Hi, their are increasing numbers of goldfinches, bull finch, blue tits, robins,blackbird and recently a song thrush has started visiting the garden. also wrens and sparrows
mine are full.. al types of sparrows, gold finches, blackbird robins, blue tits.. they are eating like crazy.. to the fact taht i have to fill up my 4 feeders every otehr day.. and they are 6 perch feeders!! 2 of each sunflower hearts and wild bird seed and one with peanuts in and the niger for the gold finches.. thou they love the sunflower hearts..
and today a white and black woode pecker.. and last night a badger which has been so kind to airate my lawn for me!!!
@still learning.. to stop the crows and that in yr garden.. get a pice of cork or something you can stick feathers into.. gather up black and grey feathers stick them in it and hang it in the tree not too close to the feeders thous.. this has worked n my garden... also dont put food out on easy reach feeders.. use one with small perches they cant get ont them.. thou they give it a good damn go..
Just seen this thread and coincidently have just got in from filling up my feeders after neglecting to for too long .
I've put up three sorts: mixed seed, sunflower seeds (I think - they were black and with an elongated shape) and Niger because we have a colony of Goldfinch that seem to nest somewhere in our pinetrees.
I'll report back once I have seen some activity.
I don't remember seeing goldfinches on the feeders during previous winters - do they migrate or take different food during the cold months?
KEF said: "The robin keeps putting in an appearance, I think maybe more than one."
I too noticed we hade two robins in and out of the garden during most of the summer. Judging by the bright feathers they were both males. Isn't that quite unusual? I thought that the males were ferociously territorial and normally one would see off the other.
Thankyou for the link Dove. That's going to be useful for future research and info.
That also explains how both robins seemed pretty laid back about each other's presence. Perhaps I was thinking of how the male blackbird is a glossier black than the female.
Maybe I also I assumed that the typical 'Christmas Robin' is male because it has a brighter coat than earlier in the year and males of a number of other species often have much brighter coats than the females.
I've had to resite several of the peanut feeders in my garden as they were being ransacked by jackdaws; contents strewn all about and although I'd expect moderate spillage it might attract vermin if left unattended. New positions are either beneath overhanging holly tree twigs or close by laurel and bay shrubberies. More news anon...
I'll be moving my feeders closer to the house this weekend where I can enjoy all the activity from indoors now the garden is not so busy and it's not too far to fill the them up again!
Wood pigeons, blackbirds, great tits, blue tits, robins, chaffinches and great spotted woodpecker are my regulars....the grey squirrels try but I have them baffled!
Still feeding my hedgehogs who clear their plate every night.
Hoping to see long tailed tits, dunnocks, coal tits, goldfinches and red polls who all frequented the feeders last winter.
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Hi, their are increasing numbers of goldfinches, bull finch, blue tits, robins,blackbird and recently a song thrush has started visiting the garden. also wrens and sparrows
mine are full.. al types of sparrows, gold finches, blackbird robins, blue tits.. they are eating like crazy.. to the fact taht i have to fill up my 4 feeders every otehr day.. and they are 6 perch feeders!! 2 of each sunflower hearts and wild bird seed and one with peanuts in and the niger for the gold finches.. thou they love the sunflower hearts..
and today a white and black woode pecker.. and last night a badger which has been so kind to airate my lawn for me!!!
@still learning.. to stop the crows and that in yr garden.. get a pice of cork or something you can stick feathers into.. gather up black and grey feathers stick them in it and hang it in the tree not too close to the feeders thous.. this has worked n my garden... also dont put food out on easy reach feeders.. use one with small perches they cant get ont them.. thou they give it a good damn go..
Just seen this thread and coincidently have just got in from filling up my feeders after neglecting to for too long
.
I've put up three sorts: mixed seed, sunflower seeds (I think - they were black and with an elongated shape) and Niger because we have a colony of Goldfinch that seem to nest somewhere in our pinetrees.
I'll report back once I have seen some activity.
I don't remember seeing goldfinches on the feeders during previous winters - do they migrate or take different food during the cold months?
KEF said: "The robin keeps putting in an appearance, I think maybe more than one."
I too noticed we hade two robins in and out of the garden during most of the summer. Judging by the bright feathers they were both males. Isn't that quite unusual? I thought that the males were ferociously territorial and normally one would see off the other.
Male and female robins look identical, so they were probably a pair.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/robin/index.aspx
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thankyou for the link Dove. That's going to be useful for future research and info.
That also explains how both robins seemed pretty laid back about each other's presence. Perhaps I was thinking of how the male blackbird is a glossier black than the female.
Maybe I also I assumed that the typical 'Christmas Robin' is male because it has a brighter coat than earlier in the year and males of a number of other species often have much brighter coats than the females.
I've had to resite several of the peanut feeders in my garden as they were being ransacked by jackdaws; contents strewn all about and although I'd expect moderate spillage it might attract vermin if left unattended. New positions are either beneath overhanging holly tree twigs or close by laurel and bay shrubberies. More news anon...
Thanks Garden Fanatic for the tip will try it....
I'll be moving my feeders closer to the house this weekend where I can enjoy all the activity from indoors now the garden is not so busy and it's not too far to fill the them up again!
Wood pigeons, blackbirds, great tits, blue tits, robins, chaffinches and great spotted woodpecker are my regulars....the grey squirrels try but I have them baffled!
Still feeding my hedgehogs who clear their plate every night.
Hoping to see long tailed tits, dunnocks, coal tits, goldfinches and red polls who all frequented the feeders last winter.