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Bird Feeder Watch.
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Just had a lovely visitor to the feeder but not enough time to be positive about identification. Went to make a cuppa and glanced out, lo and behold a Greenfinch. I only had a few seconds as it was spooked by the ruddy Magpie and fled. Very rare here, and in the past we have had Siskins at the feeder so it may have been one of them. I am now on alert to see if it returns. My impression is that it was a bit big for a Siskin and darker too. Distinctly green rather than yellow and I did not have chance to see the bill, I was not aware of the yellow wing bars either so fingers crossed for Greenfinch. Early for either visitor though.
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Lol Jake. It is worth the effort every year to put the feeder up for the winter. My record for most species is 37 different ones over a 5 month period during the very cold 2010 winter. It was astonishing to see Nuthatches, Blue and Great Tits, Finches and Robins happily side by side with Woodpeckers. We even had a Tree Creeper that year.
Our garden is full of birds at the moment.
Pigeons eating seeds ,robin on the plantpot with his seeds, blue tits on the fatballs competing with the jackdaws.Magpies eating their dish of spaghetti,blackbirds stamping for worms. Jays divebombing onto the monkeynuts(when the squirrels haven't already eaten them ). Last month the starlings brought their young and attacked the fatballs . They have disappeared now .They each have their food preferences and all are welcome.
Pigeons eating seeds ,robin on the plantpot with his seeds, blue tits on the fatballs competing with the jackdaws.Magpies eating their dish of spaghetti,blackbirds stamping for worms. Jays divebombing onto the monkeynuts(when the squirrels haven't already eaten them ). Last month the starlings brought their young and attacked the fatballs . They have disappeared now .They each have their food preferences and all are welcome.