Birdwatching in the garden

I saw a baby tawny owl today peeking out of the owl box on a tree near us! I was so glad to see it! They had chicks in the same box last year and I was hoping they would do again this year. So glad to see that! 

They sound like they're saying "who-who-whooo" to me, like a very confused person who doesn't know who someone is.

Aw that's lovely. I know this is maybe a bit picky and bizarre but I like the sound of the collared dove better than the call of the wood pigeon. For some reason when I hear wood pigeons they always sound like an elderly person I once knew with a really bad smokers cough, and it's just oddly disconcerting to me on a fundamental level that the subtle change in pitch/tone makes all the difference.

I've been debating whether I try to coax the pair I see in the big trees behind my garden to come down, as fun as it might be to build a relationship where I feed them and they bring me presents, I know they prey on smaller birds and I wouldn't want to drive off my existing residents.

I've seen a lot of crows here. They're living inside the old shed at the back of my garden.

I see them fly in and then can hear them squawking loudly.

If you do so will I!

I'd forgotten the long-tailed ones, we get those as well.

I've got a slightly wilder flower bed at the top of the garden next to the Scots pine tree that I've planted some teasels in hoping that will attract more goldfinches.

As I'm sat in the garden now I can hear the buzzards again, they must be really enjoying the thermals at the moment.

The bot obviously thought those birds were rude, hope I don't get deleted.

Thank you for sharing that. It always feels special to have a woodpecker. 

I enjoyed a visit from a goldfinch yesterday. I checked what it was because it was singing a lovely song on from our neighbours aerial.

We have a lot of red kites around here and recently they are flying even lower than usual. One landed on a tall tree near our house once.

We have great *** and blue *** and occasionally coal *** and long tailed ***. I find it amusing sometimes when I am in the garden and it sounds like they are telling me to go in as they want to come in and feed. 

We keep a wild bit at the end of our garden which the birds love.

I see from your later message you have seen some birds I haven't seen. I always find it exciting to see something different.

There's a pair locally here as well I see them sometimes but they don't tend to come on my feeders. I need to get a proper bird table as they like more open feeding. Loads of wood pigeons though, in fact there's one pecking away at the suet block on the pine tree.

Didn't see it but I can hear the distinct call of a collared dove in the trees nearby.