Had quite starling about today and collared doves the squirrels about and lots of small bird and even a Jay they like the monkey nut I put out for the squirrels. I can sometimes know the birds sounds - not all the times long tailed tits sound nice
In the summer I sometimes try to compete with the male blackbird on the chimney, by whistling. He listens to me and then launches into something staggeringly complicated and I have to admit defeat.
An interesting thought has occurred to me since we have had such a lot of snow the last few days. Those of us who regularly feed the garden birds will have noted a vast increase in the numbers attending the bird tables and feeders. Thinking of the forthcoming RSPB Bird Count, and seeing the great influx of chaffinches for instance, I assume the final count could be rather misleading.
Lots of starlings in my garden. I guess bird watch will be misleading with the cold weather. Don't want it to be this cold next week as have to try and count the birds for an hour outside as can't quite tell what they are from the house.
Can you count the birds from inside the house and tell what they are?
the birds are going to be concentrated around the food aren't they cowslip. I hadn't thought of that but I'm sure the RSPB have. There were 23 goldfinches round and under the niger feeder today.
I have a pair of binoculars gardengirl otherwise I can't distinguish all the little brownish birds from indoors.
We had 2 little wrens visiting yesterday. We have a stone retaining wall with a climbing hydrangea and they seem to like ferreting about around there. There are a lot of cats around, so I am hoping that they will stay safe.
We don't get a large variety of birds and I am wary of attracting them due to the cats, but I like to feed them when there is snow. When it is very bad, there is a mistle thrush.
As I was going to work early the other morning, there were 2 sparrows on the eaves, one either side of the street shouting at each other. Sometimes the flock that live in the hedge over the road sound like they are having a party.
I think spring was in the air about a week ago but its on hold at the moment,lots of birds at the pyracthania nearly all the berries gone,I hope the frogs and toads in my pond have returned to hibernate after getting excited last week at the prospect of spring.The Dunnock bird is much slimmer than the sparrow and it darts about with shall we say more grace and they have such a lovely song and wheres as you see a gang of sparrows you only one or two of Dunnocks.
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Had quite starling about today and collared doves the squirrels about and lots of small bird and even a Jay they like the monkey nut I put out for the squirrels. I can sometimes know the birds sounds - not all the times long tailed tits sound nice
In the summer I sometimes try to compete with the male blackbird on the chimney, by whistling. He listens to me and then launches into something staggeringly complicated and I have to admit defeat.
An interesting thought has occurred to me since we have had such a lot of snow the last few days. Those of us who regularly feed the garden birds will have noted a vast increase in the numbers attending the bird tables and feeders. Thinking of the forthcoming RSPB Bird Count, and seeing the great influx of chaffinches for instance, I assume the final count could be rather misleading.
Lots of starlings in my garden. I guess bird watch will be misleading with the cold weather. Don't want it to be this cold next week as have to try and count the birds for an hour outside as can't quite tell what they are from the house.
Can you count the birds from inside the house and tell what they are?
the birds are going to be concentrated around the food aren't they cowslip. I hadn't thought of that but I'm sure the RSPB have. There were 23 goldfinches round and under the niger feeder today.
I have a pair of binoculars gardengirl otherwise I can't distinguish all the little brownish birds from indoors.
In the sticks near Peterborough
This watch will be done from the sitting room window. I've been practising counting them. They won't keep still.
In the sticks near Peterborough
We don't get a large variety of birds and I am wary of attracting them due to the cats, but I like to feed them when there is snow. When it is very bad, there is a mistle thrush.
As I was going to work early the other morning, there were 2 sparrows on the eaves, one either side of the street shouting at each other. Sometimes the flock that live in the hedge over the road sound like they are having a party.
Penine petal, I love the idea of the 2 sparrows shouting at each other like fish wives!
I think spring was in the air about a week ago but its on hold at the moment,lots of birds at the pyracthania nearly all the berries gone,I hope the frogs and toads in my pond have returned to hibernate after getting excited last week at the prospect of spring.The Dunnock bird is much slimmer than the sparrow and it darts about with shall we say more grace and they have such a lovely song and wheres as you see a gang of sparrows you only one or two of Dunnocks.