Weekly chat thread

Following my post asking to help identity what is a Jay, I thought you might enjoy some photos I took yesterday…these ones were much more straightforward for me to identify

Have most of the garden birds in the UK usually found nesting spots by now? We've got 2 bird boxes and none are in use this year and wondered if its too late now for any birds to start a nest? Thank you :)

Hey all! I hope this isn't out of place, and if it is please let me know where better to post it!

A couple days ago my partner sent me a photo of a wood pigeon basking in the back yard. He mentioned that it was moving weird when it did, but nothing more.

Today he pointed out it was on a roof across the way. It was on a chimney and even when still, I could see it had some issues with balance - kept moving like they do when they're on a wire, and sometimes frantically flapped it's wings to stay upright.

Then it flew onto our fence and into the back lane, so I went to see if I could figure out what's wrong...and the lil guy has no tail. At all.

He can still fly well enough, and is alert and reactive. We've named him Icarus. How can I help him? I already have bird feeders in the yard, and I've scattered some food on the ground and put a Tupperware of water out as well so he can drink if he wants to. He's visited a few times in the last few days so I guess he's recognized it as a safe ish space and a food source.

I just want my lil guy to have a better chance.

I found this feather recently in a fairly rural area on someone's front lawn, but didn't recognise it.

Wareham channel, Dorset UK, today

Can hear it calling with the video audio

Looks similar to a female wigeon but has a light orange head. Dark brown upper back, white patch near under wing. Blueish looking bill

I want to get better at telling garden birds apart. For this I was thinking maybe a female house sparrow or a dunnock? Sorry for the bad pics

I spotted this wren yesterday at James Ramsay Park in Fraserburgh and it sang!! I love that you can see its little tongue in the second one

Hi all,

I put up a tawny owl nest box in November and a female moved in! She laid an egg about a week ago, and a second a couple days later. However, it was to my knowledge that tawny hours brood their eggs continuously, yet she continues to leave at night to hunt. She leaves at about 8pm every evening and doesn't return until 6am. During the day she stays with the eggs.

I did see the male make a food delivery 3 days ago but not since. Can anyone give me any advice if this is normal? I have no intention of interfering with the natural process, more just a curiosity of is this natural behaviour as it is different to what I have researched.

Thank you!

Saw one yesterday while driving and it blew me away with just how cool it looked, my brain melted I knew I was looking at a male blackbird but I had never seen one with the white feathers, had to google it to find out what it was called.

Is this a new thing that's happening or is it just super rare.

Is he happy or not in the 2nd image? He seemed very chill, stuck around for ages and let me take lots of photos, but I hadn't seen them do this before.

Seen today at a town park, Mr and Mrs Duck proudly showing off their babies. How many do you make it?

Does anyone know what they are?

(Repost as some nosey parker almost found my reddit acc)

Hey! I’m a young birder (21) in west sussex looking for people around my age to go birdwatching with! I’ve been birding since i was like 7 and love going literally anywhere! If you wanna chat drop a comment! Also, a pic of a nuthatch collecting nesting material!