Succesful day and I didn't even leave the house!

[Madelinew]

Well after yesterday's sad news that a wretched cat got my first female blackcap, I was delighted to discover another in my garden this morning. On top of that, I spotted a blackbird with a white head, ran to get my binoculars for a closer look only to find he'd flown away by the time I got back. I did get a good look an hour later. In the meantime, while training my bins on the spot he'd flown from, I spied 2 male bullfinches, more firsts in my garden. 2 woodpeckers decided to have a scrap too and I've only ever seen one at a time. A pair of crows and a pair of magpies decided to try to out-intimidate each other only to be seen off by a solitary jay. 6 blackbirds have spent most of their energies chasing away a song thrush too.

Blue tits and long-tailed tits in what seem to be their thousands (approx 10 of each) and the odd great tit along with loads of chaffinches and a pair of dunnocks and greenfinches too.

Another sighting of my 3 goldcrests would make my life complete today but now it's getting dark.

I must be doing something right with the bird feeders this winter......

[Wild-Woman]

Bullfinches! In your garden! You lucky girl. That WOULD make my day. Nice species visiting your patch, that's for sure.

[Hedge Witch]

That sounds like a fantastic line-up! Yes, you are definitely doing something right

[squishy]

a fellow bullfinch-in-gardener such lovely birds to see

[shei111]

Im waiting for goldcrests and bullfinches to visit garden. sheila

[Madelinew]

Originally Posted by squishy

a fellow bullfinch-in-gardener such lovely birds to see

I was really chuffed to see them and squealed (good double glazing so I didn't scare them off). My boring family just did not get "But they're bullfinches - look at them - aren't they beautiful?"

That's why I come here to be amongst people who understand me

[johnny11]

you are so lucky i am trying for ever wats ur secret love to get bullfinches to my feeders

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by Madelinew

I was really chuffed to see them and squealed (good double glazing so I didn't scare them off). My boring family just did not get "But they're bullfinches - look at them - aren't they beautiful?"

That's why I come here to be amongst people who understand me

My family are just the same, they can't seem to appreciate a beautiful bird when I see them at the feeders. Lucky you getting Bullfinches in the garden. I get Goldfinches and the occasional Siskin in winter and all the other common feeder visitors but a Bullfinch would make my day.
Roger

[glsammy]

That's an impressive list of visitors, well done.
I don't get half the varieties you do, but I treasure them all. Only yesterday we had for only the second time a small group of Long tailed Tits on our feeders for a few minutes. It made my day.

[Madelinew]

I adore the long-tailed tits. Aren't they adorable in a cuddly anthropomorphic kind of way? They are fun to watch though and they seem to hang out in little gangs