Clair Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 We've been supplying fat balls and seeds all winter and I have been puzzled at the high number of tits (mésanges) there are.Great tits and blue tits have been around in large numbers, with the occasional coal tit.With the warmer weather, there are now numerous swallows (hirondelles), wagtails (bergeronnettes) around as well as what I think are yellowhammers (bruants jaunes) , which always fly around in a group of 6 or 8 birds...There are some good pictures on this site: http://www.oiseaux-nature.com/photos_perso.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich1972 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I've been very impressed with the wild birds I've seen during my month of being here. I saw a pied flycatcher this morning for the first time! And about two weeks ago I saw my first barn owl flying into the hanger barn and perching on a rafter before flying off over the pond. It was one of the most magnificent things I've ever seen. It was beautiful beyond belief. There are redstarts (or black redstarts) nesting in a little hole in the barn wall, and there have been buzzards, jays and hoopoes in the area too. It makes a change from seeing robins and house sparrows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzen Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 We've had hoopooes in our garden too. I hadn't seen them since we lived in Cyprus. My Jack Russell didn't take kindly to them unfortunately and 'saw them off' his territory!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/a/index.asp is another handy site if you want to identify with English names rather than the French.I can spend hours on this site - I was never that interested in wild birds until I move to France - now I'm hooked!!![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Searchable PDF you can download from our site. Latin. French. Englishhttp://planetepassion.com/LISTS/Bird%20list/Bird_list_Latin_French_English.pdfChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 We have had a cheeky little perisher over the past few days. It appears at just after 6 pm and checks around all of the windows and under the flower pots. I have managed to get to within a couple of feet of it.[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Hoophoo1.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Hoophoo2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Hoophoo3.jpg[/IMG]What an incredible little bird! I also have some lovely video of it. We used to break our necks looking for Hoophoos when we were holidaying here and now they come to us, almost!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Chris, I may have missed the explanation, but can you tell me what the ' * ' are for by some of the French names in your bird name listing please?I now have the list in my Docs folder, thank you!![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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