A Few visitors

[T8Ter]

A few visitors today, stopping for food in between ripping the fibre out of my hanging baskets

[pauco]

A few visitors today, stopping for food in between ripping the fibre out of my hanging baskets

Nesting season well under way!! so why not do a pit stop, as well as a nest material stop too, lol.
not daft these birds.

paul.

[wellie]

How lovely....
In my neck of the woods, it's dead unusual to see a Goldie on a nut/seed-feeder, because they go for the thistle seedheads on the Funny Farm grasslands, and I'm quite financially relieved, if truth be known, because that saves me a few wee pennies, with everyone else eating me out of house and home at the moment (!)

T8Ter, I'm almost in your neck of the woods here in Wales, but as Russel Grant would probably say, 'I'm On The CUSP Darlink.....!' and in the last week or two, I am just SO excited that we've got a male Blackcap singing its' heart out every single day from the Winter Honeysuckle bush, then when I try desperately to capture it with my camera, it flies up to the lower branches of the Eucalyptus tree, and the tree is so huge, I haven't a cat in hells' chance of photographing it then, more's the pity!
Haven't seen Mrs. Browncap yet at all, but I spose she could be on the nest..... or no.....

[scarey55]

Lucky you, I love goldfinches, they are so pretty. I was very excited last night to hear that we have a nightingale in the tree just at the side of our house. Hope they stay a while, their song is so beautiful

[Chitfaced]

Lovely to see. The only birds we get here in Suburbia next to the A3 are the ones in 4 inch heels and the occasional starling on a sunny day.

[T8Ter]

How lovely....
In my neck of the woods, it's dead unusual to see a Goldie on a nut/seed-feeder, because they go for the thistle seedheads on the Funny Farm grasslands,

Hi Wellie, the (edit: top half of the) feeder is filled with Nyger seeds - it's taken 18 months to attract them but now they arrive 2- 3 time a day.

We're lucky here, not out in the country, but have a large woodland a mile or so away so tend to get a great variety, particularly in bad weather.

[T8Ter]

Blackcaps and Nightingales fabulous - as for the photo Wellie, it was taken with a 300mm lens from about 30ft - as close as I dare get.

[ginger ninger]

A few visitors today, stopping for food in between ripping the fibre out of my hanging baskets

There beautiful T8Ter, thanks for sharing.

I've just popped a photo on the "Wild life photo" thread of a male house sparrow feeding his babies. They were so noisy, I couldn't resist a snap .

[Headfry]

T8Ter .....almost a 'charm' of goldfinches.....how lovely! thanks for the pics

[T8Ter]

There beautiful T8Ter, thanks for sharing.

I've just popped a photo on the "Wild life photo" thread of a male house sparrow feeding his babies. They were so noisy, I couldn't resist a snap .

Thanks GN,
I'd forgotten about the "wildlife Pics" thread, will post there in future, lovely shot of the sparrows begging for food.

Ty Headfry - it's great when the birds actually allow you close enough to get a pic, even if it's not quite as good as you'd ideally like.

[wellie]

Please feel free to shoot me down in flames for suggesting that you look at my blog, but I managed to capture a fabulous shot with my camera of a Nuthatch, feeding from my bird-table a month or two ago, and it took me a whole day, but the result, I think, is what it's all about when it comes to 'wildlife gardening'....
The male Blackcap has not sung now in the Winter Honeysuckle for 3 days now - so whether he's found his adorable Mrs. BrownCap, or something less fortunate has happened, I'm not entirely sure....

[T8Ter]

Love the blog wellie , very entertainingly written. Great shot of the Nuthatch (and woodpecker and Robin), I've bought a 100m wireless remote for my D90 so I'm hoping once I work away less often I'll be able to get some much better shots.

[wellie]

T8Ter, that's kind of you, thank you. I don't take particularly brilliant photos, but I have a good eye, am hugely appreciative of brilliant ones, and need to be less unfamiliar with my new camera/read the destruction manual (!).... and I'm happy to report that whilst scarifying my front lawn for 6 hours today, Mr.Blackcap was back in the Eucalyptus, singing his heart out once again.....phew!

[wellie]

I was privileged to witness my first 2011 sighting of the spotty woodpecker fledgling late this afternoon when Mummy/Daddy (?) showed it where the nutfeeder was above the stone birdbath, and left it to feed for a few minutes on its' own. I watched it from the conservatory with the binoccs. Absolutely beautiful, with fluffy bits, really defined markings, but so fresh and young, just clinging on for dear life as it explored it's new surroundings. Days like today make you want to jump up and down with joy?X

[wellie]

Not in our garden today, but I saw my very first pair of Mistle Thrushes (I think). They were so large, that I initially mistook them from my distance as Sparrowhawks, and one was drinking from a leaking water standpipe. It was especially lovely because they were not timid of my presence.
NOTE TO SELF: Take camera with you luv, take piccies?

In my own garden, the garden visitors now are just amazing.
The spotty woodpeckers are constantly with me, as are the nuthatches, and today, whilst I'm not 'fond' of Starlings per se, there was a very fluffy one on the top of the conservatory roof, that was perfectly able to fly and Mummy was a short distance, willing it to test out its' aerodynamics, and it was a noisy affair, but we eventually got the jist and used our wings....

I must admit to being a complete 'sucker' for when the Bluetit babies come out.
I could watch them for hours.....X