aug 23 10:30 AM, 2021
A noisy Greenshank flew over my Irlam garden this morning.
fredford said
Sun Aug 22 5:37 AM, 2021
Bury . Welcome return of a treecreeper combing through the moss on a sycamore , yesterday . No sighting since spring .
fredford said
Thu Aug 19 10:28 AM, 2021
Bury . Lovely few minutes , this morning , standing in the garden with swallows and house martins diving around me , as they fed beneath the beech trees in the field .
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Thu Aug 19 8:04 AM, 2021
Curlew over, calling this am at 08:05.
Gordon Newman said
Mon Aug 16 7:59 PM, 2021
20+ Swift currently overhead
Lez Fairclough said
Wed Aug 11 2:37 PM, 2021
Another 2 additions making 63 to my garden bird list being a cronking Raven seen twice circling overhead & a Jay on the edge of the nearby woods having a very noisy territorial stand off with the resident magpies.
Paul Heaton said
Tue Aug 10 8:32 PM, 2021
Goldcrest feeding at least four Juvenile birds in my garden in Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire .
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Aug 8 10:06 PM, 2021
A Nuthatch visited the feeders this morning, a first sighting in the garden since Spring.
pete berry said
Sat Aug 7 6:40 PM, 2021
Managed to get some gardening in between the rain today, a Willow Tit was visiting the feeders,first one I've seen in garden for ages. A few Swifts were feeding above,and a Grest Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch were heard calling in the trees at the bottom of the garden.
phillipskelly said
Thu Aug 5 11:41 AM, 2021
On and around my Stretford backyard feeders this morning at 6:30am -
Goldfinch - 31 max. (inc. lots of young birds) Blue tit - 1 ( juvenile). Wood pigeon - 1.
Every time the weather turns inclement the Goldfinch numbers always increase ie. Mon, Tues Wed this week, sunny - hardly any birds seen .
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Jul 28 2:00 PM, 2021
A juvenile Great Tit was in the garden earlier today being fed by a parent.
A male Blackbird has been in the garden collecting food over recent days.
Richard Thew said
Wed Jul 28 8:52 AM, 2021
I've had a visit of a Willow warbler in my Radcliffe garden, very close to the window and landed for a minute on the washing line, giving some cracking views of it!
Other news:
My Robin is still feeding young from their 3rd brood, and the Dunnocks have successfully raised their 2nd brood in the shrubbery too.
The local House sparrows have done well this year, with plenty of Juveniles hanging around. It was funny though, I had one very young juvenile last month that was fed by it's parents and being stuffed with a meal, decided to have a sleep on the steps on the path! It woke up and flew to a tree when I got very close.
Ta!
Steven Heywood said
Wed Jul 28 1:35 AM, 2021
It's taken a couple of weeks but I've finally got a few photos of a very pale young house sparrow, one of thirty-odd visiting my Stretford garden. I'm not sure it's pale enough to be strictly leucistic, the usual dark markings on the back and wings are camel brown.
On and around my Stretford backyard feeders from 6:45 am. Goldfinch - 25 max ( inc.several young being fed.) After a while 10 youngsters turned up unaccompanied but managed to work out how the feeders worked eventually.
phillipskelly said
Sat Jul 24 1:38 PM, 2021
Late post for Friday 23.07.21
Not many Goldfinch coming to my Stretford backyard feeders throughout the hot weather at all. This morning at 6am there were 8 including 4 recently fledged young begging to be fed by a parent bird. Throughout the day only singles of young birds turning up. At 7:30pm I saw a Sparrowhawk trying to catch a bird (probably a Pigeon or Blackbird) which it lost in a tall Birch tree opposite my living room. Once recovered the Sparrowhawk flew over the roof towards the backyard feeders, but couldn't be found and neither could any other bird for a short while.
dave broome said
Wed Jul 21 10:38 PM, 2021
Great birding from the garden on the eastern side of Tyldesley this evening. The jobs that needed doing took much longer, but it was well worth the breaks. A flock of approx 40 screaming Swift were the first sign of flying ants having emerged. Over the next couple of hours varying numbers of Swift drifted about, some getting up to a great height. Up to about 100 Black-Headed Gull were present at any one time. The surprising thing these days was not finding any Mediterranean Gull among them. Eventually a Hobby appeared, circling at a great height, but drifting slowly so easy to follow in the scope as it moved towards the house, but way above it. A few Swift flew up above it, following it closely. The peak number of Swift occurred later, with at least 700 feeding, above the slopes at Mosley Common/Parr Brow. I presume that good thermals develop as the breeze passes up the slope where the land rises quickly. There were only a few House Martin, ten being the maximum visible. Three Linnet passed low over the house, one or two passing over the estate regularly recently.
The other notable sighting was that of a helium-filled sea pollution balloon, drifting NE at a great height. It was difficult to decide whether it was a metallic number 6 or a number 9. I may have to submit the detail to the GM helium balloon guru Rob Thorpe for clarification
-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 21st of July 2021 10:43:40 PM
Gordon Newman said
Sun Jul 18 10:16 PM, 2021
Local Swift numbers risen to roughly 90+ tonight suggesting a good fledging ratio on Plank Lane/Stout Street estate Leigh . Good food supply today with flying ants abundant.
dave broome said
Sat Jul 17 10:47 PM, 2021
A Siskin was calling high over our garden near Mosley Common this afternoon
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jul 15 1:55 PM, 2021
Hearing a Lesser Black-backed Gull alarm calling over the house just now (13:45) I looked up to see it mobbing a circling Osprey!!!
Both birds drifted slowly off north out of view. Heavily cropped iPhone shots attached, including one of it disappearing from view over head (with house in shot).
Rather surprisingly, a pair of Siskin in our 60 foot Sycamore this morning, with the male displaying to the female and singing! The pair remained for at least 20 minutes but were busy feeding too so were difficult to keep track of. Other birds in my Astley garden included the first juvenile Greenfinch confirming my suspicions that they were breeding nearby and juvenile Coal Tit. Chiffchaff still singing distantly from the field edges.
Tony Koziol said
Mon Jul 12 4:48 PM, 2021
08.30 this morning in our Stockport garden a Sparrowhawk had taken a young Blue Tit. I accidently disturbed it on my why down the lawn. It took off with its meal onto the neighbours shed.
dave broome said
Mon Jul 12 8:19 AM, 2021
Seemed to be a bit of post-breeding dispersal going on yesterday. A Bullfinch in the hedge early morning was the first I have seen actually in the garden. It sounded like there were a couple of juveniles contact calling along the hedge. Late afternoon a flock of 19 Long-Tailed Tit came to the feeders and a Siskin flew north.
Lez Fairclough said
Sun Jul 11 11:52 PM, 2021
I'm that used to seeing the resident Wood Pigeons on the fence near the feeders that yesterday evening I had
to do a double take because I realised I was actually looking at a Stock Dove with its beautiful metallic green nape.
A garden first & No. 61 for my list - hope it returns for long enough to get a pic next time!
fredford said
Sun Jul 11 10:41 AM, 2021
Bury . One of the juvenile bullfinches flew into the kitchen window and sustained a mild injury . I put him in the shoe box , which we have for these eventualities , for twenty minutes then released him . Good as new and feeding with his sibling ! Male moorhen has reappeared after six weeks . Presumably fatherly duties finished . Not seen the sparrowhawk for several days . Plenty of usual fledglings .
Richard Thew said
Sat Jul 10 11:24 PM, 2021
Great news in my Radcliffe garden
The Great tit juveniles are now eating on thir own, with a peak number of x5 The Blue tits have likewise showed a peak of x3 juveniles And the Coal tits are still feeding theirs and they have at least x3
This success is partly down to the tits natural instinct to either delay their nesting or either that, having a 2nd attempt if the first failed.
So a very successful season despite the problems in spring due to the cold.
Also the Robins are having their 3rd brood in the shrubbery, and is the first time ever they are having all three broods within my garden.
Ta!
phillipskelly said
Sat Jul 10 4:56 PM, 2021
On and around my Stretford backyard feeders from 05:30 am Earlier this week - Cormorant - 2 flying from the direction of Salford quays). Swift - 1 ( flying low over people's yards). Lesser Black-back Gull - 4. Goldfinch - 15 maximum including 3 juveniles. I also noticed several adult Goldfinch flying to a plum tree in a nearby yard. Once there, they started to pick off insects/eggs by pulling the leaves completely over exposing the under side of each large leaf and standing on the leaf stork to hold it down while they were eating. A juvenile Goldfinch came along, sat adjacent to an adult and watched but couldn't get the manoeuvre correct. Today from 05:30 - 06:30am . Cormorant - 4 heading away from Sanford Quays. Goldfinch - 12 max. including 7 juveniles at 06:30. Sparrowhawk - 1 chasing a Goldfinch out of view. When the Goldfinches returned (including 3 juveniles who were feeding at the time of the attack) there was one adult who looked like it had been pulled through a hedge backyard with stomach feathers missing. A narrow escape perhaps.
Dave Welsh said
Thu Jul 8 5:23 PM, 2021
Sparrowhawk perched on the edge of my car roof yesterday evening.
3 Goldfinch on my feeders this morning.... Its been a while
Cheers Jay
Dont twitch and drive
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 30 9:51 PM, 2021
21 Long-tailed Tits went through my Astley garden in a single flock yesterday! Earlier in the week a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was on the fat balls, along with the daily flocks of House Sparrows peaking at 57 at once today, including loads of young.
The Whitethroat continues to sing and I suspect Bullfinches either have or are nesting with increasing sightings and activity around the large hawthorn hedge at the back of the house. Goldfinches continue in numbers around the garden with at least one still singing from our sycamore but clearly no nesting activity just yet.
phillipskelly said
Wed Jun 30 1:11 PM, 2021
On and around my Stretford backyard feeders - Yesterday 30.06.21 at 05:10 - 05:40 am Goldfinch - 15 max. then varying amounts including 2 juveniles. Lesser Black-back Gull - 1 over. Grey Heron - 1over heading towards Salford quays.
Today from 05 15 - 07:00 am My backyard first ... BULLFINCH - 2 ( first a juvenile which didn't stay ,then later an adult male which didn't look comfortable on the feeders prefering to pick up seed off the top of the adjacent wall and Budlea bush where it collects. The adult made 3 visits. Goldfinch - max count 15 (They spooked as I reached 15 , so there was probably around 20-25). Also several juveniles were present, including a family party of 4 with one being fed.
Blue-tit - 1 juvenile. Cormorant - 1 over, probably from Salford quays. Lesser Black-back Gull - 2 over. Swift - 1 over. And backyard cats on both days.
Stephen Fuentes said
Wed Jun 30 11:42 AM, 2021
The recent visiting male Bullfinch brought his mate along yesterday.
Almost in July and the Great tits and Coal tits are still feeding their juveniles in my Radcliffe garden, 2 or 3 weeks later than previous occasions. However, the signs are that things are slowly winding down now.
My garden tits have done very well despite the cold snap at the start of spring, 4x great tits confirmed, (3x of which were together from the same brood) with 2x blue tits and 1x confirmed coal tit. This is about what I would normally expect, but perhaps with an extra coal tit. But these are only what I've managed to confirm and therefore could be more of them.
Other news:
Dunnocks have nested successfully in my overgrown shrubs. The Robin has also successfully reared ×2 or 3 young from the ivy.
A weak and thin Juvenile starling was taken into care until the clever thing managed to work out how to escape two days earlier than its release date, but thankfully put on enough weight to survive, so another successful result regardless.
Ta!
fredford said
Mon Jun 28 7:58 AM, 2021
Young , female great spotted woodpecker very aggressive on the feeders , chasing off everyone else . She spends a great deal of time feeding . Parents nowhere to be seen .
fredford said
Sun Jun 27 6:42 AM, 2021
Two beautiful , young mistle thrushes in tree and four , young greenfinch on feeders . Hope they are second brood !
Lez Fairclough said
Thu Jun 24 11:26 PM, 2021
Lez Fairclough wrote:
A couple of Red-Legged Partridge have been in my daughters front garden in Highfield Wigan today but visiting different gardens all through the past week - a bit random for a generally farmland bird!
The same Red-Legged Partridges have bred across the Close recently, having a brood of 11 chicks but sadly only 2
remain - apparently the local felines are responsible. It's a pity they couldn't have been captured & released where they belong
A few juvenile Greenfinch on the feeders today,first ones I've seen this year. Still plenty of Greenfinch and Goldfinch visiting the feeders,also a Nuthatch making regular visits to the feeders as well as lots of young Great and Blue Tits. The Chiffchaff and Blackcap still singing away and for the last couple weeks a Goldcrest singing from a neighbours conifer bush. On the fatballs apart from the regular birds a Jay and Jackdaw making regular visits. A Raven over the garden yesterday, it was in heavy moult with several primary feathers missing. Still virtually no hirundines seen,really worrying, however plenty of Swifts feeding overhead when conditions are right.
Stephen Fuentes said
Wed Jun 23 10:57 AM, 2021
A male Bullfinch has been regularly visiting my garden feeders in Bredbury.
Had my first garden Siskin today on the feeders briefly whilst I was just 6 feet away gardening - No 60 for my garden list.
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Mon Jun 21 5:03 PM, 2021
Fledgling fest today.
6 House Sparrow.
3 Goldfinch.
2 Wood pigeon.
1 Blackbird.
2 Magpie.
All fluttering or pineing for their parents attention.
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Jun 21 4:56 PM, 2021
A family of Wrens was in and around the honeysuckle right outside the kitchen window early this afternoon. There were at least two fledglings, one of which was being fed by an adult bird.
phillipskelly said
Mon Jun 21 4:47 PM, 2021
Only a few Goldfinch including an occasional youngster attending my Stretford backyard feeders last week. Front terrace garden has been quite busy with an adult Dunnock feeding at least 2 young on crushed fatballs. Its impossible to say if it's the same pair as earlier this year with a 2 nd brood or newcomers. A young Blackbird has been a regular visitor also. I've not seen much of the Blue- tit family at all.
Mike Chorley said
Mon Jun 14 8:56 PM, 2021
Hi Rob....when I said "or a race" I meant as in pigeon racing. Apparently it's fairly common to colour birds in this way to help identify them at a distance, maybe when birds are returning to several lofts in close proximity. One of the local lofts has certainly had both lemon and cerulean birds scattered among the flock. Obviously works best with the white ones. As a form of camouflage, definitely less successful.
Rob Creek said
Sun Jun 13 11:36 PM, 2021
Mike Chorley wrote:
Obviously a South Asian wedding somewhere in the vicinity, Dennis....or a race.
Yeah I think youre right Mike, either a celebration or wedding of eastern or Asian bias, or another theory that I found online is another Pigeon fancier could be colouring his birds similar to Bristol fancier Sher Singh who in 2015 coloured around 100 of his birds, apparently to disguise them from aerial predators. Personally I thought they would stand out more!
Just to add, if the one you are thinking of is Nesoenas mayeri or Pink Pigeon from Mauritius, they are very different in colouration. Pastel pink head and neck and breast, bright cerise bill, eye ring, and legs/feet, browny maroon wings, and a terracotta rump and tail.
-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 13th of June 2021 11:50:49 PM
-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 13th of June 2021 11:51:20 PM
Same thing noted above my Irlam garden this afternoon involving about 80 Black-headed Gulls
Curlew over, calling this am at 08:05.
Another 2 additions making 63 to my garden bird list being a cronking Raven seen twice circling overhead & a Jay on the edge of the nearby woods having a very noisy territorial stand off with the resident magpies.
Goldcrest feeding at least four Juvenile birds in my garden in Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire .
Goldfinch - 31 max. (inc. lots of young birds)
Blue tit - 1 ( juvenile).
Wood pigeon - 1.
Every time the weather turns inclement the Goldfinch numbers always increase ie. Mon, Tues Wed this week, sunny - hardly any birds seen .
A male Blackbird has been in the garden collecting food over recent days.
Other news:
My Robin is still feeding young from their 3rd brood, and the Dunnocks have successfully raised their 2nd brood in the shrubbery too.
The local House sparrows have done well this year, with plenty of Juveniles hanging around. It was funny though, I had one very young juvenile last month that was fed by it's parents and being stuffed with a meal, decided to have a sleep on the steps on the path! It woke up and flew to a tree when I got very close.
Ta!
It's taken a couple of weeks but I've finally got a few photos of a very pale young house sparrow, one of thirty-odd visiting my Stretford garden. I'm not sure it's pale enough to be strictly leucistic, the usual dark markings on the back and wings are camel brown.
Goldfinch - 25 max ( inc.several young being fed.)
After a while 10 youngsters turned up unaccompanied
but managed to work out how the feeders worked eventually.
Not many Goldfinch coming to my Stretford backyard feeders throughout the hot weather at all.
This morning at 6am there were 8 including 4 recently fledged young begging to be fed by a parent bird.
Throughout the day only singles of young birds turning up.
At 7:30pm I saw a Sparrowhawk trying to catch a bird (probably a Pigeon or Blackbird) which it lost in a tall Birch tree opposite my living room. Once recovered the Sparrowhawk flew over the roof towards the backyard feeders, but couldn't be found and neither could any other bird for a short while.
The peak number of Swift occurred later, with at least 700 feeding, above the slopes at Mosley Common/Parr Brow. I presume that good thermals develop as the breeze passes up the slope where the land rises quickly. There were only a few House Martin, ten being the maximum visible.
Three Linnet passed low over the house, one or two passing over the estate regularly recently. The other notable sighting was that of a helium-filled sea pollution balloon, drifting NE at a great height. It was difficult to decide whether it was a metallic number 6 or a number 9. I may have to submit the detail to the GM helium balloon guru Rob Thorpe for clarification
-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 21st of July 2021 10:43:40 PM
Hearing a Lesser Black-backed Gull alarm calling over the house just now (13:45) I looked up to see it mobbing a circling Osprey!!!
Both birds drifted slowly off north out of view. Heavily cropped iPhone shots attached, including one of it disappearing from view over head (with house in shot).
Rather surprisingly, a pair of Siskin in our 60 foot Sycamore this morning, with the male displaying to the female and singing! The pair remained for at least 20 minutes but were busy feeding too so were difficult to keep track of. Other birds in my Astley garden included the first juvenile Greenfinch confirming my suspicions that they were breeding nearby and juvenile Coal Tit. Chiffchaff still singing distantly from the field edges.
08.30 this morning in our Stockport garden a Sparrowhawk had taken a young Blue Tit. I accidently disturbed it on my why down the lawn. It took off with its meal onto the neighbours shed.
I'm that used to seeing the resident Wood Pigeons on the fence near the feeders that yesterday evening I had
to do a double take because I realised I was actually looking at a Stock Dove with its beautiful metallic green nape.
A garden first & No. 61 for my list - hope it returns for long enough to get a pic next time!
The Great tit juveniles are now eating on thir own, with a peak number of x5
The Blue tits have likewise showed a peak of x3 juveniles
And the Coal tits are still feeding theirs and they have at least x3
This success is partly down to the tits natural instinct to either delay their nesting or either that, having a 2nd attempt if the first failed.
So a very successful season despite the problems in spring due to the cold.
Also the Robins are having their 3rd brood in the shrubbery, and is the first time ever they are having all three broods within my garden.
Ta!
Earlier this week -
Cormorant - 2 flying from the direction of Salford quays).
Swift - 1 ( flying low over people's yards).
Lesser Black-back Gull - 4.
Goldfinch - 15 maximum including 3 juveniles.
I also noticed several adult Goldfinch flying to a plum tree in a nearby yard. Once there, they started to pick off insects/eggs by pulling the leaves completely over exposing the under side of each large leaf and standing on the leaf stork to hold it down while they were eating.
A juvenile Goldfinch came along, sat adjacent to an adult and watched but couldn't get the manoeuvre correct.
Today from 05:30 - 06:30am .
Cormorant - 4 heading away from Sanford Quays.
Goldfinch - 12 max. including 7 juveniles at 06:30.
Sparrowhawk - 1 chasing a Goldfinch out of view.
When the Goldfinches returned (including 3 juveniles who were feeding at the time of the attack) there was one adult who looked like it had been pulled through a hedge backyard with stomach feathers missing. A narrow escape perhaps.
Sparrowhawk perched on the edge of my car roof yesterday evening.
3 Goldfinch on my feeders this morning.... Its been a while
Cheers Jay
Dont twitch and drive
21 Long-tailed Tits went through my Astley garden in a single flock yesterday! Earlier in the week a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was on the fat balls, along with the daily flocks of House Sparrows peaking at 57 at once today, including loads of young.
The Whitethroat continues to sing and I suspect Bullfinches either have or are nesting with increasing sightings and activity around the large hawthorn hedge at the back of the house. Goldfinches continue in numbers around the garden with at least one still singing from our sycamore but clearly no nesting activity just yet.
Yesterday 30.06.21 at 05:10 - 05:40 am
Goldfinch - 15 max. then varying amounts including 2 juveniles.
Lesser Black-back Gull - 1 over.
Grey Heron - 1over heading towards Salford quays.
Today from 05 15 - 07:00 am
My backyard first ... BULLFINCH - 2 ( first a juvenile which didn't stay ,then later an adult male which didn't look comfortable on the feeders prefering to pick up seed off the top of the adjacent wall and Budlea bush where it collects. The adult made 3 visits.
Goldfinch - max count 15 (They spooked as I reached 15 , so there was probably around 20-25).
Also several juveniles were present, including a family party of 4 with one being fed.
Blue-tit - 1 juvenile.
Cormorant - 1 over, probably from Salford quays.
Lesser Black-back Gull - 2 over.
Swift - 1 over.
And backyard cats on both days.
The recent visiting male Bullfinch brought his mate along yesterday.
My garden tits have done very well despite the cold snap at the start of spring, 4x great tits confirmed, (3x of which were together from the same brood) with 2x blue tits and 1x confirmed coal tit. This is about what I would normally expect, but perhaps with an extra coal tit. But these are only what I've managed to confirm and therefore could be more of them.
Other news:
Dunnocks have nested successfully in my overgrown shrubs.
The Robin has also successfully reared ×2 or 3 young from the ivy.
A weak and thin Juvenile starling was taken into care until the clever thing managed to work out how to escape two days earlier than its release date, but thankfully put on enough weight to survive, so another successful result regardless.
Ta!
The same Red-Legged Partridges have bred across the Close recently, having a brood of 11 chicks but sadly only 2
remain - apparently the local felines are responsible. It's a pity they couldn't have been captured & released where they belong
in the countryside away from domestic properties.
The Chiffchaff and Blackcap still singing away and for the last couple weeks a Goldcrest singing from a neighbours conifer bush.
On the fatballs apart from the regular birds a Jay and Jackdaw making regular visits.
A Raven over the garden yesterday, it was in heavy moult with several primary feathers missing.
Still virtually no hirundines seen,really worrying, however plenty of Swifts feeding overhead when conditions are right.
A male Bullfinch has been regularly visiting my garden feeders in Bredbury.
First garden Siskin for me today as well.
Had my first garden Siskin today on the feeders briefly whilst I was just 6 feet away gardening - No 60 for my garden list.
Fledgling fest today.
6 House Sparrow.
3 Goldfinch.
2 Wood pigeon.
1 Blackbird.
2 Magpie.
All fluttering or pineing for their parents attention.
Front terrace garden has been quite busy with an adult
Dunnock feeding at least 2 young on crushed fatballs.
Its impossible to say if it's the same pair as earlier this year with a 2 nd brood or newcomers.
A young Blackbird has been a regular visitor also.
I've not seen much of the Blue- tit family at all.
Yeah I think youre right Mike, either a celebration or wedding of eastern or Asian bias, or another theory that I found online is another Pigeon fancier could be colouring his birds similar to Bristol fancier Sher Singh who in 2015 coloured around 100 of his birds, apparently to disguise them from aerial predators. Personally I thought they would stand out more!
Just to add, if the one you are thinking of is Nesoenas mayeri or Pink Pigeon from Mauritius, they are very different in colouration. Pastel pink head and neck and breast, bright cerise bill, eye ring, and legs/feet, browny maroon wings, and a terracotta rump and tail.
-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 13th of June 2021 11:50:49 PM
-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 13th of June 2021 11:51:20 PM
Just as a strange observation today a bright pink Pigeon flew over my house in Little Lever area. Very strange indeed