Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Female Goldcrest sighting
I saw a tiny bird with a bright striped head in my twisted hazel this morning, dashed upstairs to get my telephoto but too late, missed it - I've just googled it and discovered it was a Goldcrest. Never knew 'til now it was UK's smallest bird... keep your eyes peeled, they're about. http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/goldcrest.htm
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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I've had a number of suspiciously new birds around too. Havent managed to identify any though.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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"Suspiciously new birds?" What, coming over here, nicking our bird seed??!! Hope they're not trying to claim benefits...;-)
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My free bird seed doesn't come with the requirement to not earn or collect any other bird seed elsewhere or encourage them to appear unwell to receive my free bird seed. Nor do I give them free rent on their bird boxes whilst they are unemployed but ensure they pay an enormous amount of rent should they get a job and cause them to enter a bird seed poverty trap. ;)
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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Angry Bird in Park Ridings this morning... `he'd clearly been attacking the wing mirror for hours
So I closed the mirror in to discourage him...
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Came back an hour later and he was still there, attacking himself... so borrowed a plastic bag from a workman to wrap the mirror in. God knows what the owner will think when (s)he comes...
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S/he'd probably thank you for preventing even more droppings ending up on the car! Well done anyway.
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Around the ladder area we have en established population of goldcrests. One species of passerine not to fall prey to the enormous cat population that humans have instilled on the local ecology.
Often very hard to see, their call is very recognisable (I'd describe it as 'rolling'). Here is the song. https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/bir...
You can hear this regularly around the fairland park area in the wee hours.
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I have had a Goldcrest at my shed office window twice in the last week. Gorgeous little bird and the first time I have seen one. Very distracting, it is constantly onthe move. Seems to want to get in the window, possibly to get at the spiders webs that I am cultivating.
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I've seen two passing through the back garden a couple of times since January, and a neighbour has seen some in Downhills Park. Never seen them in London before! And a great picture of the house sparrow looking in the mirror, Eugene. Coming from King's Cross to leafy Harringay, it's the house sparrows I miss ...
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