Published on 12, July, 2020
Sharing this on here because I know there are other birdwatchers around, just had a great spotted woodpecker on my bird feeders in my back garden! Had my binoculars next to me so got a good look
My regulars are robins, blackbirds, blue ***, great ***, wood pigeons and magpies. Semi-regulars are coal ***, house sparrows, dunnocks, goldfinches, chaffinches, greenfinches, wrens, jays and collared doves. I can regularly hear chiffchaffs, blackcaps and lesser whitethroats as well but have never seen them in the garden. We've also had the sparrowhawk in, a heron land on the fence and a buzzard sitting in the tree at the back. I'm luck with the amount of birds around here, we're on the edge of the city with quite a few trees and overgrown land.
That's a shame.
I have a robin that comes in to my garden frequently which is lovely. I love their colours.
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.
It came in yesterday but the magpie chased it off before I could get to my binoculars.
Sounds beautiful.
I've seen a lot of magpie in my garden lately. They keep flying down and stealing my cats food!