Jane Turner
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Well that IS what I plan on changing the name of my house to. I've decided to keep a running diary of my garden's birds here.
Yesterday was a good place to start. I already mentioned this in the "your birding day" forum, but its too good to miss putting in here too.
I hadn't been outside at all until about 3.30. It was already getting cold and dusk-like and I saw sawing a big log in half to be the mainstay of a bonfire when I saw something land and fly-catch of the wall next to me. I guessed it was probably a Robin, but just in case I stood up. There, not 6 feet away on my neighbours lawn was an 1st winter Black Redstart. I called a few friends who are doing a "Wirral Year bird race". Unfortunately the bird became rather mobile and moved up bout 10 gardens long the seafront and out of sight. I was able to show them the video I had taken of the bird.
Just as it going dark I was going out to the car and noticed the BR was on my daughter's swing, then on the BBQ. I called Steve and he came back. I thought I'd lost it again, since I had to go back into the house to turn off the food I was cooking. Then I noticed it on the roof of the house. Though it was practically dark Steve got great views. I last saw it from my kitchen window, settling down to roost in the back courtyard of the house.
No sign of it his morning so far, but there has been a nice bit of visible migration. Nothing too exciting, about 350 Chaffinches, a few bramblings and a Yellowhammer, the first of the year. That's 148 species in the garden so far this yer.
Yesterday was a good place to start. I already mentioned this in the "your birding day" forum, but its too good to miss putting in here too.
I hadn't been outside at all until about 3.30. It was already getting cold and dusk-like and I saw sawing a big log in half to be the mainstay of a bonfire when I saw something land and fly-catch of the wall next to me. I guessed it was probably a Robin, but just in case I stood up. There, not 6 feet away on my neighbours lawn was an 1st winter Black Redstart. I called a few friends who are doing a "Wirral Year bird race". Unfortunately the bird became rather mobile and moved up bout 10 gardens long the seafront and out of sight. I was able to show them the video I had taken of the bird.
Just as it going dark I was going out to the car and noticed the BR was on my daughter's swing, then on the BBQ. I called Steve and he came back. I thought I'd lost it again, since I had to go back into the house to turn off the food I was cooking. Then I noticed it on the roof of the house. Though it was practically dark Steve got great views. I last saw it from my kitchen window, settling down to roost in the back courtyard of the house.
No sign of it his morning so far, but there has been a nice bit of visible migration. Nothing too exciting, about 350 Chaffinches, a few bramblings and a Yellowhammer, the first of the year. That's 148 species in the garden so far this yer.
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