Daily Feeding

[shetphil]

I was wondering, seeing that we all feed our birds daily (if not, why not?), how many birds, and what kind visit your feeding stations on a daily basis?

Up here in North of mainland Shetland, my usual suspects are,

on average.....up to 75 Rock Doves
50 Starlings
50/60 House sparrows
6 Blackbirds
3 Wrens
then any visitors. This lot all feed at the same time, from first light for about an hour, then sporadically, but mainly starlings and Sparrows throught the day. I feed best quality seed on bird table and over large area of lawn, plus peanuts and fat balls, it costs a fortune, but their worth it, i just don't feed my two daughters any more

ps, i forgot my two almost pet Herring Gulls, who tap on the kitchen window for a piece of wholemeal bread.

[Ruth Daniel]

Hi,how nice to have Rock doves.....i'll swap you for my Woodpigeons!!! lol!
At the moment I'm getting mainly Goldfinches and Starlings but also Coal,Blue,Great Tit,Chaffinch,Greenfinch,Woodpigeons (too many!) as well as Robin,Dunnock,Wren,Blackbird and Song Thrush.
I'm on the look out for Blackcap ....nothing yet!
Since my sons have left home the birds are doing rather well on left overs.......there never used to be any!!!!

[Mercadante]

We're on the edge of woodland, so mostly have tits. Blue, great, coal, and marsh (and/or willow?) tits, chaffinches, and robins, are all more or less permanently around our feeders at the moment, while house sparrows, greenfinches, blackbirds and dunnocks appear slightly less often, but still daily. Not sure how to count most of these, though, as I can't tell many individuals apart.

[Phoebe]

Hi welcome to WAB

On a daily basis I get Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits numerous House Sparrows, Dunnocks, a few Tree Sparrows, some Starlings and Blackbirds a couple of Magpie usually visit, a pair of Collared Doves, Wood pigeon, Wrens, Robins, Chaffinches, Nuthatches, Great Spotted Woodpecker, the odd Crow and Jackdaw. Occasionally a few Greenfinch. I had a visit from a Song Thrush today which cheered me up as I haven’t seen one for a while now.

[shei111]

Im very pleased with what comes to the feeders loads a time in a day, greenfinches,goldies,chaffinches,great tits,long tailed tits,blue tits, theres always something to look at my feeding station is about 14 feet away from thesitting room and patio doors which lead in to the garden ,so we get a good view, ive always got my binos close by , it not really been that cold here but we seem to have a lot of wildlife about, sheila

[Rebus]

We have 15 to 30 starlings at any given time, sparrows, goldfinches, greenfinches, collared doves, magpies, blue tits, wren, dunnocks, resident robin and blackbirds, great tits and just recently, a jay who has discovered the monkey nuts! Oh, and herring gulls that swoop over the garden but never actually land