Yellowhammers

[Dogghound]

Hi all, Tonight i went for a walk which went through, heath, woodland and farmland and the amount of yellowhammers i saw was amazing, iv never seen so many, last year there were hardly any, are they on a national population boom or is it just the ones around me? anyone else noticed this?

[Ollie]

Where I live in Lincolnshire there is a very healthy population of Yellowhammers but I can't say as I've noticed any greater numbers than is usual this year.
Roger

[Dogghound]

They seem to have just taken off here, even seen them in the garden is this unusual? but tonight there were loads more than past years in that area.

[aeshna5]

In the south-east they seem to be vitually invisible; it's a red letter day when I see one!

It's great that they are thriving in some places- such a cracker of a bird.

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

They seem to have just taken off here, even seen them in the garden is this unusual? but tonight there were loads more than past years in that area.

I don't actually get them in our garden and as far as I am aware they are not commonly seen in gardens, however some friends of mine further up the road do get them using their feeding station in the garden occasionally
Roger

[colinaj]

Just post breeding dispersal.

[alan45]

Hi Dogghound
I live in the southwest of scotland and have
been feeding the birds in my garden every winter for as long
as i can remember,but last winter i had a 8 yellow hammers
feeding on the table every day for the first time.

[Cazzie]

Ooo! I've never seen a Yellowhammer in the flesh (so to speak), so where abouts in N.Yorks are you then? *hint hint*

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

You get plenty around here in the country lanes of Lincolnshire

[Dan Salter]

Plenty around here in rural maidstone kent