Hamish Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Looks like a little finch on that branch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Cobbold Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Goldfinch I think. Ours come in spring ( we are 600 feet up). and nest in dense brambles/Hawthorns. They like to feed on niger seeds. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony_C Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 11 hours ago, john.r.davies said: Strangler fig?? I really don’t know John, big tree that is growing on top of itself? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobH Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Might be a Banyan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 (edited) That's better! Where is this, Tony? My phone App, PlantNet, identifies it as of the Ficus genus, the Figs, which includes the Strangler, Banyan and many others but from just trunks and stem cannot identify the species. Tell us where it is, show the leaves or flowers and we can do better. John Edited January 29 by john.r.davies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony_C Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 West Indies, Caribbean John; i will ask further Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Carribean not sufficient! PlantNet still suggests many Ficus plus Pandanus species. Leaves or flowers would help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Odd looking milk churns Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony_C Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Foreign Bob…. The old empire has gone!…….. Apart from Gibraltar of course Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Thank you, Tony, sort of. A nicely composed landscape shot of the tree and its environs, when a close up of the leaves or flowers is what is needed. At least it's the right way up! JOhn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuzanneH Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 (edited) A very large Green Woodpecker “ Professor Yaffle “ in our garden at 09.45 this morning before we went TRing to see the Snowdrops at Little Barrington. Part of the Blenheim Estate, the Fox Public House excellent meal. Edited January 30 by SuzanneH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony_C Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 On 1/30/2025 at 6:33 AM, john.r.davies said: Thank you, Tony, sort of. A nicely composed landscape shot of the tree and its environs, when a close up of the leaves or flowers is what is needed. At least it's the right way up! JOhn Mahogany!…… A wonderful wood, we got a solid mahogany hand made four-poster bed about 2.3m square from here some 40 years ago (quite a story getting it into Europe and finding a mattress…… but, that’s nothing to do with what’s in your garden…) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter V W Posted February 5 Author Report Share Posted February 5 Great spotted woodpecker in the Hawthorn tree this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Peter, That looks quite small. Greenfinch size - lesser spotted, and you're a lucky man, they're rare! Starling+ size = Greater. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james christie Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 (edited) The perspective complicates things but I would suggest a Greater Spotted as it has the red bit under the tail feathers, which according to my book is absent in the Lesser Spotted. It's a female - no red on the head They come to the peanut feeder here. james Edited February 5 by james christie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trev Good Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Plenty of year old greater spotted woodies here in Pembrokeshire this year, about half size of their parents. We are lucky here as we also have Yaffles! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hamish Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Never heard of a Yaffle before now. Live and learn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james christie Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Green Woodpecker. Yaffle is the only Welsh word I ever learnt - from friends in Gowerton - some 60 years ago! james Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuzanneH Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 2 hours ago, Hamish said: Never heard of a Yaffle before now. Live and learn. Didn’t you ever watch Bagpuss, there was a Professor Yaffle in that programme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter V W Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 Cold robin singing to me this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoTim Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Snow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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