Treecreeper and Sparrowhawk in the garden today. Jays are regular visitors at the moment along with good numbers of Long-tailed Tits. Song Thrush and Stock Dove have also been singing away recently.
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Looks very busy there. I'm glad I'm not doing your big garden bird watch🤔🤔🤣🤣Busy morning at the feeders, snow on the horizon maybe a factor? First sighting this morning were the Long-tailed Tits and a flurry since then, the sun is out and the snow is falling North of us .... so far.
8:25 - Long-tailed Tits, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch & Robin at the first sitting.
8:48 - Mistle Thrush dived in for a quick feed
8:53 - GSW
9:10 - Brambling, glanced out and it was hiding among the Chaffinches
10:18 - Jackdaw, a couple dropped in to scoff as many suet pellets as possible in 4 seconds
Lots of Blackbirds coming and going, Coal, Great, Blue & long-tailed Tits, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Robin, Tree & House Sparrow, they're not usually at the feeders.
Went for a stroll round the garden, spotted a Red Kite, out over the fields and a pair of Buzzards cruising over the woods.
It's been non-stop since then, a photo fest for me
Went round to the side hedge yesterday to find Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Great Tit, Blue Tit, this lot stay on the fringes, very rarely seen at the feeders.
Going to be a busy day out there. today! 👌
It always is The Robin but, I sit here at my Mac and watch a fair bit of it without moving too farLooks very busy there. I'm glad I'm not doing your big garden bird watch🤔🤔🤣🤣
I hope you have a calculator handy for the BGBW. I'm currently watching the woodpecker on the feeder.It always is The Robin but, I sit here at my Mac and watch a fair bit of it without moving too far
Great selection of species RichTreecreeper and Sparrowhawk in the garden today. Jays are regular visitors at the moment along with good numbers of Long-tailed Tits. Song Thrush and Stock Dove have also been singing away recently.
Rich
Have the parakeets become pretty much resident in the Poynton area ? Certainly well established across south Manchester now but I’ve only seen them a couple of times here in Macc. They seem regular now at Dunham Massey and also saw some at Quarry Bank this year.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
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 estateHave the parakeets become pretty much resident in the Poynton area ? Certainly well established across south Manchester now but I’ve only seen them a couple of times here in Macc. They seem regular now at Dunham Massey and also saw some at Quarry Bank this year.
I've no idea if they've become established in the Bradford area but I've seen my first one some woods where I go to check on the buzzard and I've seen a minimum of 4 and heard calls from another unseen one over the Thornton area of Bradford last week. They've been in the area for over a few weeks now. I'm not to keen on the bird in all fairness.Have the parakeets become pretty much resident in the Poynton area ? Certainly well established across south Manchester now but I’ve only seen them a couple of times here in Macc. They seem regular now at Dunham Massey and also saw some at Quarry Bank this year.
How long did it take you to spot them in amongst all the chaffinches 😂 Cracking pics, thanks for posting them !It's currently like the feeding of the 5,000 out here! Bonus though, a pair of Brambling showed up amid the million Chaffinches
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I just happened to look out as the male hopped into a patch of lightHow long did it take you to spot them in amongst all the chaffinches 😂 Cracking pics, thanks for posting them !