Very busy at the bird feeder today! (14 Viewers)

[The Robin]

Ditto here, I feel house bound for ages now but, heading out in it this morning, what the hell eh?

Wrap up warm and dry. My best friend would make me so I'm glad it's not up to him🤣

 

[will562]

Morning all from a very dreich Perthshire, could be worse we've been getting flurries of Long-tailed tits passing through most mornings and evenings now, eleven this morning and a LOT more birds generally every day. Great, Blue & Coal Tits, Starlings, many, many Chaffinches, Goldfinches, a few Greenfinch, Blackbirds, mostly males, Tree & House Sparrows, the odd secretive Dunnock and a Mistle Thrush, makes for great watching and photography attempts Three GSW on there this morning, let battle commence
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Nice photos 👍

 

[will562]

hi there, love checking in on here once in a while. Been at this house now since July 2019, and really getting some decent numbers in the garden. Had an amazing year two years ago for Bramblings, had a couple last year and already had one this year too. Loads of Goldfinches stopping by this year. Blackcap been here a few times too. Sparrow Hawk been around a few times too 👍

 

[EK_Birds]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present feeder setup version 73.4

Purchased one of those cages you use for storing gas cylinders, with feeders attached to the roof with carabiner clips. Should probably have gotten the taller cage as getting to the feeders at the back is a bit of a pain, but that's first world problems.

Only put into position on Saturday afternoon, so still waiting for all the birds to get used to it. After a while I can start mixing and matching the food types, no doubt the tweaking will continue forever !

 

[PYRTLE]

Waxwing just 2 miles away. Stocked up on "apples on a stick " and new batteries in the repositioned trail camera. All the Rowan, Crabapple and Cotoneaster berries gone so fingers crossed. All I've attracted is odd looks from the holidaymakers next door, moreso when playing trilling calls through the Bluetooth speaker.

 

[Bananafishbones]

I no longer get Crimbo pressies now, I just buy them😥 I do buy bass guitars though so maybe one less bass and get a camera. After Crimbo I might put a post up on camera advice.
Thanks

Les Claypool 🎸😍

 

[Bananafishbones]

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present feeder setup version 73.4

Purchased one of those cages you use for storing gas cylinders, with feeders attached to the roof with carabiner clips. Should probably have gotten the taller cage as getting to the feeders at the back is a bit of a pain, but that's first world problems.

Only put into position on Saturday afternoon, so still waiting for all the birds to get used to it. After a while I can start mixing and matching the food types, no doubt the tweaking will continue forever !

Will keep a keen interest on how this goes 👍🏼

 

[Bananafishbones]

Great to see this thread has good recent activity 👍🏼

Song Thush, Wren, Goldcrest are recent visitors, still getting upto 5 Ring-necked Parakeets visiting the trees between feeding from a neighbouring garden. Tends to be afternoons only

 

[EK_Birds]

Will keep a keen interest on how this goes 👍🏼

So far all the usual suspects are coming down, just not feeding as often which is to be expected until they decide it's safe to do so.

Coal tit, blue tit and great tit. Greenfinch, goldfinch, bullfinch, chaffinch, robin and dunnock have all fed at some point during the week.

Holes aren't big enough for a blackbird so I had a ground cage delivered last night with larger mesh. Will assemble that and put it out tomorrow.

 

[EK_Birds]

Blackbird finally used the ground cage this morning, money well spent !!

 

[Bananafishbones]

Two male Bullfinch feeding on the ground this morning. Nothing else out of the ordinary last few days..... RNP still visiting neighbors gardens and relaxing in my trees

 

[Bananafishbones]

To all the past and current contributors of this Garden thread HAPPY CHRISTMAS 🎄

Will be good to see what turns up on the first day of the new year. Maybe we can add our garden sightings of the day no matter how common.

 

[Frank van Drogen]

We arrived at our place in France yesterday evening late. Nobody has been here since mid-November, so the feeders were empty. I filled them up this morning, within five minutes, a March Tit was there, after a bit a flock of Great Tits showed up. Now, about three hours later I noticed the first Nuthatch at the feeder.

Lots of Blue Tits around, but did not see them at the feeder yet.

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

To all the past and current contributors of this Garden thread HAPPY CHRISTMAS 🎄

Will be good to see what turns up on the first day of the new year. Maybe we can add our garden sightings of the day no matter how common.

I’m in Nethy Bridge Dave. Will be putting some seed down though. 👍

 

[Bananafishbones]

I’m in Nethy Bridge Dave. Will be putting some seed down though. 👍

Crested Tit

 

[Bananafishbones]

Incredible amount of Carrion Crows gathering overhead and in the trees, more than I have ever seen around here 100+

 

[Bananafishbones]

Incredible amount of Carrion Crows gathering overhead and in the trees, more than I have ever seen around here 100+

and just like that, they have gone

 

[EK_Birds]

Happy New Year all !

15 chaffinches at the feeders yesterday, along with bullfinches and goldfinches.

This morning saw the first sparrowhawk visit of the year, unsuccessful raid by a female.

 

[EK_Birds]

Carabiner clips that I hang the feeders from at the top of the cage were frozen solid this morning. Spent ages trying to open them, had a very impatient robin, bullfinch and blackbird up on the fence telling me to hurry up in no uncertain terms 😂 😂

Looks like I need to bring both the clips and feeders in overnight until this cold snap passes.

 

[Euan Buchan]

Just been watching a Robin at the feeder