Posted in General on Jul 24th, 2008 No Comments »
I know birds roost in a big hedge in our garden. First thing in a morning I can see them flitting in and out of the hedge. It’s hard to take a photo of them, but I’ve managed to get two photos of sparrows in the hedge-
The birds merge into the hedge [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Apr 9th, 2008 No Comments »
After I’d put bird food out for the birds I took the dog a walk. It was a lovely morning.
From a distance I saw something sitting quietely in the hedge. It was very inconspicuous.
If you scroll to the end of this note you’ll see a very good close up photo of the female blackbird
I walked [...]
Posted in General on Feb 26th, 2008 No Comments »
A week ago today the weather was freezing day and night. Here are three of the photographs I took a week ago today.
Looks a bit boring?
Well I know for a fact that birds roost inside this laurel hedge and it keeps the worst of the weather off them. It’s one of the few hedges we have that keeps [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Feb 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday I was pleased to hear the birds singing as I took the old dog a walk.
Here’s a few birds I heard singing in the hedgerow but I can’t idenfity them all!
I need help.
See how many you can identify and send me a comment with your answers.
Just list all the birds you can identify.
I’ll post all [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Jan 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
A white feathered blackbird has just made a striking appearance at my bird table.
Posted in Fact Sheets for Individual Bird Species on Nov 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Spurred on by the fact that Blue Tit’s have not had a good year I have been putting together a Fact Sheet.
Name of Bird: Blue Tit
Latin Name: Cyanistes caeruleus (or Parus caeruleus)
Feeding:
Feed at the bird table and on the peanut feeder all year round.
Insects such as caterpillars and beetles and spiders
In the Autumn Blue Tits also feed on [...]