birds in your garden

[leifus]

What birds have you had in your garden while you have been there? We have had goldcrests, red kites, barn owls (there is a nest across the road), a merlin, a heron, little owls, redstart and spotted flycatchers! Beat that!

[shei111]

Hello Know I cant beat that but when I moved here 16 months ago it was so many months before we even saw a sparrow but now the garden has been planted out shrubs, trees etc its changed., also ive got quite a variety of seeds and peanuts. Now we see sparrows, dunnocks,robins,wrens,blackbirds,starlings,greenfi nches,goldfinches,siskins,chaffinchs,collared doves,pidgeons,blue tits,great tits.long tailed tits,magpies,rooks,sea gulls, I think ive got them all, im more than happy as there is always a bird somewhere in the garden, unless its torrential rain.

[leifus]

I must say I'd love a siskin in my garden!

[Kayleigh]

We have about 40 sparrows living here.
blackbirds
robins
dunnocks
blue tits
great tits
buzzards flying over
black cap
little sparrow size yellow un IDd bird
greenfinches
chaffinches
goldfinches
male and female sparrowhawks
collared coves
wood pigeon
ferrel pigeon
song thrush
longtail tits

I don't think I missed any..

[shei111]

Hello again leifus, Yes it was this morning we had the first 2 siskins male/female, I did have to get the bird book out quick as ive never seen siskins before and they are quite alot smaller than I thought they would be, they were eating nyjer seed with the other finches. I was truly pleased to see them, they also came back this afternoon.Kayleigh your not doing too bad either with your good selection of different birds. Good for you.

[leifus]

I've just moved our niger feeder away from our main feeding station to see if any goldfinches arrive. This was recommended by hank (another member). I'll keep you posted. I would type out the whole list of birds in my garden but I just can't be bothered - I'd be here for hours making sure I hadn't missed any. Bird of the day for me has been a yellowhammer sitting in front of a background of dark cloud. Very yellow!
Thanks
Leifus

[witham]

we have a nyger feeder fairly close to other feeders and the Goldfinches came after about four to five weeks, birds we have seen in the garden over the years and still do at intervals are, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Long Tailed Tits,Great Tits, House Sparrows, Tree Sparrows, Dunnocks, Robins, Chaffinchs, Green Finchs, Gold Finchs, Siskins, YellowHammer, Wrens, Starlings, Blackbird, Jackdaw, Crows, Magpie, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Heron, Pheasants, Collared Doves, Wood Pigeons, Green Woodpecker, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Moor Hen, Water Hen, Ducks, Barn Owl, Willow Warbler, Peewit, Song Thrush, assorted escaped Budgies (not ours, but other escapees that have been attracted to the noise of ours, some we have managed to catch), Cockatiel (which we caught before the Sparrow Hawk got it)

[tigger]

Well here goes:

Sparrowhawk
Tawny Owl
Chaffinch
Blackbird
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Siskin
Brambling
Song Thrush
Starling
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Long Tailed Tit
Wren
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Spotted Flycatcher
Seagulls
Magpie
Jackdaw
Jay
Dunnock
Robin
House Sparrow
Buzzard
Blackcap
Woodpigeon
Goldcrest

I think that's it.... I've just realised there's 30!!! Never realised there were quite so many.

Jane

[Jez]

Blue Tit
Great Tit
long Tailed Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Wren
Robin
Tree Creeper
Nuthatch
Gold Finch
Siskin
Green Finch
Chaffinch
Bull Finch
Red Poll
Brambling
Black Bird
Song Thrush
Wood Pigeon
Jay
Magpie
Crow
Jackdaw
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Red Legged Partridge
Pheasant
Wild Turkeys returned 3 days ago
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Sparrow Hawk


Mallards return yesterday on the first day of spring

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Jez

Blue Tit
Great Tit
long Tailed Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Wren
Robin
Tree Creeper
Nuthatch
Gold Finch
Siskin
Green Finch
Chaffinch
Bull Finch
Red Poll
Brambling
Black Bird
Song Thrush
Wood Pigeon
Jay
Magpie
Crow
Jackdaw
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Red Legged Partridge
Pheasant
Wild Turkeys returned 3 days ago
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Sparrow Hawk


Mallards return yesterday on the first day of spring

Hey Jez, I'm intrigued by these Wild Turkeys! I remember you posting these some months ago, how many have returned? They are obviously evading the Foxes + people with an eye for an Easter roast.