Green finches have arrived.

[mark1000]

My bird feeders are getting some serious attention these days so i thought i'd share my latest visitors with ya all.








All the best guys, Mark.

[James M]

Great pics Mark, our Greenfinches are just starting to come back to the garden, along with Goldfinches they seem to disappear for most of the winter perhaps because it's a bit colder around here.

[Pippa]

Lovely pics Mark


We have had many of the Finch family in throughout winter but the female Greenfinches have just returned.

[Picidae]

Originally Posted by mark1000

My bird feeders are getting some serious attention these days so i thought i'd share my latest visitors with ya all.
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I'm not surprised Mark considering they appear to be feeding on delux black sunflower hearts! 'Fraid it's back to boring old mixed seed for my lot .... more waste granted but a lot cheaper!

Originally Posted by james

our Greenfinches are just starting to come back to the garden, along with Goldfinches they seem to disappear for most of the winter perhaps because it's a bit colder around here.

Other way round here, James .... down to just a couple of Greenfinch now and the pair of Goldfinch that have been visiting all winter are less frequent now weather's better. (Down South that is!). Hopefully it will get busy once youngsters have hatched, garden usually picks up again then.

[Geoff F]

Until now I never thought about Greenfinches moving around but I suspose here in the 'deep south' I do get a few more during the winter. They certainly love their peanuts and are by far the commonest birds on my hanging feeders.

I don't get Goldfinches in my garden but 6 miles further inland my mother finds them to be very numerous in her garden all the year round. There were quite a few in the fields by the cliff path a couple of weeks ago.

Great Tits first appeared in my garden about 4 years ago but have thrived eversince. I also get the odd Blackcap overwintering here but they seem to have moved away now. Saw a Wren for a few days this winter; the first one for many years.

[Ruth Daniel]

Nice to see your Greenfinches looking good and healthy Mark,thanks for sharing!

[Pam_M]

Great photo's, Mark! I love the 4th photo where you have captured the husk falling!

As Ruth has mentioned it is good to see the Greenfinches looking so healthy! I have a pair that have returned though they do not frequent the garden enough, they also look very healthy! Great to see!

[mark1000]

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

?, why are most of the finches facing west when feeding, i have my own theory, i think they do it because the sun was in the west when i took the pics and any predator would come out of the sun to provide some cover , so what do you think.

Mark.

[Pippa]

A couple of my pics Mark





They don't have a preference here.They just land and feed.

[mark1000]

Lovely shots Pippa, your feeders have built in anti sparrow hawk defences


Mark.