Birds which visit your garden

[dell boy]

Just been watching a Great Spotted Woodpecker nutting the top of our oak tree, first time I have seen one of these in my garden.
We seem to have a greater variety and numbers of birds this year, loads of tits and finches which are always great to watch, but the woodpecker was a gem.

What rare feathered variety birds have you seen in you garden.

[Sussex]

We don't really get many birds in our garden, just lots of squirrels running along the top of the fence - winds the greyhound up a treat!

Actually, does STFCBird count as she's a bit of a tit?

[Bogus Dave]

theres an owl in the trees outside my window!

[Reg Smeeton]

Just been watching a Great Spotted Woodpecker nutting the top of our oak tree, first time I have seen one of these in my garden.
We seem to have a greater variety and numbers of birds this year, loads of tits and finches which are always great to watch, but the woodpecker was a gem.

What rare feathered variety birds have you seen in you garden.

 I love watching woodpeckers although it's more usual to hear them.

  Think bird numbers for some species are up because of the mild winters.

 I  did a quiz a while back in the summer, fair pot of money on it, with power to add...the question was ....in a recent RSPB survey, what were the top ten birds reported in people's gardens in Britain?  What sort of a shit question is that?

 My thoughts went something lie this....as I live in a very urban house, I'll list 10 different birds I've seen in my garden. I only missed the collared dove rather than jackdaw...

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

We get most of the usual suspects in our garden.

Best ones we had last winter were a couple of Bramblings mixed in with a group of Chaffinches and 10 Partridges paid us a visit on one occasion.

[Reg Smeeton]

We get most of the usual suspects in our garden.

Best ones we had last winter were a couple of Bramblings mixed in with a group of Chaffinches and 10 Partridges paid us a visit on one occasion.

 Only Partridge I've had a pay a visit, was Andy's son, who's a mate of my kid.

[dell boy]

I love watching woodpeckers although it's more usual to hear them.

  Think bird numbers for some species are up because of the mild winters.

 I  did a quiz a while back in the summer, fair pot of money on it, with power to add...the question was ....in a recent RSPB survey, what were the top ten birds reported in people's gardens in Britain?  What sort of a shit question is that?

 My thoughts went something lie this....as I live in a very urban house, I'll list 10 different birds I've seen in my garden. I only missed the collared dove rather than jackdaw...

Not sure what the most common (10) are: These birds are seen in my garden regularly.

Blackbirds
Tits (many varieties)
Finches (many varieties)
Garden Warbler
Goldcrest (only in the last four or five years)
Sparrows
Jays
Thrush
Wagtails
The occasion Sparrowhawk (early spring and summer)
Willow Warblers (late spring)
Wrens
Starlings
Robins
Redwings
Swallows and Martins

Off the top of my head, probably more.

[leefer]

Not forgeting those pesky seagulls..ime sure they think my lorry is a trawler cos they regularly give it a healthy splattering of the white stuff!
We have a woodpecker with no beak..a greater spotted headbanger.
I was lucky enough to see a kingfisher last year,though only a fleeting glance....by the gravel pits near Cerny.

[Batch]

We had (I think) a Kestrel take a pigeon out in our garden the other day. Didn't see the kill, just the eating. Nice load of blood and feathers left after.

[Don Rogers Shop]

Strangly i had a pheasant in my garden once

[chalkies_shorts]

Had a heron in mine. God knows where it cam from but both neithgbours have big fish ponds.

[Reg Smeeton]

Not forgeting those pesky seagulls..ime sure they think my lorry is a trawler cos they regularly give it a healthy splattering of the white stuff!
We have a woodpecker with no beak..a greater spotted headbanger.
I was lucky enough to see a kingfisher last year,though only a fleeting glance....by the gravel pits near Cerny.

 Kingfishers are ace....about 4 years ago, I paddled down the River Orne in France in a kayak, with my kid.  There were loads of them, which took flight as we came by.

 I've only ever seen the odd one here.

 http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/results/top10.asp

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Strangly i had a pheasant in my garden once

We have Pheasants quite often as our house backs on to fields, hence the afore mentioned Partidges (no relation to Andy)

Are XTC still around in any shape or form?

[Fred Elliot]

I have a jenny wren, a pair of collared doves, and today saw the introduction of Mr and Mrs Robin again (have not seen them since last Feb)

Must be my new shed

 

[Don Rogers Shop]

They will not be the same robins i am afraid fred. Robins have a very short life span.. I think. Oss the pheasant was strange as it was in walcot