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[Dizzy]

Hi Dizzy

I wonder what your mystery visitor was. Hope it returns and you are able to identify it!

Keep us posted!

Regards

Mike

Hi Mike,
Got a better look at it last week (but not much..lol) it was kind of greeny/brown on top with a buff/yellowy colour underneath. I looked up the RSPB site and thought it could be either a Chiff-Chaff or a Warbler but I'm not experienced enough to tell the difference, although the way it was flitting up and down the branches sounds like the rspb description of a chiff-chaff. I'd really like a photo of it to h elp with a positive idea but I havent seen it for a few days now. Its annoying to think that it may have been there for a while and I've completely missed it..then again..it may be that it only popped in for those few short days...Ah well..*sighs* theres always next year

Best Wishes

 

[esmondb]

1) Bullfinch - weekly during winter/early spring when the buds were on the fruit trees, not seen since March
2)Greenfinch - daily
3)Blackbird - daily
4)Woodpigeon - daily
5)Collared dove - daily
6)Magpie - daily
7)Wren - daily
8)Chaffinch - daily
9)Blue tit - daily
10)Dunnock - daily
11)Redwing - daily up until March
12)Starling - daily
13)Robin - daily
14)Coal tit - daily
15)Blackcap - daily
16)Long-tailed tit - sporadic
17)Song thrush - daily
18)House sparrow - rare, although quite abundant locally
19)Goldfinch - daily
20)Jay - daily
21)Jackdaw - daily
22)Carrion crow - occasional
23)Marsh tit
24)Great spotted woodpecker - juvenile
25)Goldcrest
26)Nuthatch
27)Green woodpecker
28)Sparrowhawk - killed and ate a blackbird

Flyovers:
29)Kestrel
30)Swift
31)Herring gull
32)Feral pigeon
33)Common tern
34)Buzzard
35)Red kite

Slowly growing, hopefully autumn migration will give me a few more

 

[matthall]

in my garden there has been : (in alphebitical order lol)

blackbird
blackcap
black headed gull
blue tit
bullfinch
carrion crow
chaffinch
coal tit
collared dove
dunnock
goldfinch
great tit
greenfinch
grey heron
house martin
house sparrow
jackdaw
kestrel
lesser blacked gull
magpie
pheasant
pied wagtail
reed bunting
robin
rook
skylark
song thrush
starling
willow tit
willow warbler
wood pigeon
wren

i have not included flyovers .

 

[Zac Hinchcliffe]

Hi
Chiffchaffs are passing through garden at the moment. I personally have had 2 Willow Warblers, and 2 Chiffchaffs in the Garden at the same time!
I also was lucky enough to get a Lesser Whitethroat taking my Garden list up to 73!

Zac

 

[A CHAPLIN]

Hi Zac,

Congratulations, I definitely live in the wrong part of the area my highest total over years is less than 20 ouch.

Ann :egghead:

 

[NickPatel92]

This is my Garden list so far:
Blackbird,
Blackcap,
Black headed gull,
Blue tit,
Bullfinch,
Carrion crow,
Chaffinch,
Coal tit,
Collared dove,
Common gull,
Cormorant,
Curlew,
Dunnock,
Garden warbler,
Goldcrest,
Goldfinch,
Great spotted woodpecker,
Great tit,
Greenfinch,
Grey heron,
Grey wagtail,
Herring gull,
House martin,
House sparrow,
Jackdaw,
Jay,
Lesser black backed gull,
Long tailed tit,
Magpie,
Mallard,
Meadow pipit,
Mistle thrush,
Nuthatch,
Oystercatcher,
Pheasant,
Pied wagtail,
Redwing,
Robin,
Rock dove,
Rook,
Sand martin,
Siskin,
Song thrush,
Sparrowhawk,
Starling,
Swallow,
Swift,
Tawny owl,
Willow warbler,
Wood pigeon,
Wren.

Giving a total of 51. (Still Nowhere near Zac's 73!)

 

[Zac Hinchcliffe]

I must confess however - the majority of 'Special' Birds are those that I have seen flying over the house!
I am pretty envious of the Great Spott, if it fed in the Garden Nick. I have only ever seen one bird and this was flying over.
Fond Memories from my garden so far have been a group of 63 Long Tailed Tit! Grey Wagtail, Wheatear and Lesser Whitethroat, plus 2 Redwing on My Lawn (fantastic birds so close!)

Zac

 

[NickPatel92]

I must confess however - the majority of 'Special' Birds are those that I have seen flying over the house!
I am pretty envious of the Great Spott, if it fed in the Garden Nick. I have only ever seen one bird and this was flying over.
Fond Memories from my garden so far have been a group of 63 Long Tailed Tit! Grey Wagtail, Wheatear and Lesser Whitethroat, plus 2 Redwing on My Lawn (fantastic birds so close!)

Zac

The Great spotted woodpeckers on my Garden list do come into my Garden, but not to my Feeders, only to my trees. Twice a group of Redwings have stopped in a Tree in my Garden. The Willow warbler i saw was in spring, and i first found it by it's song! I've had Grey wagtails loads of times fly over my Garden, but twice, one individual has made a visit to my two ponds, when it does come, it is a real Treat!

P.S. Wheatear in your Garden! The nearest i to my Garden i've seen them is at Lightfoot green.

 

[Zac Hinchcliffe]

Yeh that was awesome! It was probably about last September, a female bird was on my neighbours garage roof. I once had a Grey wag land on my aptio when there was persistant rain for about 5 days and the patio was flooded. Ive also had a Yellow Wag Fly over but only once.
Ive had a few ticks as flyovers this year - Whimbrel, Buzzard, Cormorant, Tawny Owl (although this was a female calling in my garden at night, so not a flyover )

Zac

 

[esmondb]

1) Bullfinch - weekly during winter/early spring when the buds were on the fruit trees, not seen since March
2)Greenfinch - daily
3)Blackbird - daily
4)Woodpigeon - daily
5)Collared dove - daily
6)Magpie - daily
7)Wren - daily
8)Chaffinch - daily
9)Blue tit - daily
10)Dunnock - daily
11)Redwing - daily up until March
12)Starling - daily
13)Robin - daily
14)Coal tit - daily
15)Blackcap - daily
16)Long-tailed tit - sporadic
17)Song thrush - daily
18)House sparrow - rare, although quite abundant locally
19)Goldfinch - daily
20)Jay - daily
21)Jackdaw - daily
22)Carrion crow - occasional
23)Marsh tit
24)Great spotted woodpecker - juvenile
25)Goldcrest
26)Nuthatch
27)Green woodpecker
28)Sparrowhawk - killed and ate a blackbird

Flyovers:
29)Kestrel
30)Swift
31)Herring gull
32)Feral pigeon
33)Common tern
34)Buzzard
35)Red kite

Slowly growing, hopefully autumn migration will give me a few more

36)A real surprise - Tawny owl calling from the trees at the back of my garden:t:

 

[AsterixnObelix]

This list, is the result of a lot of work that I have put into making the backyard a place that would attract the numerous species that have been recorded. God bless my mom for allowing me to turn her vegetable garden into a wildlife habitat, which I have listed and certified with NWF. This initiative started with a few feeders and since then I have added a number of plants that has increased the variety of birds that drop by.

My plant list includes, Elderberries, Bayberry, American Beauty Berry (callicarpa) , Winterberry (a few varieties), Viburnums (varieties), Flowering Dogwoods, Service berry (a few varieties), Gray Dogwoods, Pryacanthas, Chokeberry etc...

I have also expanded to include plants for butterflies and this has been a huge success as I have seen our butterfly visitors increase in vast numbers. One late Summer afternoon, I counted at least 50-60 Monarchs give or take a few as I tried not to double count. The butterfly bush truly deserves it's reputation as a butterfly magnet.

Whenever I have the opportunity, I have taken pictures of my backyard visitors. The photographs are no where near the level that I have seen on this site. Nevertheless, I hope to be able to post some of my pictures soon.

My most memorable backyard moment, is shared between seeing for the first time a humming bird visiting the feeders and a coopers hawk grabbing a pigeon in flight right by my window.

Species observed in my backyard:

1. Acadian Flycatcher
2. American Crow
3. American Goldfinch
4. American Robin
5. American Redstart (Female)
6. Baltimore Oriole
7. Black-Billed Cuckoo
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Black-throated Blue Warbler
10. Blue Jay
11. Bohemian Waxwing (?)
12. Brown Creeper
13. Brown Thrasher
14. Brown-headed Cowbird
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Chipping Sparrow
17. Common Grackle
18. Common Yellowthroat
19. Cooper’s Hawk
20. Dark-eyed Junco
21. Downy Woodpecker
22. Eastern Phoebe
23. European Starling
24. Eastern Towhee
25. Golden-crowned Kinglet
26. Gray Catbird
27. Hairy Woodpecker
28. Hermit Thrush
29. Hooded Warbler
30. House Finch
31. House Sparrow
32. House Wren
33. Mourning Doves
34. Northern Cardinal
35. Monk Parakeets
36. Nothern Flicker
37. Northern Mockingbird
38. Ovenbird
39. Pine Siskin
40. Purple Finch
41. Red-bellied Woodpecker
42. Red-winged Blackbird
43. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
45. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Female)
46. Sharp-shinned Hawk
47. Tufted Titmouse
48. Veery
49. Western Tanager
50. White-breasted Nuthatch
51. White-crowned Sparrow
52. White-throated Sparrow
53. Winter Wren
54. Wood Thrush
55. Yellow Warbler
56. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
57. Yellow-breasted Chat
58. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Female)

 

[AsterixnObelix]

1. Acadian Flycatcher
2. American Crow
3. American Goldfinch
4. American Robin
5. American Redstart (Female)
6. Baltimore Oriole
7. Black-Billed Cuckoo
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Black-throated Blue Warbler
10. Blue Jay
11. Bohemian Waxwing (?)
12. Brown Creeper
13. Brown Thrasher
14. Brown-headed Cowbird
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Chipping Sparrow
17. Common Grackle
18. Common Yellowthroat
19. Cooper’s Hawk
20. Dark-eyed Junco
21. Downy Woodpecker
22. Eastern Phoebe
23. European Starling
24. Eastern Towhee
25. Golden-crowned Kinglet
26. Gray Catbird
27. Hairy Woodpecker
28. Hermit Thrush
29. Hooded Warbler
30. House Finch
31. House Sparrow
32. House Wren
33. Mourning Doves
34. Northern Cardinal
35. Monk Parakeets
36. Nothern Flicker
37. Northern Mockingbird
38. Ovenbird
39. Pine Siskin
40. Purple Finch
41. Red-bellied Woodpecker
42. Red-winged Blackbird
43. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
45. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Female)
46. Sharp-shinned Hawk
47. Tufted Titmouse
48. Veery
49. Western Tanager
50. White-breasted Nuthatch
51. White-crowned Sparrow
52. White-throated Sparrow
53. Winter Wren
54. Wood Thrush
55. Yellow Warbler
56. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
57. Yellow-breasted Chat
58. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Female)
59. Northern Water Thrush New Addition

 

[NickPatel92]

New one for my Garden: 5 Pink footed geese flying south!

 

[AsterixnObelix]

Updated List...

1. Acadian Flycatcher
2. American Crow
3. American Goldfinch
4. American Robin
5. American Redstart (Female)
6. Baltimore Oriole
7. Black-Billed Cuckoo
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Black-throated Blue Warbler
10. Blue Jay
11. Bohemian Waxwing
12. Brown Creeper
13. Brown Thrasher
14. Brown-headed Cowbird
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Chipping Sparrow
17. Common Grackle
18. Common Yellowthroat
19. Cooper’s Hawk
20. Dark-eyed Junco
21. Downy Woodpecker
22. Eastern Phoebe
23. European Starling
24. Eastern Towhee
25. Golden-crowned Kinglet
26. Gray Catbird
27. Hairy Woodpecker
28. Hermit Thrush
29. Hooded Warbler
30. House Finch
31. House Sparrow
32. House Wren
33. Mourning Doves
34. Northern Cardinal
35. Monk Parakeets
36. Nothern Flicker
37. Northern Mockingbird
38. Ovenbird
39. Pine Siskin
40. Purple Finch
41. Red-bellied Woodpecker
42. Red-winged Blackbird
43. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
44. Red-breasted Nuthatch
45. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
46. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Female)
47. Sharp-shinned Hawk
48. Swainson’s Thrush
49. Tufted Titmouse
50. Veery
51. Vireo (not sure which one)
52. Western Tanager
53. White-breasted Nuthatch
54. White-crowned Sparrow
55. White-throated Sparrow
56. Winter Wren
57. Wood Thrush
58. Yellow Warbler
59. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
60. Yellow-breasted Chat
61. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Female)
62. Northern Water Thrush
63. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 

[razorsharp]

In the garden every day:
1-House Sparrows
2-Starlings
3-Jackdaws
4-Rooks
5-Blue tit
6-Great Tit
7-Coal Tit
8-Greenfinch
9-Chaffinch
10-Goldfinch
11-Robin
12-Collared Dove

Some days:
1-Hooded Crow
2-Magpie
3-Blackbird
4-Redpolls

Occasionaly:
1-Wren
2-Goldcrest
3-Sparrowhawk
4-Siskins
6-Dunnock

Rarely:
1-Woodpigeon(yes I said woodpigeon)
2-Willow Warbler(or Chiffchaff)
3-Song Thrush
4-Mistle Thrush

Flyovers:
1-Great black-backed Gull
2-Black Headed Gull
3-Kestrel
4-Whooper Swan(once, for of them)
5-Swallow(barn
6-Swift
7-House Martin

Hopefully:
1-Jay
2-Long-tailed Tit(were in the garden once but I didn't get a great view and they weren't on the feeder.)
3-Bullfinch
4-Linnet
5-More Summer Warblers and winter Thrushes!

 

[razorsharp]

Also-forgot about Grey Wagtail-a while back, just once, getting attacked by a pied wagtail, which is another bird I forgot, comes inot the garden now and again.

 

[feltons]

Mike,we have just had a water rail run along a little stream in our garden yesterday we saw it last week end on reflection but as we were busy looked up minus binoculars and went moorhen as it nipped in and out of vegetation, my Aunt arrived yesterday and it reappeared and we went moorhen but something made me reach for my binoculars and I couldn't believe my eyes when the beautiful red curved bill of a water rail along with its subtle body markings focused through my bins. We were highly delighted to think we had finally added 'moorhen' to our garden list just goes to show we should never assume in bird watching Mel and Mike

 

[JimMorris]

I can't believe that this thread has been on here for six months and I have not seen it. very similar to my birding. I've always wanted to compere my garden list with others. There are some impressive lists out there. So here goes=

Everyday birds
1= BLACKBIRD
2= ROBIN
3= BLUE TIT
4= GREAT TIT
5= CHAFFINCH
6= NUTHATCH
7= GS WOODPECKER
8= COLLARD DOVE
9= STOCK DOVE
10= WOOD PIGEON
11= JAY
12= MAGPIE
13= DUNNOCK

TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK
14= SONG THRUSH
15= LONGTAILED TIT
16= HOUSE SPARROW
17= WREN
18= SPARROW HAWK
19= GREENFINCH
20= GOLDFINCH
21= COAL TIT
22= CROW
23= JACKDAW
24= MISLE THRUSH
25= STARLING

ONCE IN A BLUE MOON BIRDS
26= REDWING, = (EVERY DAY DURING LATE OCT AND NOV)
27= GARDEN WARBLER = (ONCE)
28= YELLOW WAGTAIL = (ONCE)
29= HERON = (THREE TIMES)
30= REED BUNTING = (STAYED FOR A WEEK)
31= LINNET = (STAYED FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY FED ON THE NIGER SEED FEEDER)
32= MARSH OR WILLOW TIT = not sure which (COUPLE OF TIMES)
33= BLACKCAP = (M & F STAYS FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR MORE FEB - APRIL)
34= TREE SPARROW = (THREE TIMES)
35= GREY WAGTAIL = (TWICE)
36= PIED WAGTAIL = (TWICE)
37= ROOK = (EVERY NOW AND AGAIN)
38= PHEASANT MALE = (ONCE)
39= FIELDFARE = (OCCATIONALY WITH THE REDWINGS)
40= GOLDCREST = (ONCE LAST YEAR, FOUR TIMES THIS YEAR)
41= BULLFINCH = (IN FOR MOST OF THE YEAR THEN VANISHED FOR A WHILE)
42= SISKIN = (HAD TWO FOR A FORTNIGHT LAST YEAR)
43= BRAMBLING = (HAD A COUPLE FOR A FEW DAYS LAST YEAR)
44= TREECREEPER = (FIRST ONE LAST WEEK)
45= WILLOW WARBLER = ( SEEN ONCE)
46= MEADOW PIPIT = (SEEN TWICE)
47= SWALLOW = (ON THE WIRES AT THE FRONT)
48= HOUSE MARTIN = (ON THE WIRES AT THE FRONT)

FLY OVERS FROM THE GARDEN
49= KESTREL
50= BUZZARD
51= CRANE = SUMMER OF 2006 (SEEN FLYING LOW NO DOUGHT ABOUT ID)
AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS THAT I COULD NOT ID

I'VE ATTACHED A PHOTO OF OUR GARDEN JUST TO PROVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MASSIVE GARDEN TO ATTRACT BIRDS BUT I MUST ADMIT IT HELPS IF YOUR ON THE EDGE OF A VILLAGE NEXT TO OPEN COUNTRY AND FARMLAND.
HAPPY BIRDING
JIM

 

[foxwood]

Mike,we have just had a water rail run along a little stream in our garden yesterday we saw it last week end on reflection but as we were busy looked up minus binoculars and went moorhen as it nipped in and out of vegetation, my Aunt arrived yesterday and it reappeared and we went moorhen but something made me reach for my binoculars and I couldn't believe my eyes when the beautiful red curved bill of a water rail along with its subtle body markings focused through my bins. We were highly delighted to think we had finally added 'moorhen' to our garden list just goes to show we should never assume in bird watching Mel and Mike

Well done Mel and Mike! That's a great addition to anyone's list, garden or otherwise. A moorhen would have been good but a water rail ...!

I have yet to see a water rail anywhere but live in hope!

Regards

Mike

 

[foxwood]

In the garden every day:
1-House Sparrows
2-Starlings
3-Jackdaws
4-Rooks
5-Blue tit
6-Great Tit
7-Coal Tit
8-Greenfinch
9-Chaffinch
10-Goldfinch
11-Robin
12-Collared Dove

Some days:
1-Hooded Crow
2-Magpie
3-Blackbird
4-Redpolls

Occasionaly:
1-Wren
2-Goldcrest
3-Sparrowhawk
4-Siskins
6-Dunnock

Rarely:
1-Woodpigeon(yes I said woodpigeon)
2-Willow Warbler(or Chiffchaff)
3-Song Thrush
4-Mistle Thrush

Flyovers:
1-Great black-backed Gull
2-Black Headed Gull
3-Kestrel
4-Whooper Swan(once, for of them)
5-Swallow(barn
6-Swift
7-House Martin

Hopefully:
1-Jay
2-Long-tailed Tit(were in the garden once but I didn't get a great view and they weren't on the feeder.)
3-Bullfinch
4-Linnet
5-More Summer Warblers and winter Thrushes!

That's a good list you've got there. Odd that woodpigeons are so uncommon, they're regulars in my garden, but then you get lots of species that I don't!

Regards

Mike