On 9/4/08 11:44, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:27:07 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 9/4/08 09:24, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:44:01 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 8/4/08 17:22, in article , "Donna
Ludlow" wrote:

Any time I only thought it could be a dunnock after seeing a sparrow
like bird in the garden and wondered what on earth it was myself. The
robin
doesnt like it in the garden that is for sure, always chasing mine away...
Poor thing... lol...


Here, the robins and blackbirds seem more preoccupied with chasing each
other! The blackbirds are particularly aggressive and all ours have the
orange bills we see on Scilly. They can spend hours hammer and tonging it
either side of a pane of greenhouse glass!

The green parakeet is back in the chestnut tree. It rips buds off at an
alarming
rate. I wondered why the lawn was covered with buds yesterday. I can imagine
that they aren't popular with fruit growers.

I wonder why they do that. It's a bit like sparrows or whatever-it-is
tearing the middles out of Primulas.

If you look at the photos I just posted you can see it is eating something out
of the middle of the bud.

Yes, I noticed that. At least there is the dubious comfort of knowing it
derives some benefit or other!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'