+Ibbo Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Has picked up dramatically in the last week from a couple of Wood Pigeons Today visitors included Starlings Goldfinch Chaffinch House Sparrows Dunnock Blackbirds Greenfinch has anybody else had an increase or is it that couple of bags of rubbish that went to the tip the other day They do not seam fazed by the telescope under the cover and the dog trimming clobber that was put on the washing line to air thats now wet through Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DN18 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) Big increase in Green finch and Gold finch this year for me. Other than that, my daily visitors are Blackbirds (nesting in my garden shed) Sparrows Dunnocks Robin Blue and Longtailed (cant post the word) Collard Doves Feral Pigeons A lack of Wrens compared to previous years The Blackbirds are so tame, they ground feed a couple of feet from me Edited April 25, 2012 by DN18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 OK feeding birds this time of year, but NO whole peanuts, they kill the youngsters by choking! That aside, we are getting flocks of House Sparrows and some Jackdaws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DN18 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Agreed. There,s no peanuts in the mix here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 No peanuts here as they end up going in the bin cos none of my birds take them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Pigeons Blackbirds Starlings Greenfinch Goldfinch Blue *** Great *** Coal *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I have a seed feeder, a peanut feeder and a fatball feeder, even with a large t*t population they are hardly touched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 On our seed feeder we just have a couple of sparrows and a robin, all though the other week I found a load of feathers and some bits of what I think was a pigeon, my dad said he has seen a sparrow hawk near his house, he only lives a mile or so away, either that or a cat had it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Our local sparrow hawk had the cheek to sit on a fence post, 2 feet from the feeders waiting for breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Our local sparrow hawk had the cheek to sit on a fence post, 2 feet from the feeders waiting for breakfast. I bet that was well cool, I have a soft spot for raptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Certainly was. The time it flew into our garden, whilst I was digging chasing a swallow, was another cool moment. It was attempting to mimic the acrobatics of said swallow, it had no chance! Edited April 26, 2012 by Rusty Strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I'll never forget the time when I was about 14 in Devon shovelling chicken poo of all things with my dad when a buzzard fell from the sky right in front of us into a pile of straw with 2 crows absolutely pummelling it! We scared the crows off but the buzzard sat on the straw with its beak wide open for a good 30-40 minutes and we fed it (ironically) chicken breast and water then after a while it flew off. Magical memory will never forget it. My dad even named the buzzard "chicken George" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 At the moment our feeders are being literally stripped of everything of value. We put sunflower hearts out in a 1 1/2 foot long feeder and in a day over a third of it was gone. So far we've had... Goldfinches (10 at once counted) Chaffinches Greenfinches Sparrows (I've counted about 8 at once) Blackbirds Blue tits Long tailed tits Great tits Dunnocks Starlings Collared doves Pigeons Busy times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 That's a great story Felix,like it !! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I wondered where our birds had gone, they are all round Craig's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 That's a great story Felix,like it !! Thanks Ron only wish i ha had the forethought o grab the polaroid-i was just mesmerised by the whole experience. Worried that if I left the buzzard would be gone when I got back. One of my more treasured memories. Looking back I was so lucky to grow up where I did in North Devon. Lovely 300 year old mill house,river running through a beautiful 2 acre garden. A 60 acre forest running right up to our garden boundary-wildlife galore. All within a couple of miles of the most beautiful rocky outcrops into the sea where I used to go fishing most weekends. Good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 You are a lucky man Felix, I grew up on a council estate in South East London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I echo Mick's thoughts, lucky man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Yeah I am lucky to have had that in my life-never took it for granted. I remember my dad asked me when I was about 10 what I wanted I be when I was grown up an I said "David Attenborough" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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