Ducks

Hi all mondays is my day off. Today lynda and i are going to ely. Ilove to feed the ducks. i used to love it as a boy.Then i used to take my kids. I wonder what the other people will think when they see me feedind them without kids in tow.? i guess i never grew up lol.

Plum sauce, is nice.
Have a good day, funny enough, we are going to Arundel Castle grounds t do exactly that, feed the ducks.

have a good day topdog

bullterrier wrote:have a good day topdog

I love ducks, but don´t give them too much bread like us humans it only makes them fat, and what they leave encourages rats to the area.

Feed them some oats, grapes or birdseed, they even like peas Have a lovely day.

I love crispy duck Hong Kong style

Right ducks fed, made hell of a mess with the mushy peas.

Have a good day

Topdog wrote:Right ducks fed, made hell of a mess with the mushy peas.

Didn't like the mint sauce.

You are supposed to feed that to lambs innit.

bullterrier wrote:Hi all mondays is my day off. Today lynda and i are going to ely. Ilove to feed the ducks. i used to love it as a boy.Then i used to take my kids. I wonder what the other people will think when they see me feedind them without kids in tow.? i guess i never grew up lol.

It's just relaxing absorbing yourself with nature. I bet you give a horse or donkey some grass if it's standing at a fence when you're passing. I do! Can't help it...

Me too. Pulled up today to watch a hawk hovering above, suddenly swooped, great.

Topdog wrote:Me too. Pulled up today to watch a hawk hovering above, suddenly swooped, great.

Cannae beat it Kev! You know though, I still haven't seen a "live" Kingfisher. Seen plenty on tv but never a live one. It must be where I live 'cos when we were young we used to walk down the banks of streams for hours, tickling trout (we called it "guddling"), bird nesting, stop for an hour or so and make a "camp" out of the farmer's hay bales and generally having a whale of a time. But never any Kingfishers! Plenty Sand Martins, Swallows, Ducks, Coots, Moorhens, Herons etc but no feckin' Kingfishers...weird that.

The Lone Ranger wrote:

Topdog wrote:Me too. Pulled up today to watch a hawk hovering above, suddenly swooped, great.

Cannae beat it Kev! You know though, I still haven't seen a "live" Kingfisher. Seen plenty on tv but never a live one. It must be where I live 'cos when we were young we used to walk down the banks of streams for hours, tickling trout (we called it "guddling"), bird nesting, stop for an hour or so and make a "camp" out of the farmer's hay bales and generally having a whale of a time. But never any Kingfishers! Plenty Sand Martins, Swallows, Ducks, Coots, Moorhens, Herons etc but no feckin' Kingfishers...weird that.

My sons shared a flat on a place known as the widewater. Smelly lake really but a bird paradise, loads there.

I love Kingfishers Cam, don't know which ones you get in uk but we used to have many. One of my favourites is the Malachite Kingfisher. I must say, I've never seen a hedgehog though...

Your second piccy... nice sandy bank for the Kingfisher to nest it. That's what's strange, we had hundreds of Sand Martins who nest in the same sort of stuff but no Kingfishers.

I have only ever seen 1 kingfisher and was surprised at how tiny it was about the size of a sparrow. Photos always make them look bigger.

I like hedgehogs too

this may help Cam here

Topdog wrote:this may help Cam here

Nice one Kev. No bloody wonder I don't see them! They're rarer than hen's teeth up here! River Isla's a beautiful river, runs into the Tay just above Perth. Might have a look there some time.

Gypsy wrote:I have only ever seen 1 kingfisher and was surprised at how tiny it was about the size of a sparrow. Photos always make them look bigger.

I like hedgehogs too

When the nights get longer and I have my outside floodlight on, we often see a hedgehog walking over our lawn looking for worms and stuff. They're quite tame too, only roll into a ball if you actually try to pick them up. (I like your hedgehog Gypsy, it's a beauty!)

My mum had a blind hedgehog for years, nested in her garden and bred.
I have a photo somewhere of our old fella, Barney guarding a Mother and Baby hedgehog, whilst they fed.

If your just walking along a river bank or stream you wont see one, Nervous as hell they are, You have to be still and quiet, Like when your fishing, Get squat down and get the combat jacket on, There very fast, You just see a flash when they dive in, Then back to there favorite branch, David Attenborough 28th may 2012, 20,24

Mcqueen wrote:If your just walking along a river bank or stream you wont see one, Nervous as hell they are, You have to be still and quiet, Like when your fishing, Get squat down and get the combat jacket on, There very fast, You just see a flash when they dive in, Then back to there favorite branch, David Attenborough 28th may 2012, 20,24

Do they like chips with their fish?...

Dunno

Only the ones that go to Casino's