Meroman 105 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 With the recent hard weather I have 12 feeders hanging in my garden filled with peanuts, niger and sunflower hearts to feed the finches close to my area.Today I had about 20 goldfinches, 30 redpolls,as many chaffinches and a few greenfinches on the feeders. I also supply a dish of water for them as well. I was delighted to see some Bramble-finches running with the chaffies which is a rarity in Ireland. It would be good to hear what birds you have visiting your garden?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,927 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I've had feeders up the whole winter and have had the usual feeder birds,different tits and finches,dunnocks,robins,etc,but no real treats so far.Had a nuthatch last year but he's not been back this year,plenty of jenny wrens about this year though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 586 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I live in the centre of a town and last year I saw starlings, sparrows, blue tits, great tits, robins,wagtails, collar doves,fieldfares,wrens and a sparrow hawk. This year the 20 foot high shrubs behind my house were removed to make a carpark and despite putting out a variety of foods, I have only seen two feral pigeons at the same time every afternoon. Its very disappointing. I will have to plant some quick-growing shubs to encourage them to come back. The pigeons must be near too fat to fly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 1,065 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Ive only got a small front garden, but a decent sized back yard, me and the wife keep a log of birds that have visited the yard, and we are up to 19, and I live in the middle of a town so this is good for me. Recent visitors lately, wren, grey and pied wagtails, plus all the usual..last year a black backed gull dropped in for a chicken carcase I put out for the birds.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Blue tits, coal tits, great tits, chaffinches, robins, greenfinches, goldfinches, a few hundred starlings, thrushes, blackbirds, loads of different corvids and a buzzard flew over the garden yesterday! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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