Birds in your garden/nearby

[NDA]

I can see why the collective term for sparrows is a quarrel! I’ve been putting out over 4 fat balls a day for them (and water) and the numbers are definitely up. A group of around 24 live under the eaves and in the hedges.

Boy, do they fight!

I have some wrens too - although they don’t use the feeders.

[rossub]

The Sparrows don’t use my feeders at all in winter, but once their young are on the go, they’re all over them. Like you say, they love the fat balls and I think that’s what they feed them while they’re still in the nest.

[TimmyMallett]

rossub said:

Only Cuckoo I’ve ever seen was there.

Meanwhile, balls of steel Wood Pigeon was sitting 3ft from our Sparrowhawk this morning.

No balls. They are literally the stupidest things on the planet with wings.


(the birds have wings, not the planet)

QuartzDad said:

Got, got, need, got, got, need, got, got

That made me chuckle

[thepritch]

Had a flock of red arrows appear overhead today on their migration south. Does that count?

[NDA]

thepritch said:

Had a flock of red arrows appear overhead today on their migration south. Does that count?

Yes, it's part of their display behaviour.

[Old Merc]

We get lots of Pidgeon's and Ring Doves,

I noticed this one.

Is it possible for them to mate and interbreed.

[rossub]

They just look like regular Wood Pigeons to me.

Do you mean Stock Dove as opposed to ‘Ring’ Dove? Stock Doves look similar to Pigeons.

I looked up Ring Necked Doves, but they’re in Africa - it’s Collared Doves we have here.

[Benzinaio]

My female Woody.



Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major female by Jayson Cork, on Flickr

[C n C]

Suburban garden in NW London, with a park nearby.
We do put out food - mainly sunflower hearts, niger seed and fatballs.

Regular visitors
Feral pigeon
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Magpie
Crow
Blackbird
Starling
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal tit
Long tailed tit
Dunnock
Robin
Wren
Great spotted woodpecker
Ring necked parakeet

Less frequent visitors
Black cap
Green woodpecker
Jay
Pied wagtail
Nuthatch
Thrush
Jackdaw
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk

Rare visitors (1 or 2 appearances)
Heron
Coot
Buzzard

Edited by C n C on Tuesday 13th August 16:45

[netherfield]

12th may 6.16 am
Just let the dogs out for a wee.

Blackbird
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon
Curlew
Buzzard
Skylark
Robin
Dunnock
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Wren
Nuthatch
White Wagtail
Carrion Crow

Mostly heard and not seen by Merlin

20th July we were sat outside enjoying the sun when up above there was noise, looked up to see a drone above us, next moment, according to Merlin there were a couple of Oystercatcher's circling the drone and complaining, drone lifted up and went out of sight Oystercatcher's then flew off.

We asked a keen bird spotter where we walk the dogs about this he said it was very likely the birds were trying to scare the drone away.

Later confirmed by a chap in the village who has a drone, he'd been asked to survey a roof in Leicester, but had to abandon the idea because the local Seagulls started threatening his drone,scared of damaging an impeller he gave up.

[romft123]

Rural Cornwall.
stloads of pigeons. Tits, robins and sparrows. Huge flock (or whatever) of rooks live nearby, 100's of them. Quite a few pairs of crows....steal everything and anything. Maggies, a dozen at a time. 2 buzzards in a tree in our field, 2 more pairs next field. Did I say pigeons...... Usual small birds, chafinches etc.

[The jiffle king]

Berkshire and a bit bigger than a normal garden

Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon
Crow
Magpie
Red Kite
Buzzard
Robin
Dunnock
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Jackdaw
Chaffinch
Wren
Parakeet
Tawny owl (we hear it and have seen it twice)
Swallow (including a nest)
Canada geese
Egyptian Geese
Once had a cormorant but only once

Probably others but those are the ones I can think of top of my head

[rossub]

Pair of Bullfinches here over the last few weeks.

The most attractive of all our garden birds in my opinion, gorgeous colours.

[Desiderata]

Not in my garden, but this one landed on the road in front of me today, waddled down the road a bit then sat down for a rest.
Youngster on its way south I think.

Edited by Desiderata on Saturday 19th October 13:57

[milesgiles]

What will they think of next?

[SpudLink]

I seem to remember something about geese looking down at a road and seeing it as similar to a river. ‘Flowing’ through the landscape, and darker than the land surrounding it. Similar enough for them to think “that’ll do”.

[Greshamst]

Recently have been visited quite often by both woodpeckers and bluejays, which we hadn’t seen before.

In addition to the usual tits, robins, sparrows etc.

It’s nice to have a bit more variety

[Bonefish Blues]

I've seen more jays this year than I can ever recall, including one that I got really close to whilst it was preoccupied with acorns. Normally all you get is a glimpse of a white bum flying away.

[isaldiri]

Greshamst said:

Recently have been visited quite often by both woodpeckers and bluejays, which we hadn’t seen before.

In addition to the usual tits, robins, sparrows etc.

It’s nice to have a bit more variety

Bluejays?!

[Greshamst]

isaldiri said:

Greshamst said:

Recently have been visited quite often by both woodpeckers and bluejays, which we hadn’t seen before.

In addition to the usual tits, robins, sparrows etc.

It’s nice to have a bit more variety

Bluejays?!

Googled it, apologies not a bluejay, just a regular jay