What new birds are now coming into your garden this winter??

[Flex24]

Further to Bob.Phillips posting(08-01-2010) I was wondering what new birds you have seen in your garden this winter?
Our usual residents are Great/blue tits, Pidgeon, Dunnock, collared dove,Robin.
nearby are gulls(various inc 2 seemingly enormous Herring), magpie,rook,crow green woodpecker and a nesting nuthatch which makes more noise than all the others put together.
Last year a pair of blackbirds came and stayed(back this year too) and we get visits from greenfinch, long-tailed tits and song thrush(could be a missel), usually early and late season passing thru sort of thing.

However this year with the snow we've had a Redwing, Pied wagtail,Wren, a pair of chaffinches(definitely M&F and have been here quite a few weeks so fingers crossed)and this morning a male Blackcap(too quick for my camera).

Anyone else?

[AshLee]

My garden is very "suburban" and so it was especially wonderful when a Fieldfare stayed for the day, last month, in the snow. It was spoiled rotten with rotten apples

[NicolaB]

I had a fiedfare regularly coming into my garden to munch on my cotoneaster and holly berries. I've still got two pairs of bullfinches feeding on the buds of my flowering cherry as well, I've never seen these birds in a garden before at all, and feel very lucky that they've chosen mine

[earthdragon64]

A completely new species for my garden was a Lesser Redpoll who visited for two days near the end of January, including whilst I was doing the RSPB garden Birdwatch.

I've had almost daily visits from up to 4 Bramblings since Christmas Eve, more than I've seen in previous winters.

Redwing and Fieldfare come into my garden in large numbers, 50 at a time, in the Autumn to eat the Rowan Berries, but there were a couple of each now and again in December. In previous years I've had Waxwings in the garden, when it's been a year when lots come over.

[Birdman1976]

I've had a few new ones this winter. Had some Fieldfares and Redwings visiting regulary during the snow, a moorhen and a male pheasant that spent a few days in the garden and more recently a male blackcap and a female reed bunting.

However I've not had any siskins, redpolls or bramblings so far this winter, which is a little unusual

[artdemole]

redwings have been visiting now for about 3 weeks now.Started when snow fell and around every day now,3 at a time.Also 2 pheasants have been on lawn twice..

[AshLee]

It's not my garden exactly, but I was enthralled by the bird spectacle that I could view from the windows of my gym yesterday. A whole playing field full of redwings I haven't seen them there before, and certainly never in those numbers. Makes the extortionate membership slightly easier to swallow.

[ollyk]

Red wings in groups 20+ for our first time and I actually like them! Oh and starlings which I don't often see

[darrenm]

i had a male Reed Bunting last week on the feeding station and two Goldcrests just before Christmas were in the hedge. Last year i had Tawny Owl,Common Whitethroat, and Marsh Tit and was quite surprised by all three due to my garden being close to an area of industry, a very active railway line on the edge of a city and in a very built up area. This January saw the largest number of Redwing i have seen in my garden area and a mobile flock of over 200 birds were present for the period of a fortnight mixed in with smaller numbers of Fieldfare.

[ChrisR]

My garden is pretty tiny and very suburban but I usually get a good mix of Chaffinches, Gold Finches and Green Finches. This winter I have had the obligatory migrant Blackcap hogging the bird food and just in the last week I have have a regular flock of 2-4 Common Redpoll and I saw a nice Brambling sitting in the bird-feeder tree for a minute or two I haven't seen Redpoll in the garden before and haven't seen Bramblings since "the great Brambling year" a few years ago.