Summary : August 2014 Birding Days Out On the 8th August we drove up to WWT Martin Mere where we managed to see a nice pair of Wood Sandpipers. On the 12th we went up to Hoylake for a high tide (13.01hrs (BST), 9.8m) where we had close views of large numbers of Dunlin, Ringed…
Summary : July 2014 Birding Days Out Birding in general this month has largely been determined for us by weather and visitors. We have had visits from two sets of friends who do not live in Britain and they are not particularly birders so we have been either preparing for them or attending to them…
Summary : June 2014 Garden The garden continued to be full of young birds with juvenile Robins and a juvenile Blackbird visiting the bird table. Lots of Blue Tit young and lesser numbers of Great Tit young are on the feeders and the window box. The Dunnocks are less obvious but are around. The Sparrows…
Summary : May 2014 Garden The garden continued to improve bird-wise but we can’t seem to shake off the Woodpigeons that seem to be in our gardens in numbers any time there is food around – and even where there isn’t. Blackbird are getting pushy as they clearly have young to feed. Dunnocks very visible…
Summary : April 2014 Garden The garden started to perk up at the start of the month as the Blackbirds and Tits seemed to have young to feed already. Our Dunnock sings from 4.30am onwards pretty much all day. We have had three Goldfinches at most which is a terrible decline from previous years but…
Summary : March2014 Garden With the weather being changeable so was the garden birding. On colder days nothing much was about but on the warmer, sunnier days, we had quite a few visitors. On the 13th we had pairs each of Goldfinch, Blue and Great Tits, Dunnock, House Sparrows, Blackbirds and even Mistle Thrushes. A…
Summary : February 2014 Garden A very quiet month in the garden. Lots of rain although not as much as the record-breaking flooding in the south of England ! This is going to damage a large number of nature reserves in Somerset at Devon and other areas afflicted by the flooding. Birding Days Out On…
Summary : January 2014 Garden The start of the year saw some improvement in the number of birds int he garden and we started to see small numbers of Goldfinch, Blue, Great and Coal Tits; a single Dunnock and Robin, some Blackbirds and some House Sparrows. A particular pleasure was the presence of a flock…
Summary December 2013 Garden December started a little damp and temperatures were a bit up and down sometimes being quite mild and at other times cold. The garden birds are still finding food in the wild and the Blackbirds started the month still eating berries from the trees. The Robins and Tits are clearly still…
Summary November 2013 Garden November started off quietly in the garden and it seems like, although we do occasionally see Tits, Blackbirds and Goldfinches, the birds are not yet ready to return from their normal habitats to gardens for the autumn. Autumn is afoot, however, and the leaves are falling enough to leave some trees…
