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…

The perches are now being used but not on a regular basis.  Spent half an hour trying to get shots of the Bullfinches on them but they wouldn’t play.  Whilst waiting 3 Long-tailed Tits made a brief appearance and I did manage to get one on one of the perches. A step in the right…

Decided that I needed to get some decent perches set up in the garden to try and get some decent shots of the Bullfinches and the Goldcrest. Managed to get some branches from the local wood that although not perfect are a lot better than I had before. Placed them near to the feeders and…

I took a trip to Adel Dam yesterday. Weather was cold at -2C but the sun was out with blue skies. Took a few shots of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robins and Mallards along with a few others. I was talking to some other people in the hide and when I turned back to my…