With all the recent bad weather the garden has been busy with the regular bird visitors.  There has also been a few unusual birds as well.  Over the last few days I’ve kept a record of the number of birds visiting each day.  Although there has been 30 species I still can’t beat my day…

Last couple of days has seen an improvement in the temperature but there are still a few visitors to the garden that are normally only here in the really cold times.  The lone female Brambling is still about, as are a few Siskins.  Still got the usual birds like Long-tailed Tits, Bullfinches, Chaffinches, Greenfinches and…

I spent an hour watching the birds in the garden yesterday and was surprised at the number of different species that I saw.  Here’s a list of everything I saw Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Nuthatch, Ring-necked…