What birds do you get in your garden

[Norfolk Nomad]

Cracking photos!
I'm desperate to see a bearded tit. ..I always seem to be just a couple of seconds too late

There are quite a few at the Lakenheath RSBP reserve.

 

[Wildge]

Good year for goldfinches in our area. We started the year with two pairs and there were 10 on the feeders this morning !

At the last count we must use had about 15/20.... I believe the correct term is a 'charm'
BUT they all appear to have left for warmer climes ! apart from 2 pair who definitely look more 'mature' . Do they move south ? e.g. southern England/Spain etc?

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

At the last count we must use had about 15/20.... I believe the correct term is a 'charm'
BUT they all appear to have left for warmer climes ! apart from 2 pair who definitely look more 'mature' . Do they move south ? e.g. southern England/Spain etc?

I Believe most goldfinches migrate, some as far as southern spain.

 

[CWH]

We've had up to half a dozen long-tailed tits coming to our feeder this month. Not seen them in the garden before. Might be just chance or a sign they are unusually hungry?

Funny - a "volery" of longtailed tits (yes of course I had to look it up!) was the last birds I saw in the garden in South Yorkshire when I left on November 2nd, and the first I saw in the garden on Skye when I arrived on the 3rd.
Maybe they hitched a ride on my van ?

At the last count we must use had about 15/20.... I believe the correct term is a 'charm'
BUT they all appear to have left for warmer climes ! apart from 2 pair who definitely look more 'mature' . Do they move south ? e.g. southern England/Spain etc?

We have loads of goldfinches here on Skye right now.

Went out today (cold but sunny) saw a sea eagle and less than a minute later a wren - what fun!
Also a kestrel.
Back in the garden, yesterday the local sparrowhawk exploded through the small birds at the feeding station - really caught them napping and though I didn't see it, I'd be surprised if s/he didn't catch dinner.
Earlier in the day, separately, a female and a male blackcap.

 

[Scotch mist]

I’m a bit late to the party so I’ll post one bit at a time ?
here is a list of the birds I have had in my 6 acre garden , the green ones were in the air above

Barn owl
Black bird
Black headed gull
Blue tit
Brambling.
Bullfinch.
Buzzard
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Collared dove
Curlew
Dunnock
Dipper
Fieldfare
Garden warbler
Gold finch
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Green finch
Grey Herron
Grey wagtail
Hen harrier
Herring gull
House Martin
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Lapwing
Long tailed tit
Magpie
Mallard duck
Oystercatcher
Peregrine
Pied wagtail
Raven
Redwing
Red legged partridge
Reed bunting
Pheasant
Robbin
Rook
Siskin
skylark
Snipe
Song thrush
Sparrow hawk
Spotted flycatcher
Starling
Stock dove
Swallow
swift
Tawny owl
Tree creeper
Wheatear
Wood pigeon
Wren

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[irnbru]

Well I mostly get pigeons and seagulls flying around above the garden and I don’t live anywhere near the coast. Wish I could get rid of them, PITA squawking early morning.

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

One of the more common visitors to my garden. Loving this new camera.

 

[The Dobbsters]

We have a tiny garden but are lucky to have:
Wren
Blackbird
Song thrush
Dunnocks
Robins
Sparrows
Longtailed tits
Blue tit
Great tit
Pied/ grey wagtail
Jackdaw
Crows
Starlings
The odd sparrowhawk
Blackcaps
Gulls

 

[Scotch mist]

We have always had kestrels nesting in the garden , this year it was in a pine tree on top of a old magpies nest i already had ladders in place to get to the magpies nest , so easy to get pictures without disturbing it
I was thinking 6 eggs , that’s a big brood & it’ll be interesting to see how many actually fledge

 

[DavidG58]

New birds for for us in the garden last week

Grey wagtail

Jay

and a rare visit by a Gold Crest

they might all be regular we just don’t spot them ??

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[Norfolk Nomad]

This takes me back to my childhood and collecting birds eggs, I remember climbing 100ft up a tree to get to a Kestrels nest. 50 years ago, it was legal then, thankfully they changed the law.

 

[DavidG58]

This takes me back to my childhood and collecting birds eggs, I remember climbing 100ft up a tree to get to a Kestrels nest. 50 years ago, it was legal then, thankfully they changed the law.

hopefully it was a bit more than 50 years ago ?

not judging you though, a lot of things were done then that are now frowned on ?

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

hopefully it was a bit more than 50 years ago ?

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not judging you though, a lot of things were done then that are now frowned on ?

Agreed, still regret it to this day.

 

[Scotch mist]

Agreed, still regret it to this day.

Collecting eggs was the norm for kids back in the day ( I was also guilty ) , now older & wiser, I spend over £600 a year feeding them , buying full pallets of seed direct from a distributor , I have made and erected 30 nest boxes & Dug out a large pond , now very passionate about my birds ?

 

[Scotch mist]

This is the next time I took a picture of the kestrel brood in my garden

4 eggs had hatched

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[Norfolk Nomad]

Looks like she's fattened up, in anticipation of the colder weather to come.

 

[Ivory55]

Has anybody noticed what birds are up and about in their garden first in the morning. For us it’s alw the black bird.

 

[DavidG58]

This was our treat last month, a first garden sighting for us, possibly been here before when we weren’t looking ?

didn’t stay long enough for a better photo

 

[Scotch mist]

our jay only visits very occasionally

not a good picture, taken from my bedroom through the window with iPad

 

[DavidG58]

our jay only visits very occasionally

not a good picture, taken from my bedroom through the window with iPad

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I had only brought my ‘better’ camera upstairs due to seeing a gold crest close the bedroom viewing spot we use. Or I would have missed the Jay

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[SpeedyDux]

Fewer garden birds this year. That's a direct consequence of the new neighbours at the back having all the trees (mainly conifers) removed from the bottom of their garden. My privacy is gone too. Whatever I plant now will take years to fill the gap.

These days, it's mostly corvids seen in the garden. Jackdaws, Magpies, and an occasional Rook. They pick moss of the roof looking for insects. Bits of moss all over the patio.

Some Sparrows and mixed Tits on the feeders. Not much else apart from a few dopey Woodpigeons and Collared Doves who come for seeds spilled on the ground.

The resident small flock of Starlings (30 at its peak) still comes for a daily breakfast of mealworms and suet sprinkles. They are much warier, having been predated by visiting Sparrowhawks. Luckily the neighbours on both sides have some trees where they can hide.

 

[Scotch mist]

Sorry but not good pictures , they were taken with my iPad

was taken yesterday and the buzzard was taken a few days ago
the buzzard is a bit harder to see , you might need glasses lol ?

I can sit in my living room & often see a kestrel out one window & a buzzard out the other

the kestrel

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

You know winter is here, when Waxwings arrive.

 

[DavidG58]

View attachment 351842You know winter is here, when Waxwings arrive.

I gad a Facebook reminder 9 years ago yesterday I saw my first

that’s a great photo ?

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

You learn something new everyday. I didn't realise Magpies where hunters, I thought they just ate road kill.

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[Vipar]

Saw these this morning is the top one a sparrow hawk? I know the bottom one?

 

[Vipar]

Pigeon’s don’t like lead?

 

[DavidG58]

View attachment 352397View attachment 352398Saw these this morning is the top one a sparrow hawk? I know the bottom one?

Pigeon’s don’t like lead?

I know we are all different, but I don’t like or find either of your posts funny or informative in any way ?

if the first photo and question was genuine, yes it is a male sparrow hawk ?

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

As you know DavidG58 we’ve only recently moved from Wakefield to Pickering.
We managed to attract lots of birds in the old garden. So far all we’ve had here are huge crows might even be ravens. Black birds, pigeons and pheasants ? oh and the odd seagull on the garage roof .....
I’ve been throwing seed and bread on the garage roof , which gets eaten by the above . But the fatballs are just rotting in the feeders.
There are loads of birds around and other gardens have feeders with the usual birds eating from them. But we’ve had no luck so far and we’ve been here since September 30th !
Any tips from any of you seasoned twitchers please ?

 

[Norfolk Nomad]

As you know DavidG58 we’ve only recently moved from Wakefield to Pickering.
We managed to attract lots of birds in the old garden. So far all we’ve had here are huge crows might even be ravens. Black birds, pigeons and pheasants ? oh and the odd seagull on the garage roof .....
I’ve been throwing seed and bread on the garage roof , which gets eaten by the above . But the fatballs are just rotting in the feeders.
There are loads of birds around and other gardens have feeders with the usual birds eating from them. But we’ve had no luck so far and we’ve been here since September 30th !
Any tips please ?

Try meal worms and nigar seeds, both seem to work well, with the smaller birds.

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