Tits Population

They’re back! ……..and looking great – the Tit population at my home in West Sussex has suddenly exploded – great numbers and great variety – I have had Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, ...

Starling Gangs

Oh No! (says David Cole, a long time Twootz customer and wildlife photographer). Towards the end of June each year the starlings arrive – parents with masses of squabbling adolescence youngsters. ...

Where Have All the Blue Tits Gone?

So where have all the Blue Tits gone? At this time of the year I often have friends asking me where all of the Blue Tits have gone. There were throngs of them just a couple of months ago, but no ...

Great Spotted Woodpeckers

A total of seven Great Spotted Woodpeckers are dominating activity on my main feeding station. They are from two families – one to the north and the other to the south of my home and they are causin ...

Pheasant

Percy’s Back !!!! Every year when the shooting season finishes a fine cock pheasant appears at my feeding station. He is certainly not he same one that I noticed and fed by hand some twelve years ...

Young Squirrels

Date: 2015-09-17 09:47:09 | Category: Wildlife | Author: Twootz Customer
Red squirrels feed in our garden all year round and we have seen as many as eight at any one time.

When they are young, as in this hurriedly-snapped picture, they tolerate each other's presence and indulge in rough-and-tumbles just like other small creatures.


Young Squirrels


However as the summer rolls on and they become more adult, they become far more aggressive towards their siblings.They spend more time defending the nut-feeder than they do feeding.

Whatever the stage of social interaction, the red squirrels provide an absorbing diversion from daily activities.