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11-09-2007, 11:32 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: staffordshire
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| | | coal tits
stuck a suet tray out on the bird table and the coal tits are back,not seen them since spring.
Anyone else getting the small birds reapearing in your gardens.
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11-09-2007, 11:43 AM
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| | | Re: coal tits
No. Our garden has been very quiet. We had a juvenile robin a few weeks ago and before that probably 6 weeks ago 12 long tailed tits, nothing since even our lone gold crest has left us. We do have several pigeons and a handful of sparrows. I'll try a suet tray and see what we can entice back.
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11-09-2007, 11:53 AM
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| | | Re: coal tits
Coincidentally, the coal tits were the first to reappear after I stopped putting out food in the summer - in fact, they probably didn't go: saw them a few times picking insects off the shrubs.
Otherwise, first to reappear at the feeder were nuthatches - looks as if they raised a brood succesfully. Quote:
Originally Posted by barquar  stuck a suet tray out on the bird table and the coal tits are back,not seen them since spring.
Anyone else getting the small birds reapearing in your gardens.
Baruar | |
11-09-2007, 12:37 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
Hi,
No Coal Tit yet, but parties of Long-tailed Tits passing thru garden in past 10 days or so. This morning a flock of 11 + a Marsh Tit. Cheers
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11-09-2007, 12:53 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
Ours have been very quiet last few months cos builders moved in. I dug the concrete off our decimated lawn few days ago and put new top soil on, hence robin returned yesterday. All feeders now replaced and great/blue tits returned on weekend. No sign of my 2 coal tits as yet or the dunnocks/finches. both male and female blackbirds have been eating from the rowan for 2 weeks now and I've heard a wren early in the morning for a few weeks also. I love the build up tho to returning birds 
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11-09-2007, 04:01 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
Glad some are doing better than me with small birds in garden.We had 2 trees blown down earlier in the year (Trees were in next doors garden and not replaced)and this as made a big difference as they used them to perch in before swooping on the bird table. No sign off the blue tits we had a lot in spring while they raised their young.
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11-09-2007, 10:26 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
I love Coal Tits, not many birds can get bullied by Blue Tits, but these do  they've been back on my feeders at work for around a month |
11-09-2007, 11:06 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Boroughbridge near York - isn't the same as the Dales, but close enough!
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I can certainly hear them before I see them lol! They have such a piercing call and like all tits they can't keep still for a second. I've been lucky enough to have Coal, Great and Blue today and seen a large flock of Long Tailed in the woods by the quarry! They certainly all love a suet feeder and peanuts.
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12-09-2007, 01:06 PM
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coal tits in again this morning also robin and blue tits and about 20 starlings.The sparrows have never really gone away.Sat out early this morning and the Heron flew overhead hope he aint looking at my pond.
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12-09-2007, 01:28 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
Quote:
Originally Posted by barquar stuck a suet tray out on the bird table and the coal tits are back,not seen them since spring.
Anyone else getting the small birds reapearing in your gardens.
Baruar | The Coal Tits, Blue Tits and House Sparrows have never left the garden. All three nested in boxes around the garden and those nearby. All three are regular visitors to the feeders.
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12-09-2007, 01:39 PM
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How about some photos off your Garden feeders should be interesting to see all your set ups and a few birds on them.
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12-09-2007, 06:31 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
I saw a coal tit for the first time last Saturday. I introduced something new to the garden feeders, suet covered sunflower hearts. All the tits seem to love them.
I am waiting for the group of Long tailed tits to arrive, I think it might have to get a bit colder frist. |
12-09-2007, 06:38 PM
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MY COAL TITS ARE BACK After posting yesterday that I hadn't seen them yet, there they are this evening taking black sunflower sees woohooooo !!
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19-09-2007, 05:19 PM
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| | | Re: coal tits
"Ours" are not just back but increased - the only constant bird while we were putting no food out and the most regular attenders when their supply of sunflower reappeared! But today five of them - the highest number I have recorded here. None of them look young - have they been lurking in the woods and being fed by the parents for several weeks?
Otherwise rather a late brood ... but given the weather pattern this year, perhaps understandable. Anyway, these seem okay for the winter.
Interestingly, am not seeing more than 1-2 blue or great tits at the moment ...  | | |
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