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Very busy at the bird feeder today! (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter Moraybirdlover
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Happy New Year everyone!
First bird I saw this morning was a female sparrowhawk gliding over the garden, At the feeders this morning,
Moorhen x3
Blackbirds
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Robin
Dunnock
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
B H Gull (fly over)
Crow( (fly over)
First bird I saw this morning was a female sparrowhawk gliding over the garden, At the feeders this morning,
Moorhen x3
Blackbirds
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Robin
Dunnock
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
B H Gull (fly over)
Crow( (fly over)
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
I cant improve on the 22 species yet.... but 2 male Siskins have followed the earlier female in... Superb :t:
Disneynut1973
Well-known member
Lol.... see you nearly missed em
Female Siskin & Fieldfare puts me on 22 :t:
Well now you are just showing off |
|my count stands at 14!Very nice to get Tree Sparrows in the garden :t:
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's happy, healthy, prosperous and full of wonderful birds!
I've been busy getting breakfast (yes, this late!!) and watching out of the kitchen window... all looked dull and dismal and drizzly, no birds... then all at once loads of sparrows launched from the bushes onto the feeders... lovely!! They never fail to cheer me up.
Next a collared dove, then a goldfinch. I'm off out in a bit so won't be able to spend much time watching but tomorrow hopefully will be a good day! Best of luck to everyone watching today... hope the new year brings you lots of lovely visitors.
I've been busy getting breakfast (yes, this late!!) and watching out of the kitchen window... all looked dull and dismal and drizzly, no birds... then all at once loads of sparrows launched from the bushes onto the feeders... lovely!! They never fail to cheer me up.
Next a collared dove, then a goldfinch. I'm off out in a bit so won't be able to spend much time watching but tomorrow hopefully will be a good day! Best of luck to everyone watching today... hope the new year brings you lots of lovely visitors.
Happy New Year everybody.
I am sat watching 5 really aggressive starlings squabbling with each other,
1 blackcap who thinks the fat tray is his,
the pied wagtail with yellow cheeks who spends most of the day here,
6 blue tits,
the 6 chaffinches who are very quiet today,
2 sparrows (the rest must have gone visiting elsewhere),
1 great tit,
1 goldfinch,
3 blackbirds,
2 collared doves,
1 robin
1 dunnock
2 jackdaws
Bongofury, I haven't seen my funny little bird since but my son got a shot of it yesterday and forgot to put it on my computer. When we looked closely and compared it to a juvenile house sparrow it looked very similar, so unfortunately I don't think it is as exciting as I would have hoped for.
Do you count the gulls that sit on the chimneys of all our bungalows and cry like babies at each other?
I nearly forgot the giant sized crow that came down to the feeders yesterday and tried to take the whole suet block. It fell!!!
Oh how I long for some of your exciting birds, (not that I don't like the ones I have got but some people are never happy)
Update, 9 starlings, making such a racket!!!
I am sat watching 5 really aggressive starlings squabbling with each other,
1 blackcap who thinks the fat tray is his,
the pied wagtail with yellow cheeks who spends most of the day here,
6 blue tits,
the 6 chaffinches who are very quiet today,
2 sparrows (the rest must have gone visiting elsewhere),
1 great tit,
1 goldfinch,
3 blackbirds,
2 collared doves,
1 robin
1 dunnock
2 jackdaws
Bongofury, I haven't seen my funny little bird since but my son got a shot of it yesterday and forgot to put it on my computer. When we looked closely and compared it to a juvenile house sparrow it looked very similar, so unfortunately I don't think it is as exciting as I would have hoped for.
Do you count the gulls that sit on the chimneys of all our bungalows and cry like babies at each other?
I nearly forgot the giant sized crow that came down to the feeders yesterday and tried to take the whole suet block. It fell!!!
Oh how I long for some of your exciting birds, (not that I don't like the ones I have got but some people are never happy)
Update, 9 starlings, making such a racket!!!
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roger1234
Well-known member
2 dunnocks and a couple of starlings takes my new years day garden watching to 16,i cannot seeing me adding to that today,as of today i have never seen as many coal tits,blue tits and great tits in the garden at one time.a great sight though of some fantastic birds!!!
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
24. Pied Wagtail
25. LBB Gull
however the highlight is just returning from a short walk to find 6 Siskins that are here on the feeders, mixed in with 8 Redpoll
Squirrels are becoming a pain..... and no sign of Blackcap or Mealy
25. LBB Gull
however the highlight is just returning from a short walk to find 6 Siskins that are here on the feeders, mixed in with 8 Redpoll
Squirrels are becoming a pain..... and no sign of Blackcap or Mealy
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Jaff
Registered Member
And a Happy New Year from me.
Erm let's see, seen so far today are
Blackbird
Starling (30+)
Collared Dove
Woodpigeon
Chaffinch (tons)
GreenFinch
Goldfinch
Brambling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Moorhen (very funny to watch as it flies up into the bushes and walks along the branches)
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
There'll be other birds knocking around but I haven't seen them yet and I'm off to watch telly now so they'll have to wait till tomoz.
Erm let's see, seen so far today are
Blackbird
Starling (30+)
Collared Dove
Woodpigeon
Chaffinch (tons)
GreenFinch
Goldfinch
Brambling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Moorhen (very funny to watch as it flies up into the bushes and walks along the branches)
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
There'll be other birds knocking around but I haven't seen them yet and I'm off to watch telly now so they'll have to wait till tomoz.
theconstantwalker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_constant_walker/?
Just 9 in my garden but the highlight was a flock of 20+ Long-tailed Tits covering my feeders for a good five minutes or so at 2.45pm. A feeding frenzy and lovely to watch. I haven't had Dunnock or House Sparrows since the freezing weather started a couple of weeks ago. Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin, Goldfinch, Starling, Magpie, Blue and Coal Tits plus the Lt Tit invasion make up my count for today.:t::t:
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bongofury
Well-known member
Good counts from everyone and a good selection. Today ended with 18, but would have been higher if my gulls-in-flight skills were better. They are probs Lesser BBs, but I can't be sure enough to count them. More annoying was Mr GSW not showing up today - or at least not since I struggled out of bed...
Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Blackbird, Starling, Magpie, Robin, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Feral Pigeon, Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Dunnock, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon, Goldcrest.
Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Blackbird, Starling, Magpie, Robin, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Feral Pigeon, Coal Tit, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Great Tit, Dunnock, Song Thrush, Woodpigeon, Goldcrest.
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bongofury
Well-known member
Deffo! I count anything I see from the house or garden. At the end of the day, its your list, your rules. However, gulls are never the easiest thing to ID:-O
ilbirdwatch1
Well-known member
Happy New Year Everyone!
Today’s been a pretty busy day so far! The last 3-4 days have been really rainy, so it’s been keeping the feeder traffic down. Now it’s a bright sunny day and the temp has dropped, so I’m seeing a lot more visitors.
15+ House Sparrows with a White Crowned Sparrow mixed in
75+ Starling (Luckily they all stayed on the ground cleaning up seed!!)
3 Blue Jays
1 Male and Female Cardinal
1 Mourning Dove
1 Robin
(All in about 30 minutes, so I’m sure more varieties will show up during the day.)
A few days before the rain and storms we had a lot of new seasonal visitors.
2 Slate Juncos
2 White Crowned Sparrows
And My Red-Bellied Woodpecker returned.
Happy Birding everyone and Happy New Year!
Today’s been a pretty busy day so far! The last 3-4 days have been really rainy, so it’s been keeping the feeder traffic down. Now it’s a bright sunny day and the temp has dropped, so I’m seeing a lot more visitors.
15+ House Sparrows with a White Crowned Sparrow mixed in
75+ Starling (Luckily they all stayed on the ground cleaning up seed!!)
3 Blue Jays
1 Male and Female Cardinal
1 Mourning Dove
1 Robin
(All in about 30 minutes, so I’m sure more varieties will show up during the day.)
A few days before the rain and storms we had a lot of new seasonal visitors.
2 Slate Juncos
2 White Crowned Sparrows
And My Red-Bellied Woodpecker returned.
Happy Birding everyone and Happy New Year!
SeacroftBirder
Well-known member
Just being testing a new bit of kit out
A couple of Goldfinches feeding
A couple of Goldfinches feeding
Dan123
Well-known member
Great vid of the Goldfiches there! Any other birds you gonna try and record?
Hope everyone is having a good new year. Bird wise, a good start for me as well. Only seen a couple hours of the garden today mind, but pleased that managed to catch what I did.
Jay
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Starling
Carrion Crow
Woodpidgeon
Collard Dove
Hope everyone is having a good new year. Bird wise, a good start for me as well. Only seen a couple hours of the garden today mind, but pleased that managed to catch what I did.
Jay
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Starling
Carrion Crow
Woodpidgeon
Collard Dove
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