Very busy at the bird feeder today! (16 Viewers)

[Cheshire Birder]

Coal Tit visited today. Think this is the first of the year for my garden.

CB

 

[roger1234]

2 Siskin have appeared the most I have had in my garden. 2 dunnock and quite a few great and coal tits

 

[earleybird]

2 Siskin have appeared the most I have had in my garden..

I bet their colour is fantastic this time of the year .

I saw a Robin yesterday whose red breast was so rich I thought at first I must be looking at a rare migrant lol :-O

 

[roger1234]

I bet their colour is fantastic this time of the year .

I saw a Robin yesterday whose red breast was so rich I thought at first I must be looking at a rare migrant lol :-O

yes eb the colour was good but not as good as the greenfinches.
2 pairs of bullfinches this afternoon along with blue tits,goldfinches,greenfinches,collared doves and house sparrows.

 

[wildlifelove]

This afternoon and morning there has been; house sparrows, starlings, blue tits, collard doves, wood piegion, Mr Magpie which visits every morning and blackbirds.

Going to start putting out hearts for the Goldies. There in the area just not in my Garden.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Did anyone else notice an influx of Blackbirds on Sunday? I had a mini-influx of birds with a couple of Song Thrushes.

CB

 

[Azzy]

It's been a while, but there's been a few newbies since I last posted. In fact, yesterday alone was quite spectacular. There were the usual suspects, Willie Wagtail, New Holland Honeyeater, Blackbird, Crimson Rosellas (checking out the nest box again). We also had Magpies, Silvereyes, Weebills, 2 Superb Fairy Wrens and very low flyover from a Peregrine Falcon!

Attached an image of one of the pair of Crimson Rosella (Adelaide colour form), the nest box is a branch or two higher.

 

[roger1234]

www.worldsparrowday.org

 

[Cheshire Birder]

New for the year and at last a sign of spring - singing Chiffchaff this morning

CB

 

[2slo]

www.worldsparrowday.org

Thanks for the link. Very true where it says how the humble Sparrow was in many cases responsible for many of us taking an interest in birds having grown up seeing Sparrows everywhere.
Sadly they are very rare now, certainly where I live,and worst of all, no one knows for sure why they are in decline. So sad |=(|

 

[earleybird]

This afternoon and morning there has been; house sparrows, starlings, blue tits, collard doves, wood piegion, Mr Magpie which visits every morning and blackbirds.

Going to start putting out hearts for the Goldies. There in the area just not in my Garden.

thats the spirit wildlifelove !:t:
Next week your neighbour will be standing in his garden scratching his head, wondering where all his Goldfinches have gone lol :-O

Great pictures by the way !

 

[2spot Ladybird]

Spring is here, the feeders are getting quieter. Only 20 Starlings, a few House Sparrows, a Male Greenfinch, a Male Blackbird, a couple of Female Chaffinches and my two resident Blue Tits so far this morning, there's usually a lot more hanging around at this time.

Will be stopping feeding them soon so that the Blue Tits can nest in peace and out of respect for my neighbours, who don't want bird droppings on their washing.

 

[alexcropper83]

Decided to get up early this morning and check out what's using the garden. Glad I did. Flock of Green Finches calling and singing in their machine-gun like manner. Usual Blue Tits and Great Tits plus Coal Tit (pretty regular in my garden). Whole bunch of Starlings.

And a new bird to my garden, a Brambling!

Worth getting up!

 

[earleybird]

Decided to get up early this morning and check out what's using the garden. Glad I did. Flock of Green Finches calling and singing in their machine-gun like manner. Usual Blue Tits and Great Tits plus Coal Tit (pretty regular in my garden). Whole bunch of Starlings.

And a new bird to my garden, a Brambling!

Worth getting up!

A Brambling sighting is definitely worth getting up early for :t:
Your feeders seem to resemble ours at the moment including the solitary Greenfinch and Coal Tit.

 

[roger1234]

First visit of the day by the male and female bullfinch this afternoon,goldfinches, greenfinches, and chaffinches along with quite a few blue tits are the highlights today

 

[bongofury]

New for the year and at last a sign of spring - singing Chiffchaff this morning

Well done CB. I must be going deaf

And a new bird to my garden, a Brambling!

Nice, Alex. Great bird to be visiting your garden.

 

[Bananafishbones]

Hi folks - back from Venezuala with jeff (goyter)

Cant claim this in the garden, but couldnt resist showing you.

Will catch up with everyone over the weekend

Dave

 

[Goldfinch12]

3 Greenfinches came to the feeder today but were quickly chased off by a Robin.

 

[2spot Ladybird]

Nice shot of the Jaguar BFB, hope you had a great trip |=)|

 

[wildlifelove]

Quick question: Dose everyone carry on feeding far balls in summer...I have heard don't. Noticed some of mine in the feeder have became very soft.