Doing my wildlife spotting from the kitchen window today. So far: blue tits, chaffinches, a coal tit, a collared dove, dunnocks, great tits, house sparrows, robins, moorhens, nuthatches, a reed bunting & three lesser redpolls. Sadly we seem to have lost our tree sparrows & marsh tits. This year's biggest surprise was the redpolls - not your average garden bird. They've been eating the niger seeds.
Andy Robinson
Runfurther committee member
Helsby Running Club
Have to admit a touch of jealousy over the redpolls - although we did once spot some in our garden, but it was a complete one off - would love to see some again. It would be most suprising if we had a moorhen, however. Anyway, our birdspot was a bit pedestrian this year - the best was a beautiful blue tit with very clear markings - it's nice to find time to appreciate the common ones.
Unicorn.
Eating roses.
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is this weekend. An hour spent watching & counting the birds in your garden, with or without kids, then fill in the online form to add your data to the annual survey. Just topped up the feeders in the garden to maximise our chances.
It's been a good week for birdspotting. While walking the dog today I saw kestrel (circling low over our heads), peregrine, buzzard, great crested grebe. In the last few days little grebe, yellowhammers, reed bunting, snipe, loads of lapwings. And the usual suspects of course.
Andy Robinson
Runfurther committee member
Helsby Running Club
Roses are the preferred food of unicorns, hotly followed by peonies! Population numbers are on the rise I've heard. Saw some prints in the snow t'other day.
I keep getting flocks of long tailed tits in my garden, they are gorgeous.
Originally Posted by Mud
'The birds are the keepers of our secrets'
Every year I count the birds in my garden, every year its the same, one blackbird (female) one pigeon and one magpie, I never ever see the birds that I see day in day out on counting day. They know its coming and they b*****r off! Even been bribing them with copious amouts of food this week, well it is icy and snowy, so lets see if it makes any difference. Bet it doesnt..... more chance of spotting that unicorn.:thumbup:
Roses are the preferred food of unicorns, hotly followed by peonies! Population numbers are on the rise I've heard. Saw some prints in the snow t'other day.
I keep getting flocks of long tailed tits in my garden, they are gorgeous.
Bumbarrels! lucky you Hes, I have not seen any round where I live. I have put out various goodies on the bird feeder, but as Splatcher says I just get the "usual suspects".
No country for old men.
Its got off to a slow trickle at the moment:
1 x Blackbird
2 x Great Tits
2 x Blue Tits
1 x Robin
I might have to ditch the peanut feeder and double up on the seed feeder as that is the most popular. Theres a gap under the bushes where the snow didn't get to so I will put some ground stuff down there for the Blackbirds.
No country for old men.
Slim pickings in our survey hour:
1 each: robin, fieldfare
2 starlings
3 each blackbird and house sparrow.
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