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Very busy at the bird feeder today! (6 Viewers)
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jape
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If you could send some of your Hawfinches our way that would be great
Rich
ok ok doubters - just the one, sorry, a definite, stripping some actual haws left over in a hawthorn hedge but not seen since, probably headed down south if he had any sense. do they have hawthorns in Ibiza?
edit: he was seen today in Tuscany according to funinsnow thread.
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Lol. No. No. No. Not doubting. Just hugely jealous. o
I keep checking the tops of the conifers but nothing yet:-CRich
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
snow thick and falling
Snow is thick and falling
Cat prints reveal unwelcome intruder
Blackbirds squabble over suet
Great tits calling hhuit huit
In the cottage woodburner roaring
On this bitter arctic morning
Bird bath frozen starlings chatter
Boiling water breaks ice with a shatter
Dunnock scrambling under shrubs
Blue tits vainly look for grubs
Goldfinch top up empty crops
Grateful for food from the local shops
Neighbours child on noisy snow day
frightens flock of siskin away
Brambling come from far and wide
Bright white rumps they can not hide
Reed Bunting eyes seed scattered on ground
But human habitat is something new found
Woodpigeons flap around feeder tree
Clumsily knocking sunflower seed free
Fieldfare brought in by Siberian cold
And sight of chopped apples becomes more bold
One male blackbird defending his dinner
While his colleagues get fat and he gets thinner
Smaller birds flock to the feeders
A cold looking redpole all the needier
Ruffled feathers vying for space
Greenfinches chewing with little grace
Snow falling now thick and steady
Chaffinch shovel in snow but the woodpigeons are greedy
Starlings enjoying a breakfast right hearty
Magpies arrive and break up the party
Fifteen woodpigeons make everything sway
Its time to chase the darn things away!
Snow is thick and falling
Cat prints reveal unwelcome intruder
Blackbirds squabble over suet
Great tits calling hhuit huit
In the cottage woodburner roaring
On this bitter arctic morning
Bird bath frozen starlings chatter
Boiling water breaks ice with a shatter
Dunnock scrambling under shrubs
Blue tits vainly look for grubs
Goldfinch top up empty crops
Grateful for food from the local shops
Neighbours child on noisy snow day
frightens flock of siskin away
Brambling come from far and wide
Bright white rumps they can not hide
Reed Bunting eyes seed scattered on ground
But human habitat is something new found
Woodpigeons flap around feeder tree
Clumsily knocking sunflower seed free
Fieldfare brought in by Siberian cold
And sight of chopped apples becomes more bold
One male blackbird defending his dinner
While his colleagues get fat and he gets thinner
Smaller birds flock to the feeders
A cold looking redpole all the needier
Ruffled feathers vying for space
Greenfinches chewing with little grace
Snow falling now thick and steady
Chaffinch shovel in snow but the woodpigeons are greedy
Starlings enjoying a breakfast right hearty
Magpies arrive and break up the party
Fifteen woodpigeons make everything sway
Its time to chase the darn things away!
Very nice Deb.
Worked from home today due to predicted weather issues. Topped up the bird food and put out fresh water. Garden was full from start to finish - 3 GSW's (2 female and 1 male), male and female Bullfinches, Siskin, Nuthatches, Chaffs, House Sparrows, Marsh Tit, heaps of Long-Tailed, Great, Blue and Coal Tits, and a pair of Pied Wagtails - a record for our garden:t:
Rich
Rich
Deb Burhinus
Used to be well known! 😎
Côg
sitting on a goldmine
Its a Fieldfare Cog - cold weather is bringing them into gardens, chop up some apples
Thanks.....we've had some thrushes around for a while now so thought it might be a young one.
Hi Cog. There's a few around today.
We had 20+ Blue Tits and heaps of other common species. Surprisingly the Woodpeckers were a no show. Did have a new addition to the garden list which, given where I live was very surprising - 2 Lapwings flew over.
Rich
We had 20+ Blue Tits and heaps of other common species. Surprisingly the Woodpeckers were a no show. Did have a new addition to the garden list which, given where I live was very surprising - 2 Lapwings flew over.
Rich
Garden has been full of Blackbirds
Great garden record Cog. Send them to Neath please
We've got a few Blackbirds as well Euan. 6 yesterday was a record for our garden.
Rich
We've got a few Blackbirds as well Euan. 6 yesterday was a record for our garden.
Rich
Côg
sitting on a goldmine
Great garden record Cog. Send them to Neath please
We've got a few Blackbirds as well Euan. 6 yesterday was a record for our garden.
Rich
My recent favourite has to be these two Yellowhammers from end of January.
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Stop it now. I'm jealous enough already:eek!:
Haven't seen a Yellowhammer around here for years. They're on The Gower and I remember seeing one at Kenfig Pool a few years ago but that's it.
Rich
Haven't seen a Yellowhammer around here for years. They're on The Gower and I remember seeing one at Kenfig Pool a few years ago but that's it.
Rich
alcedo.atthis
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Today, 3 Brambling, Blackcap male and female, Fieldfare, Redwing plus all the usual etc, etc
Had lots and lots of Blackbirds, Chaffinches, Woodpigeons, Song Thrush & Fieldfares.
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