What's Buzzing or Flying near you today......2016

@strongylodon is correct. We have plenty of greenfinches (not quite the hoards we used to have when we could see at least 50-100 sitting on the branches of the willow) but we rarely see any goldfinches.

Our pheasants are around all day every day (four males and seven females) and there's rarely a half hour without there being a great spotted woodpecker on the bird feeder. The woodpeckers nest in the poplars at the bottom of the garden.

A day doesn't go by without our three crows being in the garden. It's been the three of them for about four years (don't know how long they live) but they don't seem to bother the other birds.

Plenty of tits around but not as many bullfinches as usual. Lots of chaffinches, our six regular robins, magpies, collared doves (two pairs), pigeons but haven't seen the goldcrests for some years now.

 

Had an interesting incident this morning. I've been hand weeding and removing loads of moss (use a little hand rake and hand fork) and a robin was constantly around helping me. I wear a very old jacket for gardening that has a form of stuffing between two linings. It's ripped an torn and a piece of the stuffing (about 2" x 1/2") came out of the sleeve. The robin immediately snatched it and flew off with it.

 

Sorry about this,just another chirpy sparrow

 

Thank you Kandy for liking my photo

 

Just came across some photos so I thought I would post them.

 

Lovely day helping with the lambing when it starts

 

I may have posted this before but I've just come across it when looking for another photo.

 

A couple of our boys this morning.