John Gryphon
Well-Known Member
I do like the look of them on the houses.
They're alright if you don't use your chimneys..
Extinct in Britain for 600 years (when houses didn't have chimneys so don't know where they nested then). Last breeding pair allegedly nested on St. Giles cathedral, Edinburgh in 1416..
A handful of pairs have been introduced from Europe here and there to gardens and wildlife sanctuaries and but no wild nesting pairs yet as far as I know. I doubt there's enough wetland left in the UK to support them. Most of it's been drained to house the 70 million people. Haven't heard of wild nesting storks here. Got a link?
Interesting birds. Massive amount of myth and folklore attached to them. I wouldn't want to have a hundredweight of dry twigs stuffed between live chimney pots above a thatched roof every spring though. If they can just nest on someone else's house...
Presume you mean egrets?We've had white Ibises established in the local stream for a number of years.
Fantastic, especially first thing in the morning.They are a real favourite of mine mate,so colourful,are they good talkers?
And if you get fed up of their talking you an turn them into a pot of soup.Fantastic, especially first thing in the morning.