General Chat

We do have a few seagulls but they don't seem to keep the other birds away. They have to eat as well of course.

We usually have too many Sky rats (Seagulls ) that put off the birds but since the snow, the birds have come back with abundance.
Magpies seem to have taken roost too !
Sunday we had 2 long tailed tits , our usual robins and today loads of blackbirds back and thrushes.
Good riddance to the Sky rats !!!

Even though most of the snow has gone, we still have 6 blackbirds routing about in the garden. fed them once today and now theya re looking for more. The thrush has been back too.

And a weak sun has appeared!! :-D

Just as the starlings and blackbirds finished the food that was out tw fieldfares appeared. Very aggressive the larger one is going for the blackbirds.

Apple is in the fruit mixture, the blackbirds like them too. Not much left out there already

We have a water feature with running water too so they have plenty of water. every time I put feed out it disappears in half an hour. Redwings and fieldfare like apple by the way if you have any spare.

Just been out and fed them a nice mixture of Fruit,nuts,mealworms and seed YUMMY !!! I think they eat better than us. Not forgetting drinking water of course. I have no problem with that as I have a large pond in the garden with a pump running all year round so it never completely ices over.

As well as all the usuals,, there are a dozen or so Red Wings in the Hawthorn tree at the moment. The snow is too deep, and still falling, to put anything on the ground for them.

I have cleared the snow off the bird bath and chipped the ice out and put mince pies on the bird table and topped up the nuts and seed and fat balls, the little birds have got through about seven fat balls in the last few days.

They are eating as we'll as us at the moment, better really, they have got the mince pies !!! M

so pleased to see a thrush in the garden this morning. but he/she got it wrong we usually see a thrush (for the only time) the day after we do the bird watch.

It is both days you may be able to sneak some time to do it.

ooh thanks Ann :-D :-D Problem next weekend I have a house full for OH's 60th.I might not be able to do it :-S

Jane bird watch is next weekend. The birds will all disappear by then :-D

I didn't realise it is Bird Watch :-S :-S :-S.I could have had a field day
I don't know how many of each bird ,but I have had
Robins
Moorhens
Blackbirds
L T Tits.
Gt Spotted Woodpecker
Sparrows
Blue Tits
Other Tits
Crows
Red Kite (hovering over the garden)
Magpies
and I'm sure others
It's a very busy time here lol

I love our sparrowhawk, to see it hunt is amazing. I have a big thing about birds of prey I find them absolutely beautiful. Last saw the sparrow hawk last week catching a blackbird then eating it on the green in front of my house. I stood watching it instead of cleaning the kitchen (much more interesting ) ;-) :-D. Just have to keep in mind that it is all part of the food chain :-D

Jude Lol, no they all seem very bright. I have just counted nine (9) blackbirds in our garden, they spend more time chasing each other off than they do feeding.

aaw Rose, I know it is only nature but that is sooo sad.

Awww noooo, but sadly she needs to eat too:((

AnnG...have you got any tiddly or very sleepy birds in your garden today....lol

jude :-)

:-( Female Sparrowhawk just took one of the male blackbirds. I'd just put more food out so she had a choice of dish :-| She's sitting outside the garden in the lane eating it.

Black Caps have arrived, l think 3. Quite busy out there now.

Sister has a fence with low wall across the road from her house, so she cut the bramble back and cleared the snow....put loads of food out .... now a mad scramble for food. So many birds:))))

Not quiet here, despite the fact it is still snowing they are attacking the feeders and the blackbird is enjoying a feast of some of a three year old Christmas pudding I found in the cupboard. It actually smelled as though it would have been ok to eat, had brandy in it so watch out for tipsy birds.

morning....l have'nt been on here for ages and ages:((

We had 8 l/t/tits yesterday
2 jays
3 -4 blackbirds
loads of chaffinches
loads of sparrows
a nuthatch
the usual doves and woodpigeons

this morning its quite quiet, which has surprised me:(

just a few blackbirds and chaffinches

jude :-)