Birds are back

[HeyWayne]

Because our house as adjacent to a wooded path, and we have lots of bushes right next to the house - particularly the bedroom window, we notice when there are more birds about by the way we are woken in the morning.

However, of late I have noticed a larger variety of birds.

Maybe I'm just looking out for them more, but this morning I saw a Starling, a Tit of some kind (blue/great - not sure), and a wren. Or at least I think that's what it was - it was teeny.

Spring is definitely not far away now.

[bearded bloke]

Watching garden bird can get a bit addictive,which is why it takes me so long to do the washing up & why it is done in the morning not the evening.
You know deep inside that you will be of to the library to get a book to identify which tit it was,the easy one to spot is the coal tit as it has a black head
Spring is deffo on it's way,saw a painted lady yesterday afternoon

[lainey lou]

I heard the birds singing away at around 4 in the morning on Saturday (night duty), I love this time of year.
The garden is full of sparrows at the moment, they're lovely to watch.

BTW Wayne, V. cute picture of Bean!

[ginger ninger]

I was woken up by our resident blackbird staking his claim to the telephone wire this morning . And I've just been watching a little wren in my bay bush while having my breakfast in the garden. We have a rookery near by so there's lot's of noise emanating from there as well. We also have lot's of magpies, starlings, a blue tit's...not bad for a little terrace house in the middle of Barnsley . I love spring, it'll not be long before our bat's are out on a night and the house martins & swallows are back. But I agree Wayne, there are a lot off birds about...it's GREAT.

[dirtgirl]

Watching garden bird can get a bit addictive,which is why it takes me so long to do the washing up & why it is done in the morning not the evening.

The daily chore of washing up has been made so much more enjoyable for me over the past couple of months by a pair of magpies, who are building a nest in the tree at the bottom of our garden. It is huge, and they've put so much work into it, flying back and forth all day with twigs sometimes 3 times their length, one pushing and pulling it into place, the other checking that it's just right, I'm almost sad that they seem to have finished, and that it will soon disappear into the depths of the tree as the blossom and leaves take over. But it has been a pleasure to watch

[scarey55]

Whilst out walking the dogs the other day, I saw a swallow! Sadly, only one, and that doth not make a summer but it is not far away

[Jardiniere]

does anyone else have cockatoos in their garden? I dont have them here but my daughter who lives in SE London has a whole host of them ....i have seen them before down in Catford but does anyone else have them?

[Potstubsdustbins]

Magpies are a very pretty/striking bird but unfortunately they play havoc with song birds.

Colin

[kalimna]

Well, the birds in our garden seem to be having a merry old time wolfing down the seeds I need to put out twice a week!
So far this year Ive noticed (or at least think I have!) :

Tits - blue (nesting pair in nest box again - 4th year in a row!), coal, great
Finch - chaff, green
Siskin
Yellowhammer (first time Ive ever seen one to identify)
Blackbird/starling/sparrow
Sparrowhawk
Reed Bunting
Great Spotted woodpecker
Robin
Wren
Wood pigeon
Magpie (grrrrrr!)

All in all, not too bad for a house on a newish estate not bordering trees or a field

Adam

[ginger ninger]

I've popped this link on for peep's to listen to the bird song's. I'm addicted to it now ...but my resident blackbird wasn't impressed.

YouTube - Garden birds,blackbird song

[SueA]

There's a little wren in our garden who keeps singing, must be trying to attract a mate or establish it's territory. We've got umpteen sparrows, a pair of blackbirds, starlings, coal tits, collared doves, woodpigeons, a pair of visiting longtail tits & a pair of bluetits at the moment but no sign of the robin which seems to have disappeared a few weeks ago.
I had to rescue a tiny bluetit the other day which had somehow got into the wall cavity in the kitchen! I could here scratching & pecking, traced it to the wall, managed to unscrew an airvent, shone a torch in to attract it's attention & out popped a little puzzled bluetit which then flew out the back door!

[dirtgirl]

Magpies are a very pretty/striking bird but unfortunately they play havoc with song birds.

Colin

I know, I've never been keen on them before, especially as my OH is a danger to all if he hits a stretch of road with intermittant Magpies, saluting and touching wood like a madman but I really have enjoyed watching them, and the amount of work they've put into their nest