Garden Birds on our feeders in 2010 - 12
Up to 3 Robins at one time |
Goldfinch love the Nyger seeds probably male (red on face to behind the eyes) |
This cheeky female Blackcap visits daily |
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No Greenfinches in January but started in February |
Up to five Reed Buntings at any one time daily - this is a male |
and female Reed Bunting |
Adult male House Sparrow males with larger black bibs are first in the pecking order |
Female House Sparrow daily visitors |
Blackcap back again |
Goldfinch probably female red does not extend to back of eye |
Woodpigeons eat everything! |
Reed Buntings prefer the table top |
Male Great Tit with broad black between the legs. Great Tit up to six at one time |
Female Great Tit |
Adult male Blackbird. No brown primaries indicates that it was born before 2009 |
Female Blackbird |
Pied Wagtail feeding under the feeders |
Blue Tits also visit daily but fewer than Great Tit |
Starlings visit occasionally - still in winter plumage |
Dunnock normally hides under the feeders |
Long-tailed Tits visit in small flocks |
Goldfinches feeding on the Nyger seed while the Blue Tit prefers peanuts. |
Pair Goldfinches male left with red in front of the eye and female right |
Male Chaffinch with nasty growth on its legs but otherwise healthy |
Mallard sweeping up under the feeders |
Pair Collared Doves |
Coal Tits are infrequent visitors |
another view of Coal Tit |
another view of the Pied Wagtail |
Male Chaffinches are daily visitors but few female - they tend to flock in separate male and female flocks hence the Latin name Fringilla Coelebs - bachelor finches. |
August Goldfinch juvenile just moulting into adult plumage |
Song Thrushes breed nearby but rarely come into the garden
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August Blue Tit moulting into adult plumage this one possibly a male with dark blue head feathers appearing |
July - Juvenile Great Tit begs for food ..... |
and gets it!
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Greenfinch joins the many Goldfinches in December
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Female Great-Spotted Woodpecker in December |
Long-tailed Tits at Sunset |
Male Great-spotted Woodpecker
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Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker in June |
Male Blackcap |
Sparrowhawk pouncing on feeing birds |
The snow brings in a hungry Magpie |
Over 20 birds waiting to feed during the December snows |
and back in the Spring |
Jackdaws rarely come to feed - however some fat of the Sunday joint attracted this one. |
A Marsh Tit starts visiting in November, possibly adult male. (could be Willow Tit but on balance I believe it to be Marsh) |
There was been 14 Goldfinches at one time in December cold period. |
Birds on feeders on 18th December 2010:
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Marsh Tit
Long Tailed Tit
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Robin
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Blackbird
Jackdaw
Magpie
Sparrowhawk
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Wren
Pied Wagtail
Reed Bunting
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Starling
22 species