Showing posts with label Garden birdwatching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garden birdwatching. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 January 2025

Year List Update

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 Yesterday, I added a few more birds to the Year List. The first four were all at Rufford CP, yesterday, and included my first site record o...
Sunday, 15 January 2017

Garden Blackcap

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I was watching the birds in the garden this morning for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme , when I spotted a small bird hopping around t...
Thursday, 7 July 2016

Starlings have gone

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Last Thursday morning (30th June) I heard the  young Starlings in the nestbox on the side of my house. When I got home from work in the eve...
Monday, 18 April 2016

House Sparrow Nest

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As well as the Starling nest box I also have a House Sparrow Terrace on the side of my house. It was used last year, and I managed to ring...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Garden Finches and a juvenile Woodpigeon

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I watch and record the birds in my garden every week for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme . I don't blog about the results often, b...
Thursday, 18 February 2016

2016 Starling Season Begins!

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Last year the bird box on the side of my house was used by a pair of Starlings , and they managed to raise 5 healthy chicks (click on posts ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Garden Lesser Redpoll

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The number of birds coming to the feeders in my garden has started to increase again in the last few weeks. When I got home from work this a...
Thursday, 9 July 2015

Female Siskin

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My last post gave details of an adult male Siskin that had appeared in the garden at the weekend. Well, yesterday he was still present, but ...
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Unseasonable Siskin

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On Sunday evening, whilst having tea, I glanced out of the window and noticed this beauty feeding on the sunflower hearts- a male Siskin ! ...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Garden Youngsters

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The nice thing about watching the garden birds at this time of the year, is the fact that young birds start to fledge from nearby nests and ...
Sunday, 24 May 2015

Starling Resighting

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A couple of weeks ago I ringed a brood of 5 Starlings that had been raised in the box on the side of my house (see here ). The birds fledge...
Saturday, 2 May 2015

Starling Update

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A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a pair of Starlings that have built a nest in a nestbox on the side of my house (see here ). At the...
Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Starling Nest 2015- First eggs!

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I've had a " Starling nestbox" on the side of my house since 2010. In the first year, it was used Great Tits who managed to ...
Sunday, 29 March 2015

Last March Visit

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Yesterday morning the weather wasn't conducive to ringing, so instead I had a walk around all three reservoirs at Linacre. It was just 7...
Monday, 23 March 2015

Garden Sparrowhawks

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Regular readers of this blog will know that I've been recording the wildlife in my garden for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme on ...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

Garden visitors

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Whilst sitting having breakfast, and watching the birds for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme this morning,  I was lucky enough to spot...
Saturday, 24 January 2015

Big Garden Birdwatch

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Every week I take part in the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme , and record all the wildlife that uses our garden. This weekend, in additio...
Sunday, 28 December 2014

Garden birds in the snow.

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We've had a bit of snow here over the last few days, so I've been watching the garden intently to see if we got any different visito...
Sunday, 2 November 2014

Garden Brambling

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Whilst watching the birds in the garden this morning for the BTO's Garden Birdwatch Scheme , I noticed my first Brambling of the winter...
Saturday, 18 October 2014

Garden Mega!!

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I don't blog that much about the birds in my garden, but today's an exception because I had a "mega" bird in - a Great-spo...