What have you seen
Comments
-
Our last site on the way home near Limoges and we had treecreepers and nuthatches on the same tree next to the van whilst eating breakfast as there is a lake next to the site plenty of cormorants flying about. Saw hundreds of Lapwings whilst on the move towards home one flock at least two/three hundred. WN I would like to see a chough but wrong part of the country here, just filled p the bird feeders and will see what turns up, very mild here 17C but had very strong winds yesterday.
3 -
For the last few weeks we've been getting a male bullfinch on our feeders. A beautiful bird. Last year we saw it as well, but only a few times. It now visits every day, 3 or 4 times.
We also get 2 nuthatches several times a day, and we're really pleased that the GSW still visits 3 or 4 times a day as well.
In contrast, at our last house, which bordered onto fields, we got a lot of sparrows and starlings, now we back onto a lot of established trees, and there is a cemetery at the bottom of the small cul-de-sac, we don't get any sparrows or starlings. We get the above though, as well as various tits (great, blue, coal and long-tailed) and chaffinches, green finches and lots of goldfinches, there can be 12 or 14 of those at any one time.
Interesting, the difference in visitors.
2 -
WN I would like to see a chough but wrong part of the country here
RK - You'll have to get into the Pyrenees, Alps or Massif Central to see them. I meant to mention to Oneputt when I recently sent him some info on the Pyrenees that they can be found there and the Yellow Billed ones especially up at Garvanie so hope he can pick it up from here.
You don't seem to be lacking in birds though!
Ina, it's funny but we were lacking in Sparrows for many a year and all of a sudden we seem to have inherited a flock of about 40. We have had some new house build nearby so maybe they've been turfed out. We used to get a couple of Tree Sparrows when we first moved in about 30+ years ago but the local farmer stopped grain production shortly after and they were gone.
0 -
A chough? That's just a crow with lipstick, isn't it?
0 -
-
Ina, it's funny but we were lacking in Sparrows for many a year and all of a sudden we seem to have inherited a flock of about 40. We have had some new house build nearby so maybe they've been turfed out. We used to get a couple of Tree Sparrows when we first moved in about 30+ years ago but the local farmer stopped grain production shortly after and they were gone.
WN, we lived at our last house for nearly 20 years, and mainly got sparrows and starlings. A couple of blue and great tits, the occasional greenfinch and goldfinch, but they were rare. Other visitors were a couple of robins, a wagtail and a few chaffinches. Yet where we live now is on the edge of a small town, with a lot more houses around, but there are loads of established trees at the back of our garden and most of the way around the cul-de-sac (cemetery has loads), so that must be the difference. Not a single sparrow or starling, but we really enjoy watching all these different visitors
0 -
SO mild today at Faversham/Oare ,we had Bee's /Butterflys/& 'mozzies' out & about !!
0 -
This morning Mr Bullfinch brought the missus with him, we'd never seen her until now. After a few minutes another male bullfinch arrived, followed by another female, so 4 at the same time, never seen that before and really pleased to see them.
2 -
Had a walk into town today passing a field near a river that was partially flooded. It had a number of bathing gulls in it. We stopped to admire some Common Gulls and also found a rather advanced Black Headed one with quite a lot of black coming out on the head. None of the others had anything but the normal black dot behind the eye area.
0 -
Perhaps we are due an early Spring.
0 -
Have put bird seed in ground feeding cage and have had 6 Goldfinches 2 Greenfinches and then 3 Hawfinches joined in as well what a sight and the Jays could not get in to the seeds. Had a black cat jump up onto the windowsill today gave me a fright as not see this one before a bit scruffy so will keep an eye to see if it turns up again.
Wn we had a stoat cross the road in front of us one afternoon when we were at Broadway Club site gosh they can really move good job it was a smaller road.
1 -
Had an early morning stroll around almost deserted lanes. Maybe Spring is in the minds of the birds. Heard GSW, Mistle Thrush and a Goshawk all playing a tune of various sorts on a lovely calm sunny morning.
RK - I wish we had Hawfinches coming in.
0 -
Having just packed my camera away and removed the tripod from a waste of 3 hours sitting looking at the bird table, I chanced a lazy look as I passed the kitchen window and then had to run for the camera.
Shame about the Goldfinch.
4 -
Great photos Greylag we do see them here and usually a Blue or Great tit is taken. Our for a walk from here yesterday whilst a bit of sun was out and found a casualty on the road a Firecrest so moved it onto a wall just knocked on the head such a shame a beautiful bird and so tiny we usually we have about 2 pairs around here. Have got a local Kestrel which flies over our field and perches on the electric cables on the lookout for a snack.
0 -
I nearly had my head taken off by a Sparrowhawk yesterday when out walking with Flyte, as it swooped between the trees by the road side and then off between the bungalows that line the road.
0 -
Had a goldfinch fly into our kitchen window today. It was temporarily knocked out so picked it up, put it in a box out of reach of cats and after about half and hour it flew off no worse for the experience. Strangely that’s about the third bird to hit the window in a month
Great pic GL
0 -
Excellent sharpness in the eyes GL
0 -
Just had a look through the kitchen window and perched on top of an old tree stump a male Common Redstart that is a surprise for the New Year not see any about since October, just wondering if Redstarts are wintering here rather than going south.
3
