Thanks Dovefromabove. Your visiting birds must love you - we are lucky to get half a dozen in an hour here - lots of food, feeders etc but most go mouldy before they are eaten or the seagulls or cat find the food and gobble it instantly.
All the usual suspects at our feeders (Newark); still very excited at the single woodpecker which visited last week and hoping for more. "Our" thrush appears to be getting hyped up for spring and he regaled us with a couple of hours of beautiful song on Friday. I've noticed a mini dawn chorus occurring and the sparrows are actually getting frisky. Of course, the male pigeons are already chasing the female pigeons and there has been one (unintended) sighting of the act taking place. Just love having the feeders in our line of sight, whether from the living room or the conservatory and den.
OH duly went off to the supermarket for a bag of oats - will report back if they are successful. Yes, you are right Joyce feeding the birds is an expensive outlay - the feeders are pricey, the bird boxes (saw my first blue tit looking into one today on one of our pine trees) - but well worth the effort if it encourages more to fly into our garden.
All sorted for bird watch tomorrow if weather ok, Made the bird cakes from the leaflet sent in the pack lot of different ones - as had loads of mix made was rather mucky to make
Raining all day is the forecast for us in South Wales but there is a window of just drizzle 8-9 so I'll do my watch then. Other BirdWatch-related posts on the 'who's visiting your Bird feeders' thread. I really hope that 'my' Sparrowhawk calls in ...
I did my bird watching this afternoon, when the rain had almost stopped. Typically, the nuthatch, goldfinches and bullfinches which had been around this morning, were nowhere to be seen! We did have a little flock of long tailed tits though.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
All done here - in the drizzle, but forecast looks like its going to get worse, so went for it anyway. Many usual suspects absent but thrilled to see a thrush - don't get many of them in this garden
I did my count yesterday afternoon and on inputting the results on their site it would not allow me to input blackcap and browncap - quoting 'it was not on their list'. I know that they traditionally migrate, but with our milder winters we have been seeing them in the garden during the winter. I added a message at the end as I think the fact that we see them would be of interest to the RSPB.
Posts
Thanks Dovefromabove. Your visiting birds must love you - we are lucky to get half a dozen in an hour here - lots of food, feeders etc but most go mouldy before they are eaten or the seagulls or cat find the food and gobble it instantly.
GD - I spend a lot on the various bird foods over the winter plus cheese but it's well worth it for the pleasure of watching the different birds.
The cheese/porridge oat pot at the back door is visited by great, blue and coal tits plus robins and blackbirds and a squirrel which get chased.
Backing on to woodland and having lots of shrubs in the garden makes a difference.
All the usual suspects at our feeders (Newark); still very excited at the single woodpecker which visited last week and hoping for more. "Our" thrush appears to be getting hyped up for spring and he regaled us with a couple of hours of beautiful song on Friday. I've noticed a mini dawn chorus occurring and the sparrows are actually getting frisky. Of course, the male pigeons are already chasing the female pigeons and there has been one (unintended) sighting of the act taking place. Just love having the feeders in our line of sight, whether from the living room or the conservatory and den.
OH duly went off to the supermarket for a bag of oats - will report back if they are successful. Yes, you are right Joyce feeding the birds is an expensive outlay - the feeders are pricey, the bird boxes (saw my first blue tit looking into one today on one of our pine trees) - but well worth the effort if it encourages more to fly into our garden.
All sorted for bird watch tomorrow if weather ok, Made the bird cakes from the leaflet sent in the pack lot of different ones - as had loads of mix made was rather mucky to make
Raining all day is the forecast for us in South Wales but there is a window of just drizzle 8-9 so I'll do my watch then. Other BirdWatch-related posts on the 'who's visiting your Bird feeders' thread. I really hope that 'my' Sparrowhawk calls in ...
I did my bird watching this afternoon, when the rain had almost stopped. Typically, the nuthatch, goldfinches and bullfinches which had been around this morning, were nowhere to be seen! We did have a little flock of long tailed tits though.
All done here - in the drizzle, but forecast looks like its going to get worse, so went for it anyway. Many usual suspects absent
but thrilled to see a thrush - don't get many of them in this garden 
Did my bird watchery from 0800 and thought I got a fair representation.
I know I feed more blackbirds, starlings and goldfinches but I didn't count anything sat on the boundary.
wood pigeon 3
starling 12
blackbird 6
goldfinch 5
collared dove 1
jackdaw 3
blue tit 1
song thrush 1
The last two don't hang out in the garden all the time so was pleased to get them.
?
I did my count yesterday afternoon and on inputting the results on their site it would not allow me to input blackcap and browncap - quoting 'it was not on their list'. I know that they traditionally migrate, but with our milder winters we have been seeing them in the garden during the winter. I added a message at the end as I think the fact that we see them would be of interest to the RSPB.