tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post241474492847015087..comments2024-03-28T12:04:44.953+00:00Comments on Pegler Birding: A Good Garden Day - 5th December, 2016Richard Peglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-744451187571697152016-12-21T20:19:52.157+00:002016-12-21T20:19:52.157+00:00Hi Richard,
it does not matter because we all have...Hi Richard,<br />it does not matter because we all have once a busy period in which we have less time for the blog ;-)Helmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669041021568049241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-55206038581796266562016-12-17T12:15:21.117+00:002016-12-17T12:15:21.117+00:00It is always something to see a Green pecker and e...It is always something to see a Green pecker and especially photograph it.<br />Having you camera ready on your desk is a great idea!<br />Congratulations on the number of visitors to your garden, you really made me laugh with your 'ad-ons'!!<br />Lovely photos of the Mistle Thrush!<br />Warm regards and enjoy you afternoon!<br /><br />Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-81157054094883173922016-12-17T12:05:12.941+00:002016-12-17T12:05:12.941+00:00Hello, Helma. Thank you for your kind words. I'...Hello, Helma. Thank you for your kind words. I'm sorry that I took so long to reply to your message - I've been rather busy.<br /><br />Have a great weekend - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-46497239764270749732016-12-14T18:19:52.176+00:002016-12-14T18:19:52.176+00:00Hi Richard,
beautiful species of birds come into y...Hi Richard,<br />beautiful species of birds come into your garden.<br />now you could already 38 different counts.<br />The green woodpecker is great to see. I only hear him but not see him. The great spotted woodpecker I see quite often. Mistle Thrush has also been a gift for the garden :-)<br />The hedgehog feel welcome in your garden.<br />I enjoyed all these wonderful pictures.<br /><br />Groejtes, HelmaHelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669041021568049241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-85425687202233422642016-12-13T21:51:34.086+00:002016-12-13T21:51:34.086+00:00Thank you so much for your very kind comments, Son...Thank you so much for your very kind comments, Sonjia. I'm very lucky in that the Mistle Thrushes are still visiting, together with Fieldfare and Redwing, but today might have been the last day as our berries have almost all gone!<br /><br />Our Hedgehogs are still busy every night, but I expect them to hibernate soon.<br /><br />With my best wishes - - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-33233223070281307952016-12-12T13:39:22.509+00:002016-12-12T13:39:22.509+00:00Hello Richard!:) These are very special sightings ...Hello Richard!:) These are very special sightings in your garden. It's so thrilling to see a new visitor. I regularly see the Great Spotted Woodpecker at our feeders, but have only seen the Green Woodpecker a couple of times, and these days hardly ever see a Hedgehog, but I was lucky enough to see the Mistle Thrush in our garden for the first time this year. Thank you for sharing your beautiful captures,..always such a pleasure to see.:) Breathtakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883608347810648676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-53595657055149665742016-12-12T09:46:18.674+00:002016-12-12T09:46:18.674+00:00It certainly was a lucky day, Lin, and the week en...It certainly was a lucky day, Lin, and the week ended on a real high too - almost certainly our best week ever for number of different species setting foot down in our garden. This week has got off to a good start too, with Fieldfare and Mistle Thrush already.<br /><br />I do try to make our garden as wildlife-friendly as possible, which is actually not too hard as part of that is to not have it too well clipped and polished!<br /><br />My best wishes - - - Richard<br /><br />I'd love to see that Woodmouse of yours in action. It sounds absolutely charming!Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-49978512738907057252016-12-11T23:24:54.784+00:002016-12-11T23:24:54.784+00:00Lucky, lucky, lucky you :-) We do get the Great s...Lucky, lucky, lucky you :-) We do get the Great spotted woodpecker visiting our garden. I would love to have hedgehogs in our garden but because of where we live, nr a busy main road between Dorchester and Poole, there is not a hope of ever seeing one. We do have a Woodmouse, he gets onto the bird table each night, climbs into a dish with sunflower hearts and even trys to cover the seed with twigs, claiming the food for himself/herself. I do think it is important, more than ever now, that we make our gardens wildlife friendly.Linda Yarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804368844243909168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-87713027884005632792016-12-11T20:32:55.956+00:002016-12-11T20:32:55.956+00:00It is a sad state of affairs, Doug. The increase i...It is a sad state of affairs, Doug. The increase in road traffic over the last half of the last century, and the loss of habitat to housing is largely to blame. However, another main cause of agonising death to Hedgehogs is the use of SLUG PELLETS - THEY SHOULD BE BANNED. Sadly lung worm has now started taking its toll too.<br /><br />We're very lucky to have Hedgehogs visiting us, but we have 'adopted' five rescue hogs over the past two years, so it's good to know that some are staying with us.<br /><br />That's super news about the Little Owl and the Tawny. Let's hope that the Tawny doesn't take a dislike to the LO!<br /><br />My best wishes to you - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-37119572388580747582016-12-11T20:24:56.125+00:002016-12-11T20:24:56.125+00:00Thank you, Marc. They look pretty silly when compa...Thank you, Marc. They look pretty silly when compared to the quality of images in your current dragonfly post!Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-92038164790558978592016-12-11T20:23:24.537+00:002016-12-11T20:23:24.537+00:00Please tell Miriam that there is no hedgehog exper...Please tell Miriam that there is no hedgehog experience that beats sitting out in a chair in the Pegler garden after dark, long after the rest of the occupants have gone to bed, and having a Hedgehog trundle past one's feet. She was lucky enough to have that experience on a summer's night! ;-}Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-88059921876016637722016-12-11T20:18:05.540+00:002016-12-11T20:18:05.540+00:00Thank you, Roos. Those Hedgehogs don't stay in...Thank you, Roos. Those Hedgehogs don't stay in our garden. They can easily roam a distance of up to 2km a night! We are just lucky that we have two which choose to come back to our garden each morning to sleep through the day.<br /><br />I hope that you are keeping healthy and warm - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-64454604168887557302016-12-11T20:05:00.250+00:002016-12-11T20:05:00.250+00:00Yes, Anne, that woodpecker was a real surprise!
M...Yes, Anne, that woodpecker was a real surprise!<br /><br />My best wishes - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-62782267758042937942016-12-11T20:03:46.274+00:002016-12-11T20:03:46.274+00:00Thank you, John. Added Fieldfare and Redwing to th...Thank you, John. Added Fieldfare and Redwing to the garden year list today, so have broken our previous year list record by two species.<br /><br />Best wishes to you and Sue - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-63831453289100647952016-12-11T20:01:38.806+00:002016-12-11T20:01:38.806+00:00Thank you, Bob. It was an interesting day.Thank you, Bob. It was an interesting day.Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-56587886705052828882016-12-11T20:00:40.668+00:002016-12-11T20:00:40.668+00:00Thank you, John. As mentioned to Daid, above, it g...Thank you, John. As mentioned to Daid, above, it got even sillier today.<br /><br />Hedgehogs, as I understand it, often don't hibernate until the end of December.<br /><br />See you Thursday, all thing being equal - - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-52278657533546615452016-12-11T19:58:20.311+00:002016-12-11T19:58:20.311+00:00Thank you, David. I don't know if you saw the ...Thank you, David. I don't know if you saw the update at the tail end of the post, which I put on less than twelve hours after the original post. Today was still, and mild, although extremely dull, and we've had silly numbers of birds, including two more 'firsts' for the year.<br /><br />Love to you and Miriam (I hope she's better soon) - - RichardRichard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-21859783285626083802016-12-11T15:35:22.848+00:002016-12-11T15:35:22.848+00:00It's a true indication of the sign of the time...It's a true indication of the sign of the times when we delight in seeing a hedgehog. I remember when you practically tripped over the little beauties. Pretty sad state of affairs. <br />Great images of the GSW and Mistle Thrush, I'm seeing a lot of Mistle Thrush at the moment plus we found a Little Owl using the woods at my workplace along with a Tawny too! Douglas Mcfarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267360351215643395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-77932558167169507602016-12-11T13:12:26.109+00:002016-12-11T13:12:26.109+00:00Super set of garden photos Richard. Quality shots....Super set of garden photos Richard. Quality shots.Marc Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550045001915567414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-33417094762326429962016-12-11T12:33:25.693+00:002016-12-11T12:33:25.693+00:00Just want to add Miriam's comment...."Sur...Just want to add Miriam's comment...."Sure now you have the hedgehog in daylight!"David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-8715113871193864932016-12-11T10:21:05.505+00:002016-12-11T10:21:05.505+00:00Indeed a joy all of these different kind of birds ...Indeed a joy all of these different kind of birds in your garden Richard. But not only the birds but also the Hedgehog is wonderful. Tree houses you have for them. They are fortunate to stay in your garden. <br />Regards,<br />RoosRooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02095611236289233818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-92217068496925775622016-12-11T09:37:45.302+00:002016-12-11T09:37:45.302+00:00Hey Richard :-) Wow Green Woodpecker!! My bird fro...Hey Richard :-) Wow Green Woodpecker!! My bird from the list are still missing one bird that I could get this full year target. GreetingsAnne Hagman-Niilolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304937783573595329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-33059462766423486972016-12-11T00:13:44.783+00:002016-12-11T00:13:44.783+00:00Well done Richard,never had Green Woodpecker in ou...Well done Richard,never had Green Woodpecker in our garden,nor Mistle Thrush,what a great surprise,and the Hedgehog is a bonus,only seen one in our Garden,many years ago.<br />Love your new Header,superb image.<br />Take care.<br />John. JRandSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578266188930995611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-74540259338025949542016-12-10T21:24:41.227+00:002016-12-10T21:24:41.227+00:00Richard, your birds, Hedgehog, was brilliant. I lo...Richard, your birds, Hedgehog, was brilliant. I love them all. Bob Bushellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819577478571292055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300766267906463889.post-31913948705543935842016-12-10T21:18:54.017+00:002016-12-10T21:18:54.017+00:00Hi Richard, what a fabulous post with all the imag...Hi Richard, what a fabulous post with all the image from the garden, I regular hear Green Woodpeckers in the back but have only ever once got an image. Hedgehogs are a surprise at still being around. All the best and see you soon. John Titus John Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257227880929684276noreply@blogger.com