Sparrowhawks have to catch something or they'll starve ...unfortunately this female Sparrowhawk caught one of the Starlings that visited our feeders . All the usual suspects reappeared after the Sparrowhawk had gone plus a Siskin that was new to the garden .
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Our Birkdale Garden (1 Viewer)
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The female Sparrowhawk is still experiencing some success around our garden . I turned up the path that leads to our front gate the other evening and it took off from right in front of me , giving me quite a surprise I might add . It left behind a dead pigeon but returned later to collect it . Yesterday there were more pigeon feathers all over the lawn .
We've had a few new visitors on the niger seed feeders - a couple of Siskins have appeared and a Lesser Redpoll called by . A Goldcrest crept about in the shrubbery briefly the other day but I didn't manage to photograph it . Two male Blackcaps and a female are still camped in the bushes so I'm not sure whether they might decide to stay or move on ( last year they moved on ) . Who knows what else may appear over the next few weeks ?
We've had a few new visitors on the niger seed feeders - a couple of Siskins have appeared and a Lesser Redpoll called by . A Goldcrest crept about in the shrubbery briefly the other day but I didn't manage to photograph it . Two male Blackcaps and a female are still camped in the bushes so I'm not sure whether they might decide to stay or move on ( last year they moved on ) . Who knows what else may appear over the next few weeks ?
