Mainly Norfolk Birding with Gary White

Birds From the Garden

This Greenfinch was enjoying the Black Sunflower seeds 17th May 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brambling during the snow on 24th March 2008                 

Garden History

24th August 2009 - Grey Wagtail flew over.

9th August 2009 - New Back Garden Bird a fly over Hobby.

27th June 2009 - Been a while but a New Garden Bird a flyover Redshank

Winter 08/09 - Up to 12 Bramblings and 100+ Goldfinches, 15 Blackbirds but less Collard Doves this year?

22nd November 2008 - NEW GARDEN BIRD a Blackcap eating apples in the Snow, also Bramblings still here (at least 5)

8th November 2008 - NEW GARDEN BIRD a Yellow-Browed Warbler with the Long-tailed Tits in the front tree.

25th October 2008 - A small flock of 55 Goldfinch's keep eating alot of seed

18th October 2008 - Bramblings (3) are back

28th September 2008 - NEW GARDEN BIRD Green Sandpiper flyover also 150 Pink-footed Geese

20th September 2008 - Started counting again as bird numbers seem to be picking up 4 Gold Finches and 6 Long-tailed tits were the highlights this afternoon.

August 2008 - Breeding Birds in and around Garden include Collard Dove, Wood Pigeon, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Swifts, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Jackdaw

July 2008 - Siskins vist feeders one evening

27th June 2008 - Happen to look out of the front door as a Hobby flies down the road at dusk.

23rd June 2008 - Kestrel over the garden being mobbed by our swifts.

22nd June 2008 - Baby Blue Tits, Coal Tits and Great Tits also baby Robins and another family of Blackbirds

17th May 2008 - Baby Blackbirds!!

10th May 2008 - Swifts Nesting again

29th April 2008 - Spotted Flycatcher in the garden.

26th April 2008 - Three Swifts over the garden and a Cuckoo was heard.

26th April 2008 - Last sign of the Bramblings was on 21st they have departed.

20th April 2008 - New in the garden bird Rook.

13th April 2008 - Buzzard Over

12th April 2008 - HAWFINCH - wow 2mins max though

30th March 2008 - Dunnock nest building.

15th March 2008 - 2 Siskin and a stop and go Fieldfare. 

19th February 2008 - 45 Bramblings in the Garden.

13th January 2008 - 13 Blackbirds on the lawn eating the apples and 13 House Sparrows.

7th December - 42 Collard Doves!

2nd December - Slightly confused as a Kingfisher comes though the garden in the pouring rain.

16th November - Wow a Brambling (fem) on the Sunflowers

October - had a Redwing briefly in the Garden on the apples (from the apple tree) until the Blackbirds scared it off. Also had our first House Sparrow.

August - After a week of the feeders being out we had a pair of Coal Tits visiting and Blue and Great Tits.

29th July - Cut the 3 foot high lawn and had Blackbirds and Robins bouncing around.

28th July - Put out feeders - Peanuts, Mixed seed and black sunflower.

27th July moved in - found we had Swifts (at least 3 pairs) nesting in the roof, and pigeons seemed to be the only other birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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