I have a little flock of long tailed tits come to my garden every year they dash in, clamber over shubs looking for insects, always following one and other from shrub to shrub not really interested in the feeders, they do spend more time searching out insects, then they all fly off in quick succession, dear little things.
We've had these gorgeous little birds coming to our garden for the past two years. They usually come in groups of 6+ and will be around and about the garden for most of the day throughout winter and spring. They tend to eat from the fat balls we put out. Occasionally they will take sunflower hearts from the seed feeders. I live in Runcorn, Cheshire.
These lovely little birds are often in our garden in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.They eat the seeds off the bird table, but are usually looking for insects on branches & twigs.
I see long-tailed tits frequently in my mid-Wales garden - except for the weekend of the big bird count in January. Then all the birds seem to disappear, only to return when its all over!
We have been putting out bird feeders containing seeds and nuts and occasionally fat balls for years but have never seen long-tailed tits visiting the garden until this year when for the first time we filled one of the feeders with suet pellets containing either insect bits or berries. Now they arrive daily, usually in pairs, but they only take the pellets. They are really pretty.
We've had a family of 5 all feeding off the peanut feeder at the same time this Winter(North East England). I wasn't sure what they were to start with as they were the standard form rather than the "northern form". I haven't seen any over the last month or so.
I've seen some interesting birds on my London inner-city balcony, despite its position next to an extremely busy railway line - can anyone help me to identify the third picture? I think it's a green finch but I'm not sure - any comments much appreciated!
It's obviously true that these birds are spreading. Thanks for all the comments. I'm still left wondering what the birds in the Isle of Wight were doing bashing themselves on the glass. Perhaps ornithologists don't read the GW blog. I'm just back from the IoW and although we stayed in a different holiday cottage, there were more birds banging on the windows — a chaffinch this time.
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It's obviously true that these birds are spreading. Thanks for all the comments. I'm still left wondering what the birds in the Isle of Wight were doing bashing themselves on the glass. Perhaps ornithologists don't read the GW blog. I'm just back from the IoW and although we stayed in a different holiday cottage, there were more birds banging on the windows — a chaffinch this time.
Reply to Callum.
It certainly looks like a green finch to me.