I’ve Just Seen

[Bigbad]

A pheasant sitting high up in a tree.
Never seen that before. Have you?
Very noisy too.

[Mamyalynne]

Seems they do roost in trees.

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/grouse-partridges-pheasant-and-quail/pheasant

[Barmaid]

Yes all the time round here. We have a pheasant party in the garden around 5.30pm before they go up to the trees.

[TheDevil]

I had two gold finch in my garden today:) Unfortunate i've not changed my niger seeds for a while so they looked a bit disappointed

[Bigbad]

I’ve always had lots of pheasants, and been surrounded by trees, but I have never seen a pheasant in a tree.
It’s the little things that make you smile.
Barmaid, at a previous house, I had floor to ceiling windows on one wall of the kitchen. In the summer months, the crows would always come and hit the glass with their beaks as soon as it was light. They made a real racket too.

[Apc2604]

Barmaid, our garden pheasants have all been called Geoffrey! It started about 30 years ago!

[Bigbad]

I saw a nuthatch for the first time a couple of weeks ago, TheDevil. Only moved here 3 months ago. Never saw one at my previous house. No gold finches so far.

[Bigbad]

I give the regular visitors names too, Apc.

[ladybirder]

That'll dominate the feeder bb. Love them, very handsome birds.

[choux]

Great to see a new sight in nature isn't it? Easier to spot the pheasants before trees are in full leaf. We have 2 regular cock pheasants as daily visitors to our garden, they love sunflower seeds. We have 2 pairs of nuthatches too, and I counted 5 bull finches at the same time last week - 3 cocks and 2 hens.

Delighted to see the tits are now nesting in our caravan-shaped nesting box. It has gone empty for 2 years since I was given it as a gift. I was thrilled to see it being used today, in excellent view from my kitchen and dining room windows. Nature is truly fantastic :)

[woofgang]

theres a really interesting bit in one of Jack Hargreaves books about poaching pheasants roosting in trees.

[Bigbad]

choux, I’ve always found the pheasants really partial to the ‘lardy pies’ I make.
Some of the females are so bold, they run at me as soon as they see me take some outside!

[choux]

Lardy cakes! Lucky birds.

Our first tame pheasant was called Mr Fezziwig and he would run to my feet to demand more food if I went out to the car in the drive:)

[david small]

It’s wonderful to enjoy our wildlife instead of eating it.

[woofgang]

pheasants are nutters. The males will run into the side of a car of they see their reflection.

[Canary42]

I often visit an arboretum on the South Downs during the pheasant's mating season and watch the courting male birds rush for cover when I approach - never seen them in the trees though.

[Chipchopper]

I have seen pheasants roosting in trees on odd occasions but more often in bushes, maybe it was chased up there.
I had a lone nuthatch coming to the feeder for some time, yesterday it
brought a mate along.

[Bigbad]

24 hours later, he’s up there again.
Same tree, same branch.

[ladybirder]

Perhaps he's been told to self isolate bb;-)

[ichkeria]

No
But then I've never sat high enough to see probably

boom boom

[Bigbad]

That made me laugh, ladybirder.