The Young Ones

Nearly all of our residents have now brought their young ones to the garden.
Siskin, one of five.


Dad with one of the older kids.


Chaffinch.


Blackbird.


Robin.


Greenfinch.


House Sparrow.


Dunnock.

 

Lovely Strongy

 

In our garden this year we've had fledglings blackbirds, robins, blue tits, jackdaw, long tailed tit and wren - it seems to be a good breeding year.

 

We don't get Long Tails here (not yet anyway) and only seen a Wren twice, Blue and Coal Tits have disappeared for now. All the others are having a successful breeding seaon as you say, young goldfinches are here too.

We recently have had very a brief first visit from a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Nuthatch.

 

Soooooooo cute!!! I spent hours on Saturday watching a chaffinch fledgling catching its breath and being fed by the parents, in a tree just outside our garden. The parents have been using the feeder all winter and spring after only feeding on the ground at first.

 

You catch some amazing pictures Strongy. You must have your camera ever ready.

'We don't get Long Tails here'...........those two words have a different meaning here on the island. Because of superstition that's what R-A-T-S are called, they are never referred to by the other word by anyone, always Longtails.

 

Great pictures Strongy. We had a great spotted woodpecker and what seemed like 2 you but they had gone when i came back with the camera.

Rusty

 

great photos strongy i dont get to see many apart from the blue tits using the feeder at bottom of the garden up the tree,the lodger of a cat scares the rest them off! i do hear 2 great tits non stop singing day and late evening but yet to spot them x

 

True Sheal, we have a large living room window looking out on our back garden so I always have it to hand. We never had this number of birds in Weymouth.

Joolz, we had a Great Tit briefly visit the table this morning, first one i've seen since March!