No garden birds

[pattie may]

During the last week I have noticed that there have been no birds visiting my garden except the odd Wood Pigeon.

It's just not my garden either. I can hear no bird song at all. It's so quiet. Usually there are sparrows cheeping away and the calls of the blackbirds but now nothing.

Is there any reason for this?

[Deb London]

I was reading about this the other day (an RSPB site I think). It was saying how this was to be expected and that they would return when the ample wild food ran out.

Here in the city I find they tend to stay around my garden, because this is the countryside for them.

[~T~]

Some days I get a ton of house sparrows and some days none as they are feeding elsewhere. I also get woddies and also collard doves but that's about it just now. It's probably a good things as they must be finding plenty of natural food.

[artdemole]

Down to one Blue Tit on the seed hopper at the moment.Soon as it gets cooler they will be back.

[pattie may]

Thanks for your reassuring messages. I was beginning to get worried.

[Carol ann]

I have noticed since the rampaging Starlings have arrived in force a lot of the other birds have not been on our feed stations as often as usual, I have put it down to their bullish behaviour, putting the smaller birds off.

[RobinP]

They're all on my feeders, it's pandemonium here!

Blue tits, Great tits, Bullfinches, Blackbirds, Robins, Collared Doves, Dunnocks, I've got them all

Robin

[Jackaroo]

I'm still getting a good amount of birds although some species are noticeably absent for days at a time, some of them for weeks, but they usually turn up at odd times eventually. I think it's just coincidence if you get a few days of total quiet and shouldn't be something to unduly worry about. It's bound to quieten down as the young uns start to go they're own ways as well though we hope that won't happen too soon, you kinda get attached to the morning ruckus!!!

[tigertom]

All I have on feeders at moment is 2 or three goldfinches odd juv blue tits and house sparrows oh and had juv nuthatch other day but allways slow this time of year it gives me time to stock up on food for them come mid Aurgust I will find it hard to keep the feeders topped up.
MIKE

[Domco]

Dear All,

It is very common that people flag this at this time of year. Basically most birds will have stopped singing as there is now no longer any need. So example our male blackbird is sorely missed come the end of July and won't pipe up until Late March/Early April next year. In bird terms we are into autumn now so some of the migrants will soon be on their way. It is a sleepy time of the year, the kids have left home, the adults are knackered etc. In addition many of them are well into their post-breeding moult which makes them a little vulnerable and disclined to extertion. A lot of them are still there though...

Hope that adds to the picture and doesn't just tell you a load of stuff you already knew!

Dom