Birds in my garden (1 Viewer)

2slo

Well-known member

• Nov 27, 2011

• #1

Hello everyone. My first post on this forum and I thought I'd show you some of the birds which either live in my garden, visit the bird table or just fly over! So first we have one of the pair of Nuthatches which are nesting in a hollow branch in one of our trees:



One of many Tits which live in the garden:



A greater spotted male woodpecker who paid us a visit yesterday:



A visiting long tailed Tit:



And this flew overhead today. a Buzzard perhaps?



I hope you like these. I'll post some more as I take them.

Mark |=)|

 

KC Foggin

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• Nov 27, 2011

• #2

Hi there and a warm welcome to you from those of us on staff here at BirdForum :t:

Looks like you've got quite a nice selection of garden birds.

 

2slo

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• Nov 27, 2011

• #3

Thank you, we have a few interesting birds in the garden and are surrounded by fields and woodland so lots of variety nearby.

 

bongofury

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• Nov 27, 2011

• #4

Very nice pics and a great selection of visitors.:t:

 

2slo

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• Nov 27, 2011

• #5

Thanks |=)|

 

Kits

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• Nov 27, 2011

• #6

Welcome to BirdForum! I am sure you will find lots to interest you here, and I hope that you enjoy your visits. That's a lovely selection of garden visitors and the nuthatch in the first shot is great.

 

2slo

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #7

Thank you |=)|

 

robinm

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #8

Hi and welcome to BirdForum :t:

Nice pics including the Buzzard.

 

2slo

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #9

Thanks. Struggled with the Buzzard pic as I only have a 200mm lens at present so that was a 100% crop. Annoying since the bird was moving slowly and the light was just right. I need a longer lens!

Mark.

 

AndyK

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #10

last pic is buzzard. You are very lucky with your garden birds!

 

EK_Birds

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #11

I think I would like to have your garden !

 

2slo

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #12

last pic is buzzard. You are very lucky with your garden birds!

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I think I would like to have your garden !

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Thanks. Nothing special, just borders fields and a wooded area so ideal for certain birds. Been out looking for the greater spotted woodpecker today but he isn't living up to his title!

 

2slo

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• Nov 28, 2011

• #13

Some new photos from today. After the male greater spotted woodpecker visited a few days ago I was delighted to see this female land today:




I don't know if they are especially rare but they are colourful and interesting to watch. Very noisy though!

Mark |:d|

 

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barnstormer

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #14

Nice shots of the woodpecker, i've only had one in my garden once and that was for a few seconds and i didn't manage to get any shots. I do have a male sparrowhawk which comes in daily to check out any small birds at my feeders so he scares them off for an hour or so.Where do you live in Co Durham ?

 

2slo

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #15

barnstormer said:

Nice shots of the woodpecker, i've only had one in my garden once and that was for a few seconds and i didn't manage to get any shots. I do have a male sparrowhawk which comes in daily to check out any small birds at my feeders so he scares them off for an hour or so.Where do you live in Co Durham ?

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Thanks, I've often watched the garden birds but only seen the Woodpeckers twice (although I've often heard them!). I live near Lanchester.

 

Hobbes2

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #16

Welcome to BF and good to see such a lovely selection of garden visitors. You might be interested in the following thread (if you haven't already found it): http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=124663&page=348. It's dedicated to those who share what they've seen in their gardens.
All the best
Hobbes

 

2slo

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• Nov 29, 2011

• #17

Hobbes2 said:

Welcome to BF and good to see such a lovely selection of garden visitors. You might be interested in the following thread (if you haven't already found it): http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=124663&page=348. It's dedicated to those who share what they've seen in their gardens.
All the best
Hobbes

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Thank you, yes, I've been reading it.

 

2slo

Well-known member

• Dec 1, 2011

• #18

The usual tits and nuthatches today, plus we were visited by the greater spotted woodpeckers again, the female pictured below:



We also had this bird in the garden. I haven't seen it before and couldn't ID it, I've posted it in the ID section too, but here for info if anyone knows what it is:





Mark |=)|

ETA: from the id section I've had a reply to say that the last bird is apparently a male chaffinch.

 

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2slo

Well-known member

• Dec 5, 2011

• #19

Haven't seen any woodpeckers (gr spotted) today, usual Nuthatches, Robin, a pair of Blackbirds eating the red berries from the bushes and the odd peanut that the messy Nuthatches had dropped on the ground next to the bird table (but they wouldn't actually land on the table). Several types of Tit, including a couple of Bluetits, here's one from this morning:



Also another new (to me) bird I couldn't identify, I'll put a photo in the ID section tomorrow when I have time |=)|

 

AndyK

Well-known member

• Dec 6, 2011

• #20

yes the above is chaffinch, what did the other look like? I would post these in the 'very busy at the birdfeeder' thread as you will get more replies as there are lots of posters. Get yourself a good ID book, I can recommend the RSPB book of british birds for a beginner, you can get it for a few pounds from the usual online sources.