Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jul 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Should I learn to love starlings?
Starlings seem to have been in decline recently in many gardens - but not in my garden.
I don’t like the gang of starlings that sometimes comes to my garden and eats the food I have put out for other species of bird. Because they sometimes come in large numbers [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jul 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
I may have to buy a mesh covered bird table after all
This is a picture of my new birdtable. I had to put wire and string round to keep the larger birds off. Rooks, crows and pigeons were the thugs of the birdtable.
I made the so blackbirds and thrushes could still get onto this table
I don’t [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Birds were singing just outside out front door.
The chirping and cheeping was coming from a nest inside the roof space.
I was really pleased to hear the singing every time I opened the front door.
I still can’t believe that the nest is full of starlings!
young-birds-in-a-nest
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Bird Photographs.
Here are some photographs I’ve taken of birds at the meshed ground feeder. There is always a variety at the feeder, but it’ s so difficult to get a good photo.
Chaffinch leaving the meshed ground feeder
Robin enjoying the safety of the feeder
Blue Tit and a chaffinch at my bird ground feeder
Thrush or Blackbird enjoying a [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 17th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been feeding the birds this morning.
I came inside and was looking out the window when I saw a chaffinch and a sparrow perched near each other on the fence.
All of a sudden the chaffinch ‘attacked’ the sparrow. It fluttered it’s wings and ‘ran ‘ along the top of the hedge at the sparrow.
The sparrow flew away [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jun 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Every day I put out some cut and peeled apple for the birds in my garden. I put some on the bird table, some on the meshed ground feeder and a few slices I throw under a bush. These bits of apple always get eaten.
The apple attracts a lot of birds and I’ve just seen a blackbird [...]
