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Originally Posted by jacob marley  I have just spent a pleasant 25 minutes standing the middle of the wood close to marley tower's listening to the evening chorus every bit as good as the dawn chorus all the small birds singing there heads of and the pheasants kicking up a right racket when they fly up to roost.
And just to put the icing on the cake a brief glimpse of the Muntjac deer as he sauntered across the drive it's good living in the middle nowhere   jacob |
You're right Jacob, 'tis good living in the middle of nowhere. Here in Ireland I don't get all the species you mention - unfortunately no nuthatches, woodpeckers or Tawny Owls
but I do get Choughs, Ravens, Peregrines and Merlins - not to mention Kestrels and Sparrowhawks galore; also the occasional Long-eared Owl and a more or less regular pair of Barn Owls.
My bird table regulars are blue and great tits, siskins and goldfinches (sometimes a dozen or more of those at a time). We're supposed to get Blackcaps, but I've never seen one here.