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I was amazed to see a Heron on a roof this morning, we have several here as a river is just across the road anyone seen any unusual Birds? We only have Jackdaws as they dominate the area very few blackbirds.

We get Herons, there was one the other day in the front field, dont know why he was toodling around over there as there isn't a lake or anything there. I have nut feeders/bird house feeder in tree out the front of the house and get a regular male & female Greater Spotted Woodpecker, a pair of nut hatches, sparrows (who like the nut feeders) and quite a few blackbirds, male & female and song thrushes. Plenty of blue tits too.

I have a window feeder stuck to the window of my lounge and the birds love that!

I also would like a window feeder but most birds dont come that close only a Robin whos pretty tame even goes in my shed. Interesting Whirley thanks for reply.

Mine is full of nuts Anne (abit like my familytree) and you'd be suprised, am sure the blue tits would def be attracted to it if you got one. Mine is clear plastic so you can see them inside feeding.

I used to have a very tame Robin who I could just feed by hand (with cheese) a few years back now. He would come in if a window was open and sit on my fridge, normally if I hadn't fed him!! . & as soon as the kitchen light went on in the morning, he'd be there waiting on the window seal for his cheese. Funny thing he was. They say Robins are the souls of lost children....

Whirley I heard Robins are lost relatives in a birds body weird eh? That Robin was tame, during the Snow we had a Thrush and partner never saw them any other time, but they were really hungry I think as the snow was down so long. I just bought some meal worms for the Robin. Tried fat blocks not too successful or the fat balls. Anne.

Island yes mad, the ducks in a nearby lake were skating on the ice recently but I have never seen them on a roof.

they love cheese too Anne. I often put out suet and ground up nuts and any pastry bits:)

Thanks Whirley I have nuts left from Christmas and suet will put it out I put out xmas cake a few weeks back thats when we had the Thrush visit it was quite small and slim so I think it might have been a song thrush.

i spotted an owl in the neighbors garden a few nights ago


it flew right passed me
as i put the rubbish in my wheelie bin

a heron often flies over us either to or from the river, we only see him during the winter, because the trees are bare.

Whirley, perhaps yours was looking for a garden pond, they seem to like koi lol.

Anne, your thrushes were probably fieldfares or redwings, they came into gardens looking for food during the freeze. You'd have probably seen the songthrushes since then.

I've never heard that about robins. What a lovely notion! There was one who used to hop into my gran's kitchen if she left the back door open.

We used to have a barn owl Joy over the front/back field, sadly havent seen him for a while:(

Anne, Song thrushes are one of my fav, always easy to spot with their speckly front...slightly smaller than a Mistle Thrush..another fav of mine:)

TW, no idea what he was looking for, if looking for a pond he was well off the scent. I've had them visit my pond before but because of the way we built it, a Heron is wasting its time:)

Couldn't resist this thread. Today we have seen in our garden, a pair of Collared Doves & and pair of Wood Pigeons, a Robin, numerous Tits (not sure if Blue, Great or "other"), Sparrows, a pair of Blackbirds and one or maybe two Thrushes. Never see them together so not sure how many we have.

As we live near the sea, we get Sea Gulls of varying sizes if we put out too much food in obvious places, so have to be careful with that.

We also get a lot of Crows, Starlings, Chaffinches and the occasional Dunnock.

So, for a garden just on the outskirts of a town, we don't do too badly.

I also have never heard that about the Robin. It is a lovely thought. One of my favourite birds anyway, so I shall look upon my one in the garden with renewed respect.

DEBBIE

I live in Norwich, but we have the river about 1/4 mile away, and about a half acre of woodland right next to us, so although we don't see sparrows or starlings in our gardens, we do have blackbirds, songthrushes, mistle thrushes, Gt spotted woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, collared doves, wood pigeons, chaffinches, greenfinches, four types of tit, long-tailed (my favourite birds), blue, great and coal, pied wagtails, and in summer even blackcaps and chiffchaffs. Also a tawny owl or two at night. I've also seen a sparrowhawk hunting here, and of course the heron flying over.

I think I'm lucky, there are almost as many varieties here as there are in my mum's garden, and I'm in a city.

I've heard that about robins being loved and lost relatives. I always think of my dear grandmother when I'm gardening and a friendly little robin keeps me company.

I have noticed over the past couple of weeks the beautiful sound of a bird singing somewhere in one of the trees in my front garden late at night. I wonder if it could be a Nightingale.

Time to get those bird boxes shipshape, by the way. The bluetits are already looking around in my garden.

It's a bit early for nightingales Wendiwoo, so it's more likely to be your Robin, they sometimes sing all night by lamplight.

Joy Theresa and Deborah how fantastic the variety you get, yes lovely idea about the Robin yes it could have been it could have been a redwing or field fare as I havent seen them at all. We get buzzarrds fighting in the summer, overhead. Ive only seen an owl once a barn owl which flew along side us when driving late at night. cheers all Anne.

Yes Wendy could be a Robin they are out late here in the evenings.

We have sparrow boxes (3) along the side of the house, a robin box and 2 boxes for the blue tits.I always buy my nuts in a 25kg sack for £21.00 which works out alot cheaper than buying smaller amounts. The nut hangers are always full as is the window feeder.

Not sure abt that Wendiwoo, I'll have a gander in my bird book:)

we get Tawny owls round here as I'm surrounded by woodland, they were outside the house one night twit twooing, I looked out of the window and could see their outline, they were sittin up on the phone line by the oak tree. They were right noisy, I had to close the bedroom window, but a lovely sound, I'd rather hear it then not.