Renee Redstart
Well-known member
I keep reading your reports about certain birds like the Blackcap, that I've never seen, and thought I'd never get any of those. Well now I have!
I went out to fill up the small water tray in the rockery, which isn't far from my 'woodlandy' patch. In this patch I have a guardian cage with ground feed in. (It is a mixture of pinhead oats, prosecto insectivorous and sometimes mealworm crumble, together with sultanas). The Blackbirds are always first in, around 7.30am, followed by the small chaps and the Song Thrush (my one and only!).
Well this was around 9am when I spotted a male Blackcap eating away in there. I stood gaping, about 4 feet away, before it made off. I went back inside to double check my books (I never trust myself!), and record it in my week's list. Then I looked out and saw the Song Thrush and Chaffinches eating in there. Got the bins out to have a good look, and there was the Blackcap merrily eating amongst them all. They all seemed perfectly relaxed in there.
Sorry I haven't got a photo to match Sue's fantastic one she put on some time ago.
Well, another first for my garden. I'm getting all the Christmas presents I could ever wish for. :bounce:
I went out to fill up the small water tray in the rockery, which isn't far from my 'woodlandy' patch. In this patch I have a guardian cage with ground feed in. (It is a mixture of pinhead oats, prosecto insectivorous and sometimes mealworm crumble, together with sultanas). The Blackbirds are always first in, around 7.30am, followed by the small chaps and the Song Thrush (my one and only!).
Well this was around 9am when I spotted a male Blackcap eating away in there. I stood gaping, about 4 feet away, before it made off. I went back inside to double check my books (I never trust myself!), and record it in my week's list. Then I looked out and saw the Song Thrush and Chaffinches eating in there. Got the bins out to have a good look, and there was the Blackcap merrily eating amongst them all. They all seemed perfectly relaxed in there.
Sorry I haven't got a photo to match Sue's fantastic one she put on some time ago.
Well, another first for my garden. I'm getting all the Christmas presents I could ever wish for. :bounce: