Me too Chicky. I feed all the year round but only have sparrows, a couple of robins and blackbird at the moment (well, magpies, woodpigeons, collared doves and crows but I don't really count those!)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
wow fidget - you are lucky. perhaps I should spend more time looking out of the kitchen window, but I still wouldn't get all those. Do you have lots of trees nearby?
We have a small undisturbed wood and derelict orchard next door on the southern boundary, and two 150 year old oak trees on the northern boundary. We also have a lot of feeders, mainly squirrel proof, including peanut feeders, fat block for the woodpecker(they only like the pink ones), sunflower seed feeder, a small seed mix for the finches, niger seed for the goldfinches, and a muesli type mix for softbill/ground feeders. Sometimes I think these birds are better fed than me.
We also have had , but rarely, goldcrest, red poll, thrushes,waxwing, jay, a spring visit from mallards and heron, and of course, with all that lot, we also get visits from an owl and the sparrowhawk.
Nowhere at the moment to hang feeders, so feed from the ground, an old barrel where my wee fountain sits in summer, and my neighour's flat roofed garage. Stale bread out in crumbs (to discourage the crows), and I make fat balls (Trays really, from takeaway foils or similar) mixed with mixed seed. I have sparrows, most tits, a greater spotted woodpecker (I rub the fat mixture onto the telegraph post at my boundary for him) finches (Bull and Gold, I think) and siskins. Our Male Robin follows me around, and I save mealworms for him and his mate. He is waiting at the conservatory door every morning when I go out for my ciggy! He also likes dried shrimp and other water creatures that I feed to my boys' pet rats. She is more shy, and will only feed once I have retreated, but he is nearly tame. He had a fearsome fight last spring with a newcomer, but I know it's my old friend who won, as he has a small patch of white feathers under one wing, and he knows me and when I will feed him. Hope to get him on my hand this yr. If only I could save him some bacon rind and not eat it myself! How good are the window feeders, does anyone know?
It's that time of year for the RSPB garden bird count; text 'bird' to 70020 and they will tell you all about it. I did it last year, but I think the birds got wind of it and had a day trip to Cambridge: there were virtually none in my garden that day
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Me too Chicky. I feed all the year round but only have sparrows, a couple of robins and blackbird at the moment (well, magpies, woodpigeons, collared doves and crows but I don't really count those!)
Bob and chicky
All those goldfinches are here.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Great tit, coal tit, long tail it, bluetit,
Green finch, chaffinch, goldfinch, bullfinch.
Great spotted woodpecker, collared dove, wood pigeon, blackbirds, magpies,dunnocks.
Nuthatch, robin, wren.
Thats what I've seen today, as well as mouse, vole, and grey squirrels.
We had an odd visit from a fieldfare last week when I threw some apples on the lawn.
wow fidget - you are lucky. perhaps I should spend more time looking out of the kitchen window, but I still wouldn't get all those. Do you have lots of trees nearby?
We have a small undisturbed wood and derelict orchard next door on the southern boundary, and two 150 year old oak trees on the northern boundary. We also have a lot of feeders, mainly squirrel proof, including peanut feeders, fat block for the woodpecker(they only like the pink ones), sunflower seed feeder, a small seed mix for the finches, niger seed for the goldfinches, and a muesli type mix for softbill/ground feeders. Sometimes I think these birds are better fed than me.
We also have had , but rarely, goldcrest, red poll, thrushes,waxwing, jay, a spring visit from mallards and heron, and of course, with all that lot, we also get visits from an owl and the sparrowhawk.
Lots of starlings, blue tits, robins some doves and lot and lots of sparrows today, I gave them all sprinkles food today in the feeders and fat balls
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/high-energy-sprinkles-550g-pouch.html
Nowhere at the moment to hang feeders, so feed from the ground, an old barrel where my wee fountain sits in summer, and my neighour's flat roofed garage. Stale bread out in crumbs (to discourage the crows), and I make fat balls (Trays really, from takeaway foils or similar) mixed with mixed seed. I have sparrows, most tits, a greater spotted woodpecker (I rub the fat mixture onto the telegraph post at my boundary for him) finches (Bull and Gold, I think) and siskins. Our Male Robin follows me around, and I save mealworms for him and his mate. He is waiting at the conservatory door every morning when I go out for my ciggy! He also likes dried shrimp and other water creatures that I feed to my boys' pet rats. She is more shy, and will only feed once I have retreated, but he is nearly tame. He had a fearsome fight last spring with a newcomer, but I know it's my old friend who won, as he has a small patch of white feathers under one wing, and he knows me and when I will feed him. Hope to get him on my hand this yr. If only I could save him some bacon rind and not eat it myself! How good are the window feeders, does anyone know?
It's that time of year for the RSPB garden bird count; text 'bird' to 70020 and they will tell you all about it. I did it last year, but I think the birds got wind of it and had a day trip to Cambridge: there were virtually none in my garden that day
I think there are always less birds in the garden on the bird count day artjak
In the sticks near Peterborough
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