My Garden 2021

Oct 14/15th/21st: Coal Tit plus usual.
Nov 3rd: Blackbird - 4m 2f tucking into berries.
Nov 12th: Sprawk male hit front window while chasing wee bird, its sat nav sent it wrong way   c24 spuggies in usual place.
Nov 14th: Robin having a bath within five feet of me, it was almost dark so maybe didn't see me.
Nov 15th: the two Wood Pigeon returned after a lengthy break, other than the spuggies at front nowt much else due to low on food, have ordered some today.

John 
 

Do sometimes go round BB but not so frequent. We are in Norfolk for a week later this month and when we get back we will be starting to restock the BB feeding station so should start getting sightings around the area,

Alan,

meant asking you for a while do you still get to B Beck you had some damn good sightings during the lockdowns? My mate also went a few times last year and had similar to yourself.

Yes its always handy to keep our eyes peeled when out and about be it with the bins or without, my old mate Dave Johnson (R.I.P.) always pulled my leg about walking about and not looking up, he would say how much I missed by not looking up to which I replied if I looked up all the time I'd miss lots of ground level stuff.

Yes I did read your message re MSQ and will at some point visit. Had arranged to take my mate out on friday (but not MSQ was going to visit lots of places around north lincs) but had to cancel due to being so weak, really struggling with  my weight! All being well may get out next week.

Cheers

John 

We are also baffled as there are plenty of starlings around us but none coming into the garden, same with blackbirds. There is a flock of at least 80 goldfinch near us with as many as 20 at a time on the feeders.

Just been in Ashby and had a skein of pinkfeet fly over and then a low flying sparrowhawk . Always something about if you keep your eyes open!

Did you get my message that turning out of msq is easy now due to the verges being cut?

Oct 6th: Today enjoyed watching antics of a gang of nine Blue Tit and four Great Tit flitting back and forth to the feeders and the Hawthorn Trees which are absolutely full of berries, the Bluey's are nibbling at the fruit (never seen them do that), at first thought they were getting caterpillars and spiders but on closer inspection it's the fruit. They have a wee bit then fly to the nuts and this goes on most of day, spotted them in next doors siberian cherry, they didn't eat the berries they looked to playing tag lol. Although I have black sunflower seeds there the tits prefer the nuts. Getting quite a little gang of them. On the seed feeders was three Goldfinch, five Greenfinch, one Chaffinch with the beginnings of the canker on it's legs, two Dunnock in front garden getting the fat ball scraps off floor that the Spuggies have dropped. Also have two C Dove, thankfully only one Feral Pigeon.

What I find really odd is no Starlings or Blackbirds seen for best part of a month, by now they would have stripped the Rowan, the three Hawthorns and the assorted cherries, but all bar the rowan all are heaving with fruit. Roll on a bad winter in Scandinavia and let the Waxwings come and gorge themselves on my fruit, fingers crossed.

John

Sept 9th: Buzzard - 2 together, watched for ten mins.
Sept 16th: Sparrowhawk overhead.
Sept 21st: Great Tit - 2, Blue Tit - 4, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Dunnock, Spuggies, Feral Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, C Dove, Crow, Jackdaws, Chaffinch.

John