Louise's Birds !

No, they're not 'mine' but they're the regulars that visit my gardens throughout the year.

The regulars are :
Goldfinches, Greenfinches, Chaffinches, Linnets,
Great Tits, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Long Tailed Tits,
Wrens, Dunnocks, Blackbirds, Robins,
Collard Doves, Woodpidgeons.

I feed them in specific places with specific feeders aswell as specific feeds and this way you attract the specific bird because a general feed and feeder will mean less of the small birds (because those feeds are higher content of grain) .... still with me ? :WINK1:

Anyway, what i've noticed, over the past couple of months, is that the Goldfinches have become the most numerous bird here, it's usually quite equal numbers of all of the above birds but there's a definate increase in their numbers lately.
At the moment flocks of about 20 are in the Rowan tree (in the front garden) at any one time, with the greenfinches next and i got to wondering if other people are noticing this too - i saw Sheal mentioning it here a short while ago so i wonder if their numbers are generally on the increase ?

 

Goldfinches seem to have done particularly well over the last couple of years. The other day I was in the middle of Chatham High Street when I heard a familiar song. I looked upwards and, sure enough, there was a little goldfinch perched on an aerial, singing his heart out in the most dour, urban landscape you can possibly imagine!

 

Our residents are Blackbirds, Wrens, Longtailed Tits, Robins, Dunnocks and a shy Woodpecker.

The Stupid Pigeons have stopped calling for the year now & are hanging out in big flocks instead of pairs. They start up calling again on Valentines day.

 

Pigeons, Blackbirds, Robins, Dunnocks, Pigeons, Wrens, Tits, Pigeons, Goldfinches, Rooks, Magpies and more Pigeons sums up the list of resident birds in and around our garden.

 

Having just moved, we were interested to see what would turn up in the garden, I have put up three feeders and there is an existing bird table.
So far the majority as others have mentioned are Goldfinches and Sparrows.
Others are
Blue Tit,
Great Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Starling
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon

and the icing on the cake Saturday was a brief visit from a male Bullfinch.
Not up to number of twenty in our previous Weymouth garden but getting there.

 

I seem to have an abundance of blackbirds around my garden at the moment, they must have had a good year, like the chaffinches. Had a robin for company yesterday while I was moving a plant, just a few feet from where I was digging. I also spotted the first wren of our upcoming winter season this morning.

 

Now blackbirds aren't seen much here through summer but when the colder months come they're here then until the spring - i've seen a pair in this past few days so they'll all arrive soon !

 

Had a Jay fly over at the weekend, got chased off by 2 Magpies though:(

 

I've seen a Jay here for about a year now, it's in the front and back gardens - you think it's the same one but it's probably several !
They're much smaller than i'd always imagined.

 

I think he's been around for a while, kept hearing a call like a Raven, used to looking up high for them from when I lived in Wales, but didn't see anything.

Heard it again & there he was.

 

A pair of jays were regular visitors to my little town garden last winter, lured by prospect of easy food from the bird table during the wintry weather. Maybe they'll be back for another handout this winter.

 

I have much the same as everyone else, but I don't get Green woodpeckers, jays or magpies, but most others.

Plus, i frequently have marsh tits, nuthatch x 2 and also many yellow hammers. For the first tme this year i've had a pair of bullfinches, male and female. I've never seen them before and they enjoyed the berries on the honeysuckle early Autumn. I get what i think is a type of warbler, possibly a willow warbler by the shape, but it flits about and i don't get a chance to see it close-up. It is a bit like a wren but yellowy and light shade of brown on the top. Lots of birds, it's great! Goldfinches haven't been around for a while, so hopefully they will be back soon.

 

Pixie, your warbler is probably a Willow or a Chiffchaff, they are hard to tell apart although the Willow is more yellow below.
Strange pair, they are so similar but the Willow always migrates but the Chiffchaff often stays here, mainly on the South coast.