Favourite British bird?

He's quite pretty - nice green scarf.

Rum Rapture wrote:

How about a vote for the capercaillie, a bird so good we had to do a project about it in primary 5.

Ah yes, the capercaillie. I watched a David Attenborough show that covered them. Apparently they're accomplished mimics.

I think they look pretty manly. Big chunky red eyebrows and a bushy black beard.

Nigella Lawson

Actually seriously, the humble blue tit

I can see one from my window now! #cute
(Loses man points)

In fact most of British avian wildlife is awesome.

Jimbob wrote:

Nigella Lawson

Actually seriously, the humble blue tit

I can see one from my window now! #cute
(Loses man points)

In fact most of British avian wildlife is awesome.

It's always good when you can see a tioh for goodness sake.

 Just lucky that it wasn't a great tit. Most unfortunately named bird in Britain.

Balladeer wrote:

 Just lucky that it wasn't a great tit.  Most unfortunately named bird in Britain.

You say that like there aren't any cocks in this country.

Blue tits are so cute and fuzzy.  

We used to have them nesting in the garden every year until the orchard behind our house made way for a massive, ugly building.

Stu_the_great wrote:

Blue tits are so cute and fuzzy.  

We used to have them nesting in the garden every year until the orchard behind our house made way for a massive, ugly building.

I was just thinking the same thing...awwwwww.

I used to want soft toy birds when I was growing up, I always found birds adorable. I never did manage to track down this soft toy Robin that I so badly wanted. /memories

 

I've always been fascinated by the antics of birds. I suppose it helps that they've been part of the family for almost sixteen years, too. I couldn't imagine domestic life without a pet bird.

I have lots of soft toy birds. And other soft toys. This one was a particular favourite for a while:

Beanie Babies! I have loads of those stashed in a box somewhere. Including this one:

I think we both just lost all our Man Points, Stu.  

Beer, football, DIY.

Legend. As well as hilariously being named 'Gobbles' (which has an 'alternative' meaning up here in TCK/Jay/Jaster/Rum Land), he was the old mascot of Nintendo World Magazine's tips pages. No idea why.

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

Legend. As well as hilariously being named 'Gobbles' (which has an 'alternative' meaning up here in TCK/Jay/Jaster/Rum Land), he was the old mascot of Nintendo World Magazine's tips pages. No idea why.

I had Gobbles! I... had Gobbles...

Balladeer wrote:

I think we both just lost all our Man Points, Stu.  

I... I had man points to begin with?   

Why does she suspiciously have her back to you?

I'm scared.