Bainbridge
New member
Hi birders, newbie here!
I've always been an animal lover, but when we temporarily moved into a 3rd floor flat on a busy main road in Bristol, after living in the suburbs for so long with the countryside on our doorstep, there wasn't much wildlife easily observable apart from the birds.
I set up a feeder on the window reveal and sure enough, the birds came, and over the next 2 years they even brought their young to feed! It was great being able to observe them from less than 6 feet away, we had:
Blue tits
Coal tits
Goldfinches
Robins
Once we had a huge sparrow swoop in and feed, which we later learned was likely to have been a tree sparrow!
Anyway, we bought our own house and moved into the suburbs in May. I set the feeder up, hoping to see some different species but it's been ignored There aren't many cats but there were a colony of Jackdaws nesting in a house opposite, while has several holes in the fascia. I think the smaller birds darent go near them. I do miss identifying and observing them.
I'll keep putting food out and hopefully I'll get some action sooner rather than later.
Thanks for reading.
I've always been an animal lover, but when we temporarily moved into a 3rd floor flat on a busy main road in Bristol, after living in the suburbs for so long with the countryside on our doorstep, there wasn't much wildlife easily observable apart from the birds.
I set up a feeder on the window reveal and sure enough, the birds came, and over the next 2 years they even brought their young to feed! It was great being able to observe them from less than 6 feet away, we had:
Blue tits
Coal tits
Goldfinches
Robins
Once we had a huge sparrow swoop in and feed, which we later learned was likely to have been a tree sparrow!
Anyway, we bought our own house and moved into the suburbs in May. I set the feeder up, hoping to see some different species but it's been ignored There aren't many cats but there were a colony of Jackdaws nesting in a house opposite, while has several holes in the fascia. I think the smaller birds darent go near them. I do miss identifying and observing them.
I'll keep putting food out and hopefully I'll get some action sooner rather than later.
Thanks for reading.