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  1. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I have been here in Turkey for the last three weeks. Highlights upto now are a single Sombre Tit, Woodchat Shrike the rest have been the usual species, although not had the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker as yet. Alpine Swift and Red-rumped swallow in good numbers.
  2. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Five Common Gull and Yellow-legged Gull 200 yards away on School field/ playground fighting for kids scraps with the usual gulls.
  3. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Blimey they are close
  4. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    two Siskin and two Wren feeding happily in the open
  5. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Goldcrest and Common Gull new for the year takes me upto 32. Lesser Redpoll and Siskin still coming now and again
  6. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Single Lesser Redpoll in the small Siskin flock and a Wren. Just around the corner are a few Common Gulls but they haven’t flown this way yet. I have had them sat on my roof in years past. Still missing some easy species for this years list….. Thrushes, Nuthatch, GSW etc
  7. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Resident in Poynton Pool coppice now. I had 16 flyover the nearby Poynton High school playing fields a month ago, but I get upto 6 most days either in the garden trees or flying back and forth over our estate
  8. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Snow has arrived this morning in East Cheshire. Five Siskin, a single Redwing, plenty of Rooks looking very menacing like an Alfred Hitchcock scene and a Ring-necked Parakeet looking out of place in the snow laden tree
  9. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Great selection of species Rich
  10. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    and just like that, they have gone
  11. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Incredible amount of Carrion Crows gathering overhead and in the trees, more than I have ever seen around here 100+
  12. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Crested Tit :love:
  13. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    To all the past and current contributors of this Garden thread HAPPY CHRISTMAS 🎄 Will be good to see what turns up on the first day of the new year. Maybe we can add our garden sightings of the day no matter how common.
  14. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Two male Bullfinch feeding on the ground this morning. Nothing else out of the ordinary last few days..... RNP still visiting neighbors gardens and relaxing in my trees
  15. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Great to see this thread has good recent activity 👍🏼 Song Thush, Wren, Goldcrest are recent visitors, still getting upto 5 Ring-necked Parakeets visiting the trees between feeding from a neighbouring garden. Tends to be afternoons only
  16. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Will keep a keen interest on how this goes 👍🏼
  17. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Les Claypool 🎸😍
  18. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Five Ring-necked Parakeets this afternoon Goldcrest been around for a weeks as well
  19. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Only an hour on the balcony this evening Middle Spotted Woodpecker, two Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the tree next to the balcony. The Black Redstart have now arrived and I had a pair fly catching, again from the tree next to the balcony. Syrian Woodpecker eventually got jealous and saw off...
  20. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Been away for a few days but now back on the balcony in Yesiluzumlu. This morning was quite active and noisy with the usuals but good numbers of Blackcap and Blue Tits. Spotted Flycatcher, Chiffchaff and a female Common Redstart (as opposed to the Black Redstart that have not arrived up here...
  21. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Fairly quiet around the garden today. Residents are busy enough but only Alpine Swift (40+), Siskin, a few Lesser Whitethroat and lots of Blackcaps, also heard a Green Woodpecker
  22. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Only enough time to get a Goshawk over as I arrived home from a super days birding in the mountains. See my other thread from Turkey YesilUzumlu, Incerkoy and Cadianda areas
  23. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Back in SW Turkey From my balcony on my first morning before spending the day out: Jay Syrian Woodpecker Middle Spotted Woodpecker Blackcap (loads) Chiffchaff White Wagtail Grey Wagtail Alpine Swift (loads) Cirl Bunting Robin Blue Tit Great Tit Laughing Dove Collared Dive Hooded Crow Wednesday...
  24. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    16 Ring-necked Parakeets gone over the garden 😳
  25. Bananafishbones

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Lots going on here in East Cheshire Ring-necked Parakeet sat noisily on top of the Sycamore. Raven, 60 Pink Legs Geese, a lot of Redwings over. Goldcrest chasing a Chiffchaff out of the conifers, LTTs and Pied Wagtail A few more days then back to SW Turkey for a few weeks
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