Garden / Yard List 2025 (1 Viewer)

[halftwo]

41: Redwing

Actually a little mixed thrush flock in the new paddock adjacent - 2 each of Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare & Redwing.

 

[halftwo]

Early addition this morning:

42: Goosander

 

[Farnboro John]

Three Mallard over this morning makes 21 so far.

John

 

[pete wragg]

56 - Hawfinch, 1 in garden under feeders. Unusual to get one here in mid-winter

 

[halftwo]

And a Great Egret just went past. 43.

 

[pete wragg]

57 - Long-tailed Tit, 1 in garden

 

[pete wragg]

58 - Marsh Harrier, 1 over Long Bank Marsh

 

[halftwo]

44: Coal Tit.

This the first for 2 weeks, at least.

 

[Richard Prior]

Sounds as if the English East Coast is the place to be at the moment! No change here, the Black Grouse showed again early on before the sleet started up. On Tuesday we found a group of 8 Alpine Accentors just 800m away (as the Accentor flies) and despite the mild and rainy days since they were still there this morning, only now there are 14 of them! Change to frosty nights and sunny days from Sunday so I'd be surprised if they pay us a visit this time - still the Garden Year is a marathon not a sprint so patience is the order of the day (or year).

 

[KenM]

My 10th sighting (this year) of Buzby this am + my 1st sighting of Sprawk pm….no.35!
Between which was sandwiched “outback” two more for the coming year.🙏

 

[Jos Stratford]

Still the Garden Year is a marathon not a sprint so patience is the order of the day (or year).

Absolutely, especially for two of us living in the frozen wilds of Lithuania and Finland 🙂

And so the year starts, I return from sunny lands to the grey gloom of Labanoras, temperatures above norm at +1 C, snow patchy and slushy.

First birds Tree Sparrow and Great Spotted Woodpecker at my feeders, though the 5th species was a very nice adult White-tailed Eagle. One surprise late in the day - my first ever winter record of Great White Egret (never seen in November, December, January or February before). Resident Yellowhammer flock at the grain feeder was a healthy 100+, a pod of Greenfinches moderately unusual in winter.

1. Great White Egret
2. White-tailed Eagle
3. Common Buzzard
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker
5. Great Tit
6. Blue Tit
7. Marsh Tit
8. Hooded Crow
9. Raven
10. Greenfinch
11. Yellowhammer
12. Tree Sparrow

 

[halftwo]

A Song Thrush flyby no.45 this morning

 

[Euan Buchan]

This morning I’ve seen Robin & House Sparrow

 

[Jos Stratford]

Day after my first ever winter record of Great White Egret, my first January Whooper Swans - pair and first year bird (quite possibly my breeding pair back already). This is not so remarkable as the breeding pair does sometimes return in mid-February if it is a mild year, but nice all the same.

13. Whooper Swan
14. Nuthatch
15. Siskin
16. Magpie

 

[KenM]

My only hard weather movement so far…6 Egyptian Geese (no.36) over the roof this am perfectly lit out of a wall to wall blue!

 

[Frank van Drogen]

First birds Tree Sparrow

1. Great White Egret
2. White-tailed Eagle
3. Common Buzzard
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker
5. Great Tit
6. Blue Tit
7. Marsh Tit
8. Hooded Crow
9. Raven
10. Greenfinch
11. Yellowhammer

Tree Sparrow is not worthy of being counted?

 

[Jos Stratford]

Tree Sparrow is not worthy of being counted?

Oops 🙂

I am very proud of my Tree Sparrows, they were rare on my plot before 2022, but provision of dedicated feeders and nestboxes for them has transformed them to year-round visitors now, breeding for the first time last year.

Previous posts duly amended 🙂

 

[Steve Lister]

A very cold two hour session, half of it in thin freezing mist

January 11th
35. Greylag Goose - heard over the mist
36. Mistle Thrush - one scoffing the last few yew berries nearby
37. Little Egret - one over

 

[Andy Lakin]

Steady start with a blackcap iirc first Jan record and today a stunning fieldfare showing well (first actually in the garden for years). Spent a very interesting afternoon having a good look at the many blackbirds visiting, it still surprises me the variation in the plumage around the head and chest area of the females. Also interesting that all the blackbirds have totally ignored the hundreds of Cotoneaster berries on offer and have been feasting on sunflower hearts instead they are obviously clued up regarding the energy contained in both food items.

 

[ilikebirds-124]

My small city plot in Seattle, WA, USA:
American Robin
Anna's Hummingbird
American Crow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-capped Chickadee
Cedar Waxwing
Stellar's Jay

I also have access to a more rural home, but haven't been there yet this year. Will keep a separate list for "City House" and "Country House."