What's this?

[NEWKID 27,718]

3 hours ago, Greyman said:

I believe it’s the only bird or one of the only birds that can walk down a tree trunk, so probably needs it’s nails

Nuthatches walk down a tree, tree creepers walk up.... I think? 

[dytkos 17,863]

45 minutes ago, NEWKID said:

Nuthatches walk down a tree, tree creepers walk up.... I think? 

Both do both  

Cheers, D.

[Nicepix 5,650]

2 minutes ago, dytkos said:

Both do both  

Cheers, D.

They probably do. But when watching tree creepers they seem to always go up then fly down and start again somewhere else.  

[dytkos 17,863]

I've watched them go in a figure of 8 pattern over about a couple of foot. No pics so it didn't happen.

Cheers, D.

 

[bell 3,606]

Had a pair nest in my shed this year behind some breeze blocks, smallest nest I have ever seen. 

[Nicepix 5,650]

1 hour ago, dytkos said:

I've watched them go in a figure of 8 pattern over about a couple of foot. No pics so it didn't happen.

Cheers, D.

 

While we were waiting for our meal to come outside a restaurant there were two doing exactly that. They would creep up the trunk then sort of loop down, around the trunk and creep up a different path of the same trunk or a neighbouring one. Nuthatches on our trees and bird table are up and down and usually upside down all over the place. 

[fireman 11,038]

On 24/10/2022 at 19:20, Nicepix said:

There are two types. Can't remember which we found in the garden, but the difference is in the claws, the back one I think.

Tree pipet and a meadow pipet are different that way and it's the back claw that different with them..

[Nicepix 5,650]

10 hours ago, fireman said:

Tree pipet and a meadow pipet are different that way and it's the back claw that different with them..

Thanks. From memory I think we identified the one we found as a short toed tree creeper.

[NEWKID 27,718]

19 hours ago, dytkos said:

Both do both  

Cheers, D.

Sorry D, I'm pretty sure you're wrong...

Nuthatches will sometimes go up, but nearly always go down, 

Treecreepers never go down, they always go.up....

 

[Greyman 29,756]

1 hour ago, NEWKID said:

Sorry D, I'm pretty sure you're wrong...

Nuthatches will sometimes go up, but nearly always go down, 

Treecreepers never go down, they always go.up....

 

You haven’t asked nicely mate

 

[NEWKID 27,718]

34 minutes ago, Greyman said:

You haven’t asked nicely mate

 

Well you learn something everyday, always thought they flew to the bottom of a tree and went up...

Cheers mate...

Sorry D...

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

They generally do mate .Never seen one do otherwise until that vid .I’d say despite matey doing the squeaking and whatever ,that birds trying to attract a mate .

[dytkos 17,863]

I used to watch one daily out of my bathroom window (open, not closed and frosted ) 

Cheers, D.