My humble garden (1 Viewer)

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vanell

Member

• Aug 13, 2004

• #1

Hi everyone, just thought i'd let you know what ive seen in my garden this year since i'm pretty new.

The usual suspects: House sparrows, blackbirds, chaffinches, starlings, robins and dunnocks

Also:
a family of collared doves
garden and willow warblers
jackdaws
loads of greenfinches
goldfinches
great crested grebe*
blue, great and coal tits
wrens nesting
reed buntings... only in late autumn and early spring?
siskins (this year)
sparrowhawk
song thrush which i only seen once about 4 years ago?
and my gorgeous goldcrests

no squirrels thankfully and a few hedgehogs
i think thats all

*only kiddin! :eek!:

 

Bruce B

Birdaholic

• Aug 13, 2004

• #2

Sounds like you have a busy garden. B

Cheers,

Bruce

 

david2004

Well-known member

• Aug 13, 2004

• #3

Wow! Great birds! I don't get goldfinches, ANY warblers (apart from one I saw once, and never again), goldcrests, jackdaws and surprisingly sparrowhawks! Got plenty of song thrushes though...

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Aug 13, 2004

• #4

Lucky you. We have a pair of goldfinches now, feeding on the sunflower kernels. A neighbour had a fleeting visit from a peregrine falcon a few months back, though - what a shock.

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Aug 13, 2004

• #5

Lucky you to get Garden Warbler. Despite the name, they're hardly usual garden birds! Amazing the places that Reed Buntings turn up too: even had one once in my garden when I lived in urban Bristol.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Aug 13, 2004

• #6

A similiar mix to mine. I was shocked to see the Grebe until I read your disclaimer. I thought the asterisk was going to refer to a fly over sighting.

Now I said that, you will probably be watching the skies!

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Aug 13, 2004

• #7

Definitely, Andrew. I got a couple of Bewick's Swans on my Bristol garden list that way.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Aug 13, 2004

• #8

Bluetail said:

Definitely, Andrew. I got a couple of Bewick's Swans on my Bristol garden list that way.

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Must have been a big storm at Slimbridge!

 

Euan Buchan

The Edinburgh Birdwatcher

Supporter

• Aug 13, 2004

• #9

scampo said:

Lucky you. We have a pair of goldfinches now, feeding on the sunflower kernels. A neighbour had a fleeting visit from a peregrine falcon a few months back, though - what a shock.

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Last time I saw Goldfinches was at North Berwick station in a hdge across from where I was sitting. I watched then while I was waiting for the train.

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Aug 13, 2004

• #10

Andrew said:

Must have been a big storm at Slimbridge!

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I sort of assumed movement between Slimmers and the Somerset levels.

 

scampo

Steve Campsall

• Aug 13, 2004

• #11

Euan Buchan said:

Last time I saw Goldfinches was at North Berwick station in a hdge across from where I was sitting. I watched then while I was waiting for the train.

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They're a fine looking bird, Euan - I've never had them in the garden until this year. I'm tempted to put a nyger seed feeder in the garden to see if I can attract siskins this winter, now. We have two cats, though - and the garden birds know it!